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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.
B1989.016.385.8
Scenes along the Palmer Highway [Knik Bridge with snow-covered mountains]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.1089
Segovia, walls of the city from the opposite bank of the Clamores [bird’s eye view of
Rio Clamores, city at left]
Keywords: Segovia
Collection: B2015.008
B1997.019.15full
and whose head contained 780 pieces of whalebone, the longest slab being 12 feet long, the bone being worth $12,000, but the poor Eskimo is glad to catch even a
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1997.019.16full
30 foot pup whale and sends a runner through the village to carry the news, and the natives
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B2005.037.87
Parker-Browne Expedition 1910 Mt. McKinley, Alaska. 20,300ft. from Exploration Peak, 8000ft. copyright 1910 LaVoy
Collection: B2005.037
B2016.024.072
Ketchikan, Mar. ’53 [fishing boat at docks in foreground, possibly cannery, city waterfront in background]
Keywords: Ketchikan, boats
Collection: B2016.024
B2014.002.844
[docks at unidentified town, floatplanes parked at right, Inside Passage; print date Sep 71]
Keywords: aviation, tourism
Collection: B2014.002
B2016.006.2336
[Alaska Native woman wearing headscarf and woolen coat walking past log cabin with corrugated metal arctic entry, metal barrels on ground, Hughes; 1967]
Collection: B2016.006
B1989.016.722.3
Stony Pass [road passing over bridge with village buildings on both sides of river, log cabins and two-story frame building. McKinley Park area?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.123
[four Alaska Native children posed next to wood-plank building. Original print damaged]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.008.331
A lot of corn to harvest, and husk [Dora standing in corn field]
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.005.192
[Indigenous Alaskan man scraping frost from truck windshield; puppy in foreground]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Winter, Snow, Frost, Scraping, Scrape, Windshield, Frozen, Truck, Transportation, Puppy, Dog
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.006
A3 Dall Sheep, McKinley Park [5 sheep on outcropping; river below]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1991.011.582
Newtok [woman wearing parka with fur ruff holds infant wearing hide shoes; cupboard in background holds dinner ware, clock reading 3 o'clock; scale; 1950s]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1983.091.S4827.11
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [boy and girl fixing tires on bicycle]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S5122.344
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/73 [students in classroom]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S5122.345
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/73 [students in classroom]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.KruegerMrs.1
(Krueger Mrs Passport Photos 1933)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.Animals.27.16
Alaska harbor seal. This type of seal is a heavy salmon predator.
Keywords: Animals
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Animals
B1995.014.89.10
[three surveyors at work, Jeep parked at right, mountain in background, Adak]
Keywords: military, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.2175
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party; 2 children and adult" [children and woman sit at table with Easter baskets, jacks game]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.019.135
Children at Wrangle Institute [Alaska Native woman and three children outside building, Wrangell Institute]
Collection: B2014.019
b2015.027.165
Dave and part of his family. I took this picture lopsided [Aleut man, woman, and child standing outdoors, buildings in background]
Collection: B2015.027
B1990.014.2018.1.32.004
13-6 Hospital [view of external stairway on hospital; ladder; wooden structures; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.32.004
13-6 Hospital [view of external stairway on hospital; ladder; wooden structures; Ketchikan, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.44.003
18-4 mink [minks in wood and metal cage; blurry; likely 1939, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.44.003
18-4 mink [minks in wood and metal cage; blurry; likely 1939, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2016.004.82.25
Whitney-Fidalgo Cannery, Ship Creek, Anchorage, 1974 [workers relaxing on dock]
Collection: B2016.004
B1983.091.S5122.198
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/73 [students painting in classroom]
Keywords: art
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.4.MF.TV.59.17
(Ft Yukon, Yukon River, 4th July activities and races in 1964){Fort Yukon Village}
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / Medium Format
B1990.014.4.MF.TV.59.18
(Ft Yukon, Yukon River, 4th July activities and races in 1964){Fort Yukon Village}
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / Medium Format
B1990.014.4.MF.TV.59.19
(Ft Yukon, Yukon River, 4th July activities and races in 1964){Fort Yukon Village}
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / Medium Format
B1995.010.2975
[cemetery on banks of Yukon River, with crosses and spirit houses]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.299
[speeder car 111 on track overgrown with dandelions, freight cars at left]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, transportation
Collection: B1995.010
B1998.014.1.1392
S10 Soldiers meet Matanuska Colonist [cows, log barn in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1394
(S10 Soldiers meet Matanuska colonist) [Two service men, farmer, cows, pasture; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1395
(S11 James boys) [two men wearing bolo ties pose with guns, sidearms, , stool, plants]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley