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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.
B1984.077.14.024
[Euipment for thawring ground? riverbed, hills in distance, poles]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.22.013
NCCO, post office, W.A. Coghill General outfitters, Nenana Liquor, Fowlers [Nenana street scene, businesses, automobiles, people, boardwalks]
Collection: B1984.077
B1997.003.141
[Man sitting in driver's seat of automobile; buildings in the background; could be same location as image .123]
Collection: B1997.003
B1989.016.2141.70
(D-89?) [three mushers with sleds and dog teams stopped next to two tar-papered buildings in winter, rise or mountain in background, mining complex?]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.92.6
[Russian Orthodox cemetery in summer]
Keywords: religion, funerary customs
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.023.074
[large building in midground, mountain in background, possibly Sitka]
Collection: B2017.023
B1984.077.10.016
[Airplane nose, propeller, engine, airplane tail and bulidings in distance.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1998.014.1.297
B57 AAC HQS Building, Elmendorf field, Alaska [Headquarters Alaskan command, automobiles, concrete sidewalk, walkway]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.007.10
[Bird’s eye view of Anchorage from Westward Hotel looking south. Close-up of damage to J.C. Penney parking garage]
Collection: B2017.007
B1989.016.1108.19
P-88. Hewitt's (Homes in early Palmer) [wood frame house, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.6086
Alaska Railroad locomotive 902 in the Anchorage yards, buildings along Ship Creek in background, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.6087
[view down curving track in winter to wooden trestle bridge, Loop District, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.1141.2
[homestead with log cabin and outbuildings in treed area]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.48.6
[sunrise or sunset over town or camp, with log cabins, cache or dog kennel, unidentified location]
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.296
B57 Headquarters AAC, Elmendorf Field, Alaska [Headquarters Alaskan Command, concrete sidewalks, walkways, automobile, jeep]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1065.1
P-286. Hewitt's [tomatoes]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1108.2
P-3. Hewitt's (Buildings in early Palmer) [automobiles and buildings with mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2084.6
(Pauline Reed wedding) [bride and groom]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.299
B57 (Elmendorf) [Headquarters Alaskan Command, automobile, jeep, concrete sidewalk, walkway, person walking in left of image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.020.020
[man standing outside passenger entrance at Anchorage International Airport]
Collection: B2017.020
B1995.010.1339
[McCarthy street scene, with buildings including RO.G. Watsjold building at right, metal barrels, fuel wood, and antique automobile in yard at center, mountains in background]
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.2264
"large eagle with army buddy" Man and woman stand on an outcrop near camouflage netting; possibly on Fort Richardson; eagle is on man's shoulder; woman wearing fur coat, scarf; utility poles in right background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.268
six small bedrooms and two baths
Keywords: vermont, farm, farm house, interior
Collection: B2015.008
B1984.077.17.011
[Anchorage, houses, yards, greenhouse, trees, mountains, low clouds in distance. Neg. is deteriorating]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.141
Sydney Laurence painting, Cape St. Elias and boat
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2323
(Scenery, mountains from air) [bird's eye view of valley from snowy ridgeline]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.4920
8/8/1919 H Buzby wheat field. Home field." [sleeve 55; boy wearing sweater, colared shirt stands in grain field, agriculture, Fairbanks, possibly Harry Buzby homestead, structure, possibly drying shed]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1995.014.58.17
Mountain Village grave marker [stone cairn on hill overlooking Yukon River]
Keywords: funerary customs, religion
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1529
S91 Skyline Service Club, Fort Richardson (flag staff) [copy neg, similar to .1528]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.007.174
[Alaska Native man wearing suit, necktie and driving cap posed in front of brick building, possibly boarding school]
Keywords: education
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.008.905a
[bird’s eye view of town along railroad, tracks in foreground, water tank and railroad
station at left, with wood-sided buildings, walled tents and log cabins, Chitina? 3 copies]
Keywords: railroad, cabins, mountain, town
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.014.138
[two Alaska Native men standing on barge docked at gravel beach, pelts or sacks on barge, tug on far side of barge, fishing boat or riverboat in background, low hills in distance. Paper with Velox stamp]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2015.014
B2015.014.149
[photographic postcard. man, possibly pilot, standing next to three Alaska Native women posed by single engine airplane, two women wearing squirrel parka with walrus tusk gussets and knitted cap, one wearing reindeer parka and Western style wool hat]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B2015.014
B1989.016.232
Wild currants picked by Colonists in Matanuska Valley. Hewitt's Photo Shop, P-294.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.003.130
[man in overalls and cap operates steam shovel, "U.S.E.D. D.15" on side of cab; truck to the right]
Collection: B1997.003
b2009.057.21
[Anchorage. Procession, with automobile. Parade or funeral?] 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative.
Collection: B2009.057 Pyatt