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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.
B1991.21.12
A portrait of 16 people dressed in traditional Scandanavian costumes posing for the photographer
Keywords: portrait, scandanavian, festival, costumes
Collection: B1991.021
B2014.023.053
(People Swimming)(a woman and two men standing in a lake with swimming suits on posing for the camera)
Collection: B2014.023
B1989.016.680.1
1 (Reindeer transportation with Star Airways at Naknek, Alaska) [men with reindeer]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.212.6
Fairbanks ice carnival (Carnival series) [Miss Alaska]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1984.077.20.026
[bear on chain, photographer in left of frame, person holds hand above bear's nose]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.055.242
Two men with George Sullivan, standing outside City Hall, dated September 1968
Collection: B1984.055
B1992.003.004
Ahtna Alaska Natives, Copper Center [Family of men, women, children pose on porch of log cabin; dog at right; broom, shovel, bucket]
Collection: B1992.003
B2006.023.4307.jpg
1983 Iditarod Champion Rick Mackey [dog truck as parade float].
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B2006.023.4307
1983 Iditarod Champion Rick Mackey [dog truck as parade float].
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2009.017.1983.08.27
Asbestos Hazard 3.5 Kilometers Toxic P.C.B.'s 2.8 Kilometers On the other hand, think what it'll do to discourage vandals Saturday Aug 27, 1983
Keywords: Anchorage Daily News, cartoons, comics, political
Collection: B2009.017
B1989.016.212.7
Fairbanks ice carnival (Carnival series) [young girl]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.212.8
Fairbanks ice carnival (Carnival series) [young girl]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2130.1
(Pioneer Man) [studio portrait of man in suitcoat and tie]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.2416
Kotzebue, June 1971 [girl standing on boardwalk holds up puppy; structure with open door in background; utility meter at right; snow]
Collection: B2017.024
B1964.001.184
Not in Kentucky but Alaska! Camp Moonshine(Whiskey Still in Operation)
Keywords: camp, cabin, still
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B1984.077.15.006
[Scenic view, water, trees, mountains, fog, clouds. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.2.025
[scenic view, trees, rocks in foregroud, neg. is deteriorating]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1649.2
(Alaska Railroad Yards, Anchorage) [view of yard looking northeast, with large building under construction at left, Chugach Mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.21.3
Print from a 4x5 copy negative. A portrait of the Oscar Anderson family, this iuncludes three children and their parents. Photographed in the studio of James and Bushnell.
Keywords: portrait, mother, father, children, studio
Collection: B1991.021
B1995.014.21.12
[portrait of dog in harness lying on snow]
Keywords: animals, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.21.13
[portrait of dog in harness lying on snow]
Keywords: animals, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2010.023.614a
(Fig 104)(boy in center wears an old style cap worn by Nunivak men and boys. The man was the carpenter building the first school at Mekoryuk in 1959)(Van, Stone James W Nunivak Island Eskimo Technology and material Culture)
Collection: B2010.023
B2014.012.74
[four men, youngest man wearing lace cuffs, seated on couch in wallpapered room, newspaper box mounted on wall at left, map of Bristol Bay on wall at right next to door]
Keywords: clothing, residences
Collection: B2014.012
B2015.017.211
Eek slide tray #1 [reproductions of artwork] [artwork by Joe P. Carter]
Collection: B2017.017
B2017.023.214
[Three service men, three women on sofa, floor; Wally? on sofa, second from left]
Collection: B2017.023
B1984.077.16.021
[exterior shot, man in kuspuk bends to smell flowers, fireweed? shadows, building in background]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.2.006
[Two men outside cabin, examine gun. logs, canvas. neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.2018.1.45.001
18-6 Ward Lake waterlilies; likely 1939, near Ward Cove]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.45.001
18-6 Ward Lake waterlilies; likely 1939, near Ward Cove]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2013.059.014
Canneries. Bering Sea. [man in bow of boat holding up line, possibly getting ready to deploy net]
Collection: B2013.059
B2013.075.387
Scammon Bay, 1966 [woman standing at counter washing clothes in basin, large box of Tide on counter, washing machine under wall calendar at left]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2013.075
B2022.005.174
[Indigenous Alaskan young woman in navy swimsuit and holding a book standing on pilings at waterfront]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Young woman, Girl, Swimsuit, Swimming, Swim, Book, Paperback, Pilings, Dock, Waterfront, Recreation
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1996.x.001b
Panoramic Photograph of Downtown Anchorage 1948, looking across Knik Arm towards Pt. Mckinzie and Mt. Susitna. Printed by Ken Wray's Print Shop. INC.
Keywords: Panoramic photograph; Anchorage; 1948, Pt Mckinzie
Collection: B1996.x_001
B1983.091.S3421.140
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 1962 [man and young girl inside house]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1984.055.241b
Man and woman in parkas, receiving plaques from George Sullivan
Collection: B1984.055