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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.
B1989.015.1
Members of the Adakian Staff WWII Newspaper Seated Left to Right: Bernard Kalb, Dashiell Hammett, Hal Sykes Back row left to right: Alva Morris, Bill Glackin, Bernard Anastasia, Al Loeffler, Dick Jack, Oliver Pedigro, Don Miller
Collection: B1989.015
B1979.002.1458
[Mouth of Ship Creek? Cook Inlet in winter, with dock buildings.] 8 x 10 nitrate negative
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1972.088.34
(Anchorage 1915 Tent City Auction)
Keywords: public auction, land sale, people, auctioneer
Collection: B1972.088 Mueller
B1972.088.34
(Anchorage 1915 Tent City Auction)
Keywords: public auction, land sale, people, auctioneer
Collection: B1972.088 Mueller
B1989.016.2059.6
(All-America City Award, 1965, at Sydney Laurence Auditorium) [conferring of award at podium]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.Album1.195
69. Controller Bay. Thomas Riggs, Jr. [small boat on water, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2018.023.012a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [hunting scene: people, men, woman, possibly child, dog at log structures, one possibly built into hillside; cabin; cache, man aiming rifle; man looking through binoculars, woman with one knee on ground next to animal, possibly puppy; snowshoes; antlers above doorway; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.012b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: hunting scene: people, men, woman, possibly child, dog at log structures, one possibly built into hillside; cabin; cache, man aiming rifle; man looking through binoculars, woman with one knee on ground next to animal, possibly puppy; snowshoes; antlers above doorway; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.2143.20
32. Anchorage citizens meet Wisconsin colonists. Hewitt's Photo Shop [large crowd gathered on platform next to tracks at Alaska Railroad depot in Anchorage, passenger train unloaded, some people getting into automobiles parked at right, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2297.5
(Harry and cabbage) [man in cultivated field with cabbage, homestead in background, Matanuska Valley?]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.025.835
[aerial of tug or icebreaker in Cook Inlet in winter; print date Mar 66]
Collection: B2015.025
B1963.016.001
(Sydney Laurence Anchorage Hotel){Sydney posing infront of several paintings with paints and easel}
Keywords: artist, painting, Sydney Laurence
Collection: B1963.016 Marie Silverman