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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.
B1995.014.69.9
[two soldiers on river in inflatable raft carrying bundle wrapped in cloth and tied to log frame, rescue squad operation, Iliamna?]
Keywords: military, boats, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.024.3574
May 1969 [men butchering walrus on ice; bloody water; rope] slide #6516
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3585
May 1969 [men butchering walrus; ice and water in background] slide #6529
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.2018.1.156.001
51-3; ramshakle house at Saxman; yellow filter [view of wood structure with collapsing porch and roof; likely 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.001
(Swede Russian, German, American back to help us pack out){ Five men standing next to a wall tent}
Keywords: camping, tent
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.024.3562
May 1969 [woman butchering seal as child watches; boardwalk, snow; possibly Savoonga] slide #6494
Collection: B2017.024
B2015.007.65
[Alaska Native women posed next to log cabin. Original image blurry]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.008.657
219 7 _12 Harvard 1914 [panorama with six images looking up glacier]
Keywords: mountains, glaciers, Harvard Glacier, Prince William Sound, College Fjord
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1882.27
(Bristol Bay fishing) [view of boats in bay from dock, cannery warehouse at left, probably Libby, McNeill, & Libby cannery]
Keywords: fishing industry
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.102
[two Alaska Native men and woman seated outside wooden building, men wearing Western style clothing, woman wearing fur parka with geometric trim]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.138.2
Merry Christmas [Christmas card with Sydney Laurence painting from .138.1]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.194.001
62-6 close up of totems [log wall with frog head ornamentation at Saxman Totem Park; February 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.Scn.6.6
15240 Mt McKinley from Trapper Lake 250mm Hassl Dx 22 September 1963
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1998.014.1.625
E44 An Alaskan family "at Fort Yukon" [man, woman wearing kuspuk, mukluks, with child on her back, two children standing, outside log structure, possibly a store, window, HIlls Bros. Coffee sign; Standard Gasoline can, wood crate to left, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1456
Eskimo Hunters. Thomas Photo / 48. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [group portrait of men on beach]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.048.203
[man and child with two horses plowing field, buildings in background]
Collection: B1991.048 Dr_ H_E_ Auringer Collection
B2018.023.110a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [night scene of moon reflecting on water; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.110b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: night scene of moon reflecting on water; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2007.005.4.184
November 1931. Fishing. Smelt in the foreground. The baskets are made by the natives [sic] women. [three men, sled dogs, grass storage bags]
Collection: B2007.005 Martin Family