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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.
B2017.023.204
[service man, two women, one covering face with hands, floor, sofa, lamp]
Collection: B2017.023
B2017.023.194
[Service man in overcoat posing in front of buliding, mountains, possible landing field]
Collection: B2017.023
B2009.017.2004.03.25
Ask me about the Knik Arm Crossing [Don Young] Meanwhile, Still Floating in Treacherous Waters.. 3-25-2004
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B2015.008.731
[wedding portrait of George and Dora, couple holding hands. Original image blurry]
Keywords: wedding
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.2170
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party; group photo" [women and children gathered near a table]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2178
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party; child with adult" [children sitting at desks, harmonicas, Easter baskets; woman helping boy stand; crutches on floor]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2021.002.069
Samuel Fleming, Fairbanks, Alaska, early 1950s.
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B1998.014.1.2160
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party, 2 children and adults" [actually, three children, women showing dolls to children, Easter baskets]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.220
B23 Fort Richardson, Richardson Room, service club 1946
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2002.20.094
(Wasilla Lake in the Matanuska Valley Alaska 1944)
Keywords: lake, Wasilla Alaska
Collection: B2002.020 Henrietta 'Pen' Lee Collection
B2021.004.123
Note on front: “1972 Bud Bilikin Parade” [Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley on left]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley, Bud Bilikin Parade, Parade, Celebration, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1998.014.1.2172
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party; children w/baskets" [children seated at table talk with two women; jacks game]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2001.025.006
Canneries. AP&N Co. Cannery. Fresh Water Bay, Alaska.
Collection: B2001.025 Don Graham Collection
B1996.035.2.1055to1059
.1055—Cheaney 12/15/46 .1056—Howard beside the oil truck 12/18/46 .1057—Howard on the hill in back of the show 12/15/46 .1058—Howard & me on the stream that runs in back of our hut area 12/15/46 .1059—Me look out of a little building on the hill in back of our show 12/15/46
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B1998.014.1.2164
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party, 2 adults and boy" [similar to .2163]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2167
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party; group photo" [children, women and a man gather around a table; baskets; sign for pre-school deaf class at left on wall]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.Album1.311
Susitna River. D. L. Reaburn [railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1998.014.1.1499
S69 A scouting party in the Chugach Mountains. [men with rifles, backpacks sit or stand on sandy surface, looking at mountains, termination dust, hunting; likely in Knik River valley looking toward Knik Glacier; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2155
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party; 2 children and one adult" [woman holds two toddlers, one holding small purse]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2165
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party, girl with basket" [girl wearing glasses sitting at table with basket; doll; firetruck at left]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2173
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party; child and 2 adults" [girl wearing leg braces stands on table, pulls paper from wastbasket held up by man; woman at right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2177
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party; man holding boy" [Easter basket, card; hearing aids]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2199
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, Federal crusade treatment center; 2 children" [boy with crutches touches what appears to be a cake while girl looks on; likely April 1963]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2179
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party; 2 boys and harmonicas" [Easter baskets and cards, Black boy and white boy play harmonicas; adults in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.017.1987.06.11
“How about some rubber bullets for this guy?” ©1987 June 11, 1987 [Senate bear with head stuck in oil barrel at Juneau Dump]
Collection: B2009.017
B1979.002.Album1.166
R18-13. F. Mears and T. Riggs Jr. [Lt. Frederick Mears and Thomas Riggs Jr. standing outside log building, both wearing packs, hats, and high lace-up boots, Mears with rifle and Riggs smoking cigarette, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, clothing, firearms, residences
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1998.014.1.2152
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party, Girl" [girl wearing checked dress wearing leg braces holds paper, portable television on table]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2168
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party; group photo"[children and adults around a table; Easter baskets]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2169
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party; group photo" children and adults near a table; Easter baskets]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley