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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.
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B2015.008.962
Note especially the heavy 1914 line of the Barry Glacier and former tributaries and
progressive recession shown by lines of previous years. Letters show the photographic
stations of Grant and Page whose map it is. (Enlarge if possible) [Map of Harriman Fiord, Port
Wells (1909)]
Keywords: map
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.962a
Note especially the heavy 1914 line of the Barry Glacier and former tributaries and
progressive recession shown by lines of previous years. Letters show the photographic
stations of Grant and Page whose map it is. (Enlarge if possible) [Map of Harriman Fiord, Port
Wells (1909)]
Keywords: note
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.956a
From Greeley’s Handbook of Alaska. 1. (Enlarge) Proposed gov’t. ry. routes. Note limit
of winter ice, showing ice free harbors only where mountains and glaciers bar the way to the
Yukon Valley. Valdez is seen at the head of the Gulf of Alaska. The two existing railways run
from Cordova (for 196 m.) and Seward (for 72 m.) [map of Alaska with inset of Aleutian
Islands]
Keywords: map note
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.956
From Greeley’s Handbook of Alaska. 1. (Enlarge) Proposed gov’t. ry. routes. Note limit
of winter ice, showing ice free harbors only where mountains and glaciers bar the way to the
Yukon Valley. Valdez is seen at the head of the Gulf of Alaska. The two existing railways run
from Cordova (for 196 m.) and Seward (for 72 m.) [map of Alaska with inset of Aleutian
Islands]
Keywords: map
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.955a
(Enlarge) Alaska is 1/5 the size of the U.S., but has only 65,000 pop., because its vast
resources cannot well be developed until railways are built, and this is too costly for private
capital [map of Alaska with passenger ship route, cable and wireless stations, inset of United
States. With stamp of Dora Keen]
Keywords: map note
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.959a
(Enlarge) Prince Wm. Sound. College Fjord & Harriman Fjord are at the head of Port
Wells (left, top). Valdez & glacier e. of top centre. Columbia Glacier w. of Valdez. The glaciers
once filled the sound [Map of Prince William Sound, Alaska (1913). With stamp of Dora Keen]
Keywords: note
Collection: B2015.008