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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.
B1986.004.0740
Roibert Lathrop an old settler cutting hay on Cottonwood Flats with a pair of Corporation Mares.
Collection: B1986.004 Odsather Collection
B1989.016.660.12
65. A settlers home at Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [log cabin at Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1536.1
110. Settlers home, Palmer. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [wood frame house in clearing, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.658.5
35. Colonials from Wisconsin stop over at Anchorage. Hewitt's Photo Shop [Matanuska Colony settlers at Alaska Railroad depot]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1156.1
P-372. A Matanuska Settler. Hewitt's Photo Shop [team of horses in harness, one sitting, with buildings of Matanuska Colony in background, Palmer]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1987.056.256
Ma Goodlatau of Chitina, Aaa, one of the few remaining full blood Cooper River Indians. She took an active in the Indian War against the early Russian Settlers. H.W. Steward, 1927 [Copper River woman with two dogs, one wearing pack]
Keywords: animals, transportation, clothing
Collection: B1987.056 W_T_ Roberts Album Collection
B1980.041.074
Seward, Alaska, June 1st, 1905, Evans Photo. [handwriting on reverse]: Seward is a town of about three years growth. It is the coast terminous of the Alaska Central Ry. The Lowell family were the original white settlers, the have been trappers and traders for the last thirty years in the vicinity of Resurrection Bay on which Seward is located. Seward has one of the best harbors in Alaska. [aerial view of Seward, harbor, town, bay; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1980.041 Dorothy Stauter