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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.
B1995.014.8.10
[small motor boat on mud flats at low tide, mountains in distance]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1984.077.17.001
[street scene, Anchorage, Third Avenue, Elks Lodge, houses, automobiles, Cook Inlet]
Collection: B1984.077
B1994.008.266.slide
(map of Alaska lands within national preserve system)
Keywords: map
Collection: B1994.008
B1989.016.1624.21
26. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [man speaking from Kiwanis Club grandstand, with soldiers and Aurora Train in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.048.195
[H.E. Auringer, probably atop Empire State Building circa 1934]
Collection: B1991.048 Dr_ H_E_ Auringer Collection
B1995.014.8.11
[small motor boat on mud flats at low tide, mountains in distance]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.8.13
Fort Yukon Roadhouse [small log cabin with vegetable garden, greenhouse at left, other buildings at right]
Keywords: agriculture, residences, houses
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1554
121. Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [man on Caterpillar tractor pulling a walled tent along a road, utility pole visible, mountains in background, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.23.008
[scenic view, rolling hills, fence, road, electrical pole, buildings in distance]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.356.7
Glover's Service Station [1932? Standard Gasoline, Alemite Service, Monark Batteries, Wells, Storage, 1933 Oldsmobile. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.358.5
Bill Dalms fishing at Montana Creek, May 5, 1940.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.6091
[distant view of wooden trestle bridge in winter, utility pole at right, Loop District, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B1983.091.S4524.81
August 28, 1967 [Anchorage aerial looking south]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1984.077.16.034
[man walking away from front steps of building, same building as .010-.030, .031]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1578.4
(Alaska Grown Vegetables at Curry) [tray of vegetables, with depot buildings in background]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.5769
[view down track in winter, dirty snow banks on both sides. has neg]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.6092
5/27/46 [distant view of wooden trestle bridge in winter, railing in foreground, Loop District, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.106.24
[two-story log cabin and outbuilding in winter, shoulder of road in foreground]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B1995.014
B1997.003.008
[four men on steps outside small building, tarpaper; second structure in background]
Collection: B1997.003
B1989.016.2227.13a
(Eklutna Industrial School) [rear view of three-story building, clothesline at right, small boy playing in yard]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1572.2
(Palmer - Hay Crop) [man standing on hay loaded into cart drawn by horse team, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1576.4
(Curry Bridge) [pedestrian bridge over Susitna River at Curry Hotel, in winter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1576.5
[winter view of Curry Hotel and Alaska Railroad depot from across Susitna River, showing pedestrian bridge, Curry buildings, walled tents, and water tower]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.57.12
Hospital, Mountain Village, Dr. Corsell, 1935 [surgeon wearing scrubs operating on patient, with scrub nurse, anesthetist, and assistant]
Keywords: health, medicine
Collection: B1995.014
B1997.003.003
[man reclined on rocky ground, leaning against metal drum, man standing at left]
Collection: B1997.003
B2022.005.184
[Ground of six Indigenous Alaskan Elders seated on steps leading to building entrance; midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Elders, Men, Women, Sitting, Seated, Steps, Building, Entrance, Door, Winter, Snow, Parka, Fur, Clothing, Outerwear, Mukluks, Footwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1990.014.2018.1.268.040
83; Sept. 4, 1942 [Aerial view of possibly Hyder or Stewart, BC, with estuary at right]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.115.1
[woman wearing headscarf seated inside drying rack cleaning salmon, Russian Mission]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.115.17
[fish drying racks, Russian Mission]
Keywords: fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.116.16
[apples wrapped in paper for shipment, box with label "X-L-Ent Washington Apples" at upper left]
Keywords: food, agriculture
Collection: B1995.014
B1983.146.112
(hunting_ alaska){hunter with gun standing outside of a wall tent}
Keywords: hunting, gun, tent, camping
Collection: B1983.146 Pyatt Laurence Negatives
B1989.016.1624.3
3. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [Army band marching on Fourth Avenue at E Street, passing Hewitt's Drug Store, Cheechako Tavern, and Alaska Airlines]
Keywords: musicians
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.7
10. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [group of MPs standing in formation on platform at Anchorage train depot]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2227.13b
(Eklutna Industrial School) [two story building with mountains in background, wood pile at left]
Keywords: education
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1970.019.766
[Aboard ship.] 2.75 x 4.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B1989.016.1081
#210. Norton Ave., Palmer. Hewitt's Photo Shop [street scene with Koslosky's General Store, Sally's Cafe, Valley City Cafe, parked automobile, gas pump, pedestrian]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.23
(Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [man speaking from Kiwanis Club grandstand, photographer at left, with soldiers and Aurora Train in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.6
9. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [two MPs standing on platform next to Boy Scout, with train in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.00212
212 June 1943 Sourdough living at the Reef Yukon's Rampart Rapids was talkative but interesting.Steve McCutcheon (L) released. Trapper died in 1945 no relatives.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2015.008.829
[view across river to glacier terminus]
.829 – [similar to .828]
Keywords: glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1624.22
27. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [man speaking from Kiwanis Club grandstand, with Aurora Train in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection