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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.
B1994.022.393Z.3
(Airplanes)[airplane on tundra preparing to take off]
Keywords: airplane
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1998.014.1.317
B63 (Elmendort Air Terminal) [looking across tarmac at terminal building]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.005.212
[Crowd watching Indigenous Alaskan cultural performance; Women dancing with seated drummers in background. Likely Inupiaq]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Territory, Performance, Culture, Dance, Dancing, Song, Music, Drums, Drum, Drummers, Musical instrument
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.312b
B62 Elmendorf post theater Chugach [servicemen lined up outside movie theater]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.313
B62 Theater, at Elmendorf Field, Alaska. (Post theatre [sic] Chugach) men stnding outside theater, copy neg.]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.314
B62 Elmendort Field (Post theatre [sic] Chugach) [men sitting on concrete steps outside; men sitting inside, door propped open blocking movie poster]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.024.112
Juneau, Alaska, Dec. ’52 [aerial of Juneau-Douglas Bridge]
Keywords: Juneau, Juneau-Douglas Bridge
Collection: B2016.024
B1996.035.2.Kirby.Stanton.2a
US Navy identification card for Gismo, November 19, 1946.
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society
B1998.014.1.312a
B62 (Elmendorf post theatre [sic] Chugach) movie theater, men standing outside]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1987.2
"Spa" Swimming Pool Anchorage, Alaska (Swimimng Pool "spa", April 22, 1954)
Keywords: recreation, pool, building exterior
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1988.1
(Swimimng Pool, "spa", Inside, April 22, 1954) [Interior of spa with pool ]
Keywords: pool, recreation, swimming
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1409
S17 Mess Kit Cafe' (1946 postcard) [copy neg; service men line up for food; chow line; canvas top truck, canteens, smoke or steam near center of image; structure in distance, cooking pots at left center]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.020.010
[view from City Hall of Log Cabin Visitors Center in summer, grass and wildflowers growing on roof, federal building at right, KENI in background]
Collection: B2017.020
B1989.016.2307.3
[street scene of Fourth Avenue at E Street at night, looking east, with automobiles and business signs]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1989.2
(Anchorage International Airport, May 8, 1954)[Northwest Airlines and Cordova Airlines planes share the tarmac at the Anchorage International Airport]
Keywords: airplane, airport, transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.016.1902
Kotzebue. Arriving in plane formerly owned by Gene Autry [children gathered on grass next to airplane with tail number NC59233, buildings visible across water in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B2014.016
B2017.024.3344
Northern Alaska, May 1969 [Savoonga; spring breakup scene; children on boardwalk; structures; people near umiak in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B2014.016.1960
Seldovia. Cannery. G146 [Alaska Year-Round Canneries Co.]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B2014.016
B2017.020.024
[family posed next to automobile at Anchorage International Airport, young girl wearing leg braces]
Collection: B2017.020
B2017.024.2594
Nome, September 1961 [man posing in front of structure with KICY 850 KC lettering; radio station]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2622
Nome People, July 1983 [interior scene of man on telephone; papers on desk]
Collection: B2017.024