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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.
B1973.079.174
[dredging offshore as seen from another vessel showing several men looking on from the rail]
Keywords: dredge, ocean, resource extraction, mining, industry, ship
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.15
[woman with wicker baby carriage standing on boardwalk amongst large snow berm]
Keywords: baby, child, mother
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.152
[Four people with suit cases seated on the front steps of house]
Keywords: luggage, travel
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.173
[Woman Mrs Cron and child Alma sitting on the dock with ships and barges anchored in the back ground]
Keywords: dock, ship, wharf, shipping
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1984.077.5.032
Deluxe rooms [street scene, bulidings, car, dirt road, telegraph poles?]
Collection: B1984.077
B1973.079.157
[Alma Cron on boardwalk in front of Lt. Cron's house]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.77
[dog team and men in the snow standing by and on boardwalk]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1984.077.22.017
[railroad tracks, water tower, buildings, utility poles, likely Nenana]
Collection: B1984.077
B1995.010.5503
[Alaska Marine Highway ferry, possibly Taku, at dock, Russian Orthodox cross in cemetery in foreground; print date Dec 75]
Collection: B1995.010
B1999.014.245
(Alaska Territorial Guard)[Men shouldering rifles marching in formation]
Keywords: soldiers, military, gun
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B1973.079.153
[Mrs Cron and Child on boardwalk]
Keywords: mother, toddler
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1995.014.100.7
[pigs in yard, Quonset huts in background, Adak]
Keywords: animal husbandry, animals, military
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.019.83
Salmon [mother and daughter cleaning fish at table along river shore, boy hauling fish onto dock with pole, younger daughter carrying baby across plank boardwalk, wooden barrels in foreground, skiff pulled onto shore in background]
Keywords: fishing
Collection: B2014.019
B2017.024.3334
Northern Alaska, May 1969 [spring breakup scene; children playing next to woodend swingset; smowmachine with wood sled and structures in background
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.202
[Two Indigenous Alaskan boys and a young woman posing together in living room; boy in middle wearing costume gun holster. Girl possibly Elva "Willie" Amidon]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Boys, Children, Young woman, Girl, Teen, Teenager, Living room, Room, Interior, House, Home, Building, Chair, Telephone, Phone, Rotary phone, Window, Curtains, Costume, Gun holster, Holster, Elva Amidon, Elva "Willie" Amidon, Willie Amidon
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2224
Alaska, Greetings from the Northland [Christmas card mat with sketch of totem pole and holly leaves with photograph of dog. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1973.079.155
[Mrs Cron and Alma getting dressed on front porch steps]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1973.079.62
[Valdez 1906 street scene, with the signage for "Alaska Prospector"]
Keywords: frontier, town
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1995.010.3388
[George and Phyllis McCutcheon standing next to Steve McCutcheon setting up camera tripod in village, children in front of houses at left, square wooden frame next to river at right]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.3404
[Alaska Native children standing on riverbank at village, some holding balloons, one boy wearing military cap, wood-plank ramp in center, corrugated metal buildings above, Tanana? Cf. .3282]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.014.124.9
Going out to McKinley [snowmachine pulling sleds loaded with gear, McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: military, transportation, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.125.1
Adak [sign reading, "Entering Post Ammunition and Powder Area, in case of fire, all unauthorized personnel clear area by 1 mile," winter]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.57.10
Pete Knutson packing water [man carrying two metal cans suspended from wooden neck yoke in winter, river in distance]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2008.013.83
[two men and young boy standing next to wooden bear statue in rest area or park, restrooms and redwood trees in background, Oregon?]
Collection: B2008.013
B2022.005.22
[Two Indigenous Alaskan men at bow of beached skin boat; seal carcasses in boat]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Men, Boat, Skin boat, Transportation, Seal, Carcass, Harvest, Hunter, Hunters, Bow, Watercraft, Winter, Snow, Parka, Oar, Paddle, Equipment
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1973.079.89
[dogs pulling sled over snow with several men in background watching on]
Keywords: dogs, sled, winter
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.2227.5
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Eklutna Industrial School, No. 3L, #2, dining room) [interior of dining area with children eating at large tables]
Keywords: education, food
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.107.12
[two log cabins and flagpole along road in winter, mountains in distance]
Keywords: residences, roads
Collection: B1995.014
B1996.035.2.1092to1093
.1092—USO camp show at the Village theater, 5/5/47, Sonny Chambers singing .1093—USO camp show at the Village theater, 5/5/47. She just kissed that guy on the head.
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
B2001.036.1348
"Waiting in Clinic" Quinhagak 10-82 [children, women, elder, rabies poster on wall]
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B2001.036.748
[print and original negative] Kipnuk, AK, 5-82 [town partially flooded]
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B2008.013.94
[scenic of coastline as seen from water, glacier or snow-covered mountains at center]
Collection: B2008.013
B2022.005.139
[Man in uniform (possibly Civil Air Patrol or US Air Force) outside building]
Keywords: BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Uniform, Air Force, USAF, U.S.A.F., Outside, Pose, Building, Civil Air Patrol, CAP, C.A.P.
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1995.014.24.14
[dog team asleep in snow, chained to log fence next to log cabin, other buildings in background]
Keywords: transportation, animals, residences
Collection: B1995.014