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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.
B2015.008.494
West Hartford Library 1930 and the Librarian Dora Keen Handy[Dora standing in front of the West Hartford Library]
Keywords: library, librarian, vermont, woman
Collection: B2015.008
B1986.096.143.7a
[Interior first Loussac Library]
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1998.014.1.440
B139 Public Library, Anchorage, Alaska "Z.J. Loussac Public Library. Automobiles, sidewalks, paved streets]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.492
Library, with new shrubbery, June 1929 [boys and girls posed outside new West Hartford library]
Collection: B2015.008
B1976.142.1
Anchorage-1953 [Signing for Anchorage Library Bonds]
Collection: B1976.142 City of Anchorage Bond Sales Photograph Collection
B1989.016.2016.2
Anchorage Alaska, Hewitt's Drug Photo (ZJ Loussac Public Library, Anchorage 1955)(copy)
Keywords: building exterior, library
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2016.1
(ZJ Loussac Public Library, Anchorage 1955)(8x10 print)(2)
Keywords: building exterior
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2281.1a
[Z. J. Loussac Public Library, exterior, summer]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.434
West Hartford Library, Vt., 1925. Washed away by flood, Nov. 3, 1927 [West Hartford Town Library in winter]
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.TV.105.12
Kotzebue November 30, 1961 Dr. Justice in Library 11531
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1998.014.1.374
B91 Wasilla Post Office and Library [buildings, fences, yard]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.S3327.4
Z.J. Loussac Library, Interior Views (6- -61) (4 negs.)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1998.014.1.444
B142 Anchorage Church and Library [autombiles, parking meters, woman walking]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2281.2a
[Z. J. Loussac Public Library, exterior, summer, with automobiles and street light]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.483
Our barns above at right. The new bridge, from library, Jan. 1929 [bridge across river in winter]
Collection: B2015.008
B2016.019.1.02e.04399.05
Anch Aerials, over inlet, Campbell Lake, HQRS, Library [Anchorage - Aerials], 1984
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Anchorage, Aerials, Campbell Lake
Collection: B2016.019
B2015.008.1005
West Hartford Library, Vt., 1926. Ice harvest on White River. Library on river’s brink
[man driving two-horse team at left, people on ice in far distance. Cf. .337]
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B1983.091.S1640.2
6-17-55 Loussac Memorial Library from corner 5th and F, and across street (3 negs)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.C1262.4
City of Anchorage Photos for brochure. (Architectual drawing of Loussac Library on F Street.) 7-19-54
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1990.014.004.33378
Z.J. Loussac Public Library, Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Photographer's number 33378 [no date; circa 1986]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2017.022.40
Eagle Library [log building with eagle-shaped book return in front; print date Aug 82]
Collection: B2017.022
B1998.014.1.438
B137 New High School, Anchorage, Alaska "West High" [exterior view of library, auditorium; sidewalk in foreground]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.017.1987.12.12
“The stairway to heaven” ©1987 Sat. Dec. 12, 1987 [man falling down exterior stairs at Loussac Library]
Collection: B2009.017
B2015.008.459
16. Where West Hartford library once stood, even the land now gone [riverbank damaged by washout, road at right]
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.1938
T180 Anchorage new high school building (West Hi) [structure; automobiles; students visible through library windows at right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.447
All that remains of West Hartford Library is the gable of its attic, in centre [crowds of people gathered on riverbank, looking across river to damaged buildings opposite]
Collection: B2015.008
B1983.091.S1641.3
Loussac Memorial Library, Interiors 6-10-55 (5 Negs) [Irene Griffith, far right, served as first permanent city librarian.
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2003.011.55a
New library, 11/5/45. This is the old cow barn at 5th and E St., now a parking lot (10 Jan 66). Photo by Walt Smith
Collection: B2003.011
B2003.011.55b
New library, 11/5/45. This is the old cow barn at 5th and E St., now a parking lot (10 Jan 66). Photo by Walt Smith
Collection: B2003.011
B2015.008.448
As the water receded, still too swift to cross. Library gable and brick house at right. Bridge pier appearing [view across swollen river to damaged buildings opposite]
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.1241
(O60 Ketchikan, Chief Johnson totem) [actually, is Chief Kian totem; totem situated near sign for "Public library, council chambers, city engineers," likely wolf on bottom; raven above wolf]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.036a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “48” caption: "Eskimos of Northwestern Alaska, Nome" [women and children wearing fur parkas and mukluks pose on steps outside structures, "Circulating Library: Books sold and Rented, Stationery" and Golden Gate Store; furs hanging from building; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.036b
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] [label] “48” caption: "Eskimos of Northwestern Alaska, Nome" [verso of slide: women and children wearing fur parkas and mukluks pose on steps outside structures, "Circulating Library: Books sold and Rented, Stationery" and Golden Gate Store; furs hanging from building; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023