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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.
B1987.056.270
McCarty, Chitina-Fairbanks Trail [ie. McCarthy, with automobiles, log roadhouse]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1987.056 W_T_ Roberts Album Collection
B1995.010.1319
[Clarissa standing on road in McCarthy, gasoline pump in front of The Golden in foreground, Mount Blackburn in distance]
Collection: B1995.010
B2016.004.117.46
Kennicott, McCarthy, Sheep Mtn., Chitina, 920607 [woman riding tram over Kennicott River, with dog and rifle]
Keywords: transportation, Animals
Collection: B2016.004
B1972.032.106
[winter street scene of man with sled dog team resting near McCarthy Drug Store; Kodak supplies; snow]
Collection: B1972.032 Dorothy Surgenor
B2015.008.726
325.5. To mark the spot. 7.8.16, McCarthy, Alaska [tree stumped carved with heart and
cross for Keen-Handy wedding. Proof print]
Keywords: wedding
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.029.1194
To McCarthy & Chitina [Edgerton Cutoff interpretive marker; print date Aug 76] [Ahtna, Atna, Tsedi Na', Tl'aticae'e]
Keywords: Marker, Sign, McCarthy, Chitina, Tsedi Na', Edgerton Highway, Edgerton HWY, Edgerton Hwy, Cutoff, Old pack trail, Copper Center, Tl'aticae'e, Copper River, Atna, Copper River Northwestern Railroad, Interior highway system, Major Glen E. Edgerton, Major Glen Edgerton, Chief Engineer Edgerton, Edgerton, Engineer, Alaska Road Commission, AK Road Commission, ARC, A.R.C., Kay McFarland Jackson, Kay McFarland, Kathryn McFarland, Kathryn McFarland Jackson
Collection: B2017.029
B1995.010.1338
[McCarthy street scene, with RO.G. Watsjold building at right, metal barrels and antique automobile in yard at left, mountains in background. Cf. .1305
Collection: B1995.010
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
B1998.014.1.1479
S49 Intertaining [sic] troops at Elmendorf Field (Entertaining, Edgar Bergen) [Charlie McCarthy, ventriloquist, dummy, microphone, outdoor performance likely in bed of truck; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.S1723.052
"Kennecott & McCarthy for Cordova Airlines (Aerial view of mine)" [Kennicott, abandoned mine buildings, mountain, tailings, snow, switchback trail, airplane wing tip and engine in right foreground]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.003.010
Motor Launches P.V. Valdez, Swan (TMO's boat purchased from Bill Murphy) 1909 or 1910 @ Fire Island Tom Odale pix PV (Ellickson) Valdez (McCarthy brought it in.) first gasoline boats on Cook Inlet
Collection: B1990.003 Alyce E_ Anderson Collection
B1994.008.422
[from verso:] "'Sally's Place' McCarthy, Alaska, 1977; F-S Land Use Comm. - Alaska" [people standing and looking at old hardware store with signs for "Sally's Place and "Air Taxi Office"; "Office For: Copper Center tage Line; Kennecott Glacier Lodge; Jeep to Kennecott"; wagon wheels]
Collection: B1994.008