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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.
B1994.022.679
(Healy?)[river flowing through canyon with homes on a bluff]
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1999.014.1557
[Post Card of Trapper with furs standing in front of cabin along with his two dogs]
Keywords: dogs, cabin, camp, furs, winter, moose antlers, log cabin
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B1995.010.5871
Anchorage [winter scenic with hoar frost on trees, 1940s. has neg]
Collection: B1995.010
B1972.088.37
4th Street Anchorage July 25 (Anchorage 1915_ townsite) {flag polewith US flag amongst tree stumps}
Keywords: frontier, Anchorage, 4th Ave, flag, flag pole
Collection: B1972.088 Mueller
B1990.014.5.Ed.2.32
Kids square dance, D.R. & Holtz, Pied Piper School, Palmer, Jan. 1964. Photographer's number: 15713 [teacher in background holding camera]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Ed
B2017.023.168
[Soldier (Wally?) standing at attention, holding rifle in front of small building, possibly guard shack]
Collection: B2017.023
B1990.014.2018.1.3.003
Fritzie [child looking up, standing near fireplace; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.3.003
Fritzie [child looking up, standing near fireplace; 1939?]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.019.58
Misha & Tony [Alaska Native man and young boy sitting on snowmachine, man wearing sunglasses and fur-lined hat with earflaps; print date May 79]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2015.019
B2022.002.31
Keywords: AMA, Alaska, Anchorage, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage Museum Association, www.anchoragemuseum.org
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2016.010.106
Tutchoni cemetery 1904 [Tutchone Indian graveyard, sign in foreground, “This cemetery is not a tourist attraction”, spirit houses behind wooden fencing, Champagne]
Keywords: funerary customs, indigenous peoples
Collection: B2016.010
B1983.091.S4827.23
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [kids dancing, men drumming]
Keywords: dancers
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S4827.24
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [kids dancing]
Keywords: dancers
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.004.35146
Old Ice with Young Ice Shoved upon it by movement pressures 35146
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.004.35184
Anchorage 4th Ave West to East Aug 1950 August 1950 35184
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1990.014.2018.1.49.004
20-2; Portraits of Pauline [Wilson]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.49.004
20-2; Portraits of Pauline [Wilson]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2013.075.505
1967-68 [Koliganek? man standing outside of log cabin]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2013.075
B2016.006.2335
[villagers standing outside log cabin, Quonset hut in background, Hughes; 1967]
Keywords: residences
Collection: B2016.006
B2016.006.2338
[Alaska Native boy with puppy dogs outside log cabin, wash basins on wall, Hughes; 1967]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B2016.006
B2016.006.2339
[young Alaska Native children playing on riverbank, Hughes; 1967]
Collection: B2016.006
B2017.023.181
[Service men sitting, drinking, smolking, possibly a bar or NCO Club]
Collection: B2017.023
B2017.024.3491
Northern Alaska [winter scene with possibly road or landing strip in foreground; cemetery; village in background; hangar at far left; undated]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2103.1
(Clark Anderson & Co.) [Clark Andresen? man standing next to foliage by wall of log cabin]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.1622
Me! Looking to Seward dock, June 11, 1947 [bird’s eye view of docks, Clarissa in foreground]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.5686
Anchorage [exterior of house, possibly CAA housing, water tanks at left, electrical transformer at right, 1940s. has neg]
Collection: B1995.010
B2016.004.13.1
Barrow, 89883, May 1980 [seal head on ice]
Keywords: Animals, hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.006.2341
[four young Alaska Native boys next to Quonset hut, boy at left standing on ladder, boys at right on moveable steps, windsock on pole in center, heavy equipment at right, photographer’s shadow in foreground, Hughes; 1967]
Collection: B2016.006
B2017.002.20
[man dressed as Santa Claus handing out presents to children, Christmas tree in background, candy apples on tray at left, Barrow, 1956-1957]
Collection: B2017.002
B2017.024.3373
June 1971 [breakup scene; women, children gathered on boardwalks; wood structures; fish or mean hung on drying rack; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.029.1635
[man smoking cigarette sitting with three children outdoors, “North to the Future” patch on man’s denim shirt; print date Sep 76]
Collection: B2017.029
B2022.005.23
[Three Indigenous Alaskan young boys in overalls outside]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Children, Child, Boys, Toddler, Overalls, Clothing, Outside
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1991.011.534
"Newtok, Day 1960, 12/65" [winter scene of village structures over snow; possibly river in distance]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2017.024.1152
Alaska - Eskimo kids play in Barrow street in summer, 1986 [1961?; Inupiat children pose for camera]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Children
Collection: B2017.024
B1991.046.56
School children, Sh., 8/52 [four children holding “Dental Health” workbooks posed outdoors, Shaktoolik]
Collection: B1991.046
B1998.014.1.3599
(Anchorage, Mt View)[MountainView Store with lumber stacked to the side and two cars parked in front]
Keywords: groceries, commerce, hardware store, construction
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley