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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.
B1998.014.1.1339
PE5 An Eskimo home inside of the Arctic Circle (Kotzebue, Feb 1948) [kayaks, dog sled, fish nets stored on supports; dogs curled on ground; structures, stove pipe, snow, likely sea ice in background, winter]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1346
PF3 Three different types of schooners used in Alaskan fishing. Frank Morgan photo. [boats at harbor; Westward, Trinity, Sandra L." dock, pier]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1356
PH4 The Glenn Highway is 140 miles in length and was built during the war years to connect Anchorage with the Richardson Highway. (with print) [scenic view from gravel road, river, mountains in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.730
"K3 McKinley Park Hotel" [large group of men posed in front of hotel, military uniforms, one woman posed with group, exterior, men standing in windows, smokestack, mountains in background, wildflowers, plants in foreground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.3416
Black Start 12-70 4321 Alaska Eskimo [Kotzebue, three people butchering beluga whales on jumble ice; boat and water in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1962.001A.151
Gakona Roadhouse. P.S. Hunt, E109 [Men and horse corral. Ahtna region, Ggax Kuna' (Gakona).]
Keywords: Ggax Kuna', Gakona, Gakona Roadhouse, Roadhouse, Business, Log building, Building, Horse, Corral, Pen, Men, Dog, Ahtna region
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1998.014.1.441
"B140 McKinley Bldg" [view looking east on Fourth Avenue, Liquor store on left, Hamm's Beer, Schlitz signs; two people walking near store; houses, automobiles; mountains in the distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.2991
July 1983, aerials, villages [view of structures on shore, possibly pond or lagoon in foreground, boats, tank farm, quonset, culverts, likely new construction in center of image]
Collection: B2017.024
B1998.014.1.134
A53 reindeer roundup, 1948 3 negs & 1 print + 1 reindeer & Eskimo [corral] "Gyuriak photo"
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1335
(PE1 Eskimos by plane.[children, adults, people gather near airplane, likely Stinson SR-5A Special, NC-13 (obstructed number), parkas, kuspuks, mukluks, water, possibly ice in background.]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.4890
(Cronin #19 Bill Packer supt of const Northern Div talking to Mrs Norvin Smith)(Nenana Hospital and mess hall in background)
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.1549
[street scene of Fourth Avenue near H Street in Anchorage, with Empress Theatre, Anchorage Commercial Company, Inc., and Piggly Wiggly]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1947
(T187 Anchorage, 4th Ave) [winter scene, likely during Fur Rondezvous; men, women, children gathered on grounds of City Hall, blanket toss (view obstructed by tree); snow on streets ; dump truck filled with snow; automobiles, bicycle at lower left, ladder at lower right; observers at windows; Francis Shoppe sign visible between structures and above tossed person; McKinley Building in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley