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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.
B1989.016.2230.6
(Anchorage Hockey League, 1936, Rod Johnson, George Karabelinkov, Joe Morino) [group portrait of hockey team with striped socks and sweaters labeled "Anchorage" on outdoor ice rink]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.004.28.53
Ninilchik, 4-29-79 [two men with town buildings in background]
Collection: B2016.004
B1991.046.33
Eskimo woman, Golovin, Alaska, 7/53 [Alaska Native woman wearing kuspuk standing on beach]
Collection: B1991.046
B2017.029.2296
[carver working on totem pole indoors, Sitka National Historical Park; print date Oct 81]
Collection: B2017.029
B1989.016.2039.3
[two men in military uniforms with cable or rope in wooded area in winter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2039.4
[brown bear carcass on rocky beach]
Keywords: hunting, animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2231
[photograph of textile with image of dog team on winter trail]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.029.2198
[woman wearing beaded headband and tunic, holding button blanket, Haines; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.029.2171
[man standing at lectern inside church, probably SS Peter and Paul Church; print date Jul 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B1989.016.1452
54. Wild Goose. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Canada goose]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.029.2957
[crowd and dancers on lawn, three men wearing white tunics with whale design in center background, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.029.2962
[Alaska Native dance group and drummers on lawn, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B1989.016.1453.1
43. Labrador dog and his days work. Hewitt's Photo Shop [retriever with dead geese, possibly sitting on top of boat pilot house]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1453.2
44. Hunting, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop [three hunters and retriever with dead geese arranged on deck and pilot house of boat. caption written on emulsion side of negative]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2150.8
Alaska, Northland Greetings [greeting card with sketch of dog team and holly with photograph of Mt. McKinley. copy neg, card clipped to copy stand with clothespins]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.42
[two Alaska Natives on wooden boat in river, rope extending out of frame at right, anchor on bow, woman in front wearing cloth parka and holding wrapped parcel, person in background wearing fur parka]
Keywords: transportation, clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2022.005.37
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder with young man standing outside structure]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Elder, Young man, Outside, Structure, Building
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2260.6
(Air Show at Merrill Field, 1949) [airplanes in flight over field]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2260.7
(Air Show at Merrill Field, 1949) [airplane coming in for landing, Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2260.8
(Air Show at Merrill Field, 1949) [airplane coming in for landing, Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.009.32
[two Schodde girls with dog on street corner]
Keywords: animals, children
Collection: B2009.009
B2019.007.542
photographer number 00354.035.04-97; May 16, 1991; Alaskan Native Eskimo girl on beach/ summer/ Togiak, Alaska/ mr [boats and mountains in distance]
Collection: B2019.007
B1989.016.1454
No. 90. Hubbard's lead dog. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2260.9
(Air Show at Merrill Field, 1949) [airplane coming in for landing, Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.18
[Alaska Native man and woman posed outdoors next to log cabin, man wearing fur parka with walrus-tusk gussets and geometric trim and lace-up boots, woman wearing reindeer fur parka with geometric trim and mukluks]
Collection: B2015.007
B2022.002.30
Copy of drawing of Cal Williams by his friend, John Leviege, 1962 [signed hand-drawn portrait with mountains, drum, and railroad tracks in background]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Drawings
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2014.013.11
[man with mustache wearing suspenders carrying cat on shoulders, log cabin in background, sawhorse at right, Knik?]
Keywords: animals, clothing, residences
Collection: B2014.013
B2018.023.144a
Geo. W. Bond & Co. 14 W. Washington St., Chicago [from verso] “109. The Red Pepper Lady” [woman sitting on ground holding basket; red peppers hang in ristras near open door; rounded stone left of door; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.2046.2
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Early Alaska Pilots, McGee and Star Airways) [woman in fur coat and standing in front of McGee Airways airplane, Stinson with tail number NC 478-M, in winter]
Keywords: aviation, transportation, clothing
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
B1995.014.53.8
Army vehicle for land and water [men on riverbank with birch trees, riverboat tied to bank]
Keywords: military, boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2018.023.144b
Geo. W. Bond & Co. 14 W. Washington St., Chicago “109. The Red Pepper Lady” [verso of slide: woman sitting on ground holding basket; red peppers hang in ristras near open door; rounded stone left of door; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1995.014.53.9
[soldiers loading military truck, birch trees at left, water and mountains in background]
Keywords: military, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.54.13
[soldiers pulling load over snow, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation, 1943-44]
Keywords: military, mountaineering, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.116
[young Alaska Native woman holding infant outside log cabin, second child just out of frame at right]
Keywords: children, mothers
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.109
[Alaska Native family next to wood-plank building, all wearing Western style clothing]
Collection: B2015.007
B1998.014.1.1271
O75 A collection of signs at mile 635 (Watson Lake sign collection) [Alaska Highway, Yukon, Canada, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.007.149
[group portrait of Alaska Native family posed next to tent on tundra, elder woman wearing fur parka with walrus tusk gussets, elder man wearing Western style clothing and suspenders, young man wearing Western style clothing, young woman wearing kuspuk with fur trim, child wearing Western style clothing, can of Stanavo fuel on grass at left, laundry on clothesline at right, coffee cup on wooden box, boat on shoreline of water in background]
Keywords: transportation, camps, families, clothing
Collection: B2015.007