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The Anchorage Museum library includes books, maps, and print resources focused on Alaska and the Circumpolar North. The public is welcome to access the collection and conduct research on-site during open hours, or by appointment.
The Anchorage Museum archives include historic photographs and print materials covering a broad range of topics related to Alaska and the Circumpolar North. Some materials are available online, while others are available for detailed research on site at the Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center.
B1989.016.481
Anchorage Base Hospital. Hewitt's 25. (01/24/1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1906
Night scene, Curry Hotel, Alaska R.R. Bragaw's [Curry depot and hotel on Alaska Railroad]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.001.102
Letter to Mayfield Evans from Senator Ted Stevens, January 13, 2006
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, Alaskans, E&S Diversified Services, Letter, Senator, Senator Ted Stevens, Senator Stevens, Ted Stevens, Politician, United States Senate, US Senate, U.S. Senate, Marilyn Stewart, Invitation, Appreciation, Dinner, Orso, Restaurant, Alaska Senator
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1996.035.10.3.001
Photo caption: “Larry on left and Dago after they arrived back in the States, 1946” [two men in Navy uniforms, woman with beer bottle between them]
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_10_3 Kirby_Scrapbook
B2017.024.3416
Black Start 12-70 4321 Alaska Eskimo [Kotzebue, three people butchering beluga whales on jumble ice; boat and water in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1995.014.114.10
Abby Stepanoff, Russian Mission [woman wearing headscarf seated inside drying rack cleaning salmon]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.029.1811
Native grandmother & boy, Kotz [woman wearing fur parka and headscarf standing with toddler on beach; print date Aug 80]
Collection: B2017.029
B1995.014.114.1
Abby Stepanoff, Russian Mission [woman wearing headscarf seated inside drying rack cleaning salmon]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.002.12
[Alaska Native hunters with polar bear carcass on ice, one man holding rifle, freight sleds at left, 1956-1957]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2017.002
B2017.024.3408
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; people; men, women; children next to aircraft at gravel landing strip along coast; northern Alaska]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.681
F15 Ketchikan, Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan "F14 Brailing herring" [unloading salmon from purse seine; buoy line, people watching, boat in background, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1986
(Anchorage Cold Storage, April 22, 1954)
Keywords: buildings
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.019.3.16.03055.03
Summer scenic on 4th Avenue in downtown Anchorage, Alaska [Anchorage - Buildings - Hilton Hotel], c. 1982
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Summer, Anchorage, Buildings, Hilton Hotel, 4th Avenue, Downtoan Anchorage
Collection: B2016.019
B1998.014.1.1038
M4 gold mining in Alaska (driving points) [man working equipment, drill, water, placer mine]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2021.008.12
Mink – enjoying feed and water. Back, Mrs. Everett. [thirteen minks eating out of a bucket and food trough on the ground at the Northern Lights Fur Farm in Anchorage]
Keywords: Mink, Fur Farm, Anchorage, Alaska
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw
B1995.014.114.11
Abby Stepanoff, Russian Mission [woman wearing headscarf seated inside drying rack cleaning salmon]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.114.12
Abby Stepanoff, Russian Mission [woman wearing headscarf seated inside drying rack cleaning salmon]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1229.1
Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop [Fourth Avenue street scene with parked automobiles, businesses including Kennedy's, Logemann Bldg., North Pole Bakery, Anchorage Grill & Restaurant, Paris Dry Cleaners, A. Niemi Hardware, Koslosky's, Green Front, Peterson's Hotel, KFQD]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.116.2
[woman wearing headscarf seated inside drying rack cleaning salmon, Russian Mission]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B2018.023.090a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “90” “Arctic Owls; A-340 [?]” [three owls on perches, likely taxidermy with fabric background; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.090b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “90” [verso of slide] “Arctic Owls; A-340 [?]” [three owls on perches, likely taxidermy with fabric background; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023
B2017.033.575
Unloading Ice Worm at Palmer, 10-8-77 [crane lifting railbus off flatcar; print date Oct 77]
Collection: B2017.033
B2017.024.1113
Aug61P Barrow [Inupiaq woman wearing parka with fur ruff stands outdoors talking; structures in background]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Woman
Collection: B2017.024
B2015.014.86crop
[two white women sitting with Alaska Native women and girls on wood pile, saw in front of pile, buildings and utility poles in background]
Collection: B2015.014