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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.
B1989.016.1519.2
(Nat Brown's airplane in lake, Sasern pilot, Waco plane) [airplane with tail number NC13406 in ice, buildings visible behind. Nat Browne aircraft accident, probably Lake Spenard, early 1930s. cf. Mills & Phillips, Sourdough Sky, p. 65. With pilot Murrell Sasseen?]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1520.1
[house interior, with dog sitting on stool, bear skin and Dall sheep trophy on walls, rifle, chifforobe]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1306
O89 "Roughing it in Alaska" [log cabin and cache along river bank; sod roofs, ladder, stove pipe]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1316
(P1 alaska furs/exhibit; 1946 postcard) [woman seated on bear pelt, surrounded by animal furs, pelts, spruce trees, parka in background; similar to .1316]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1326
P5 Alaska's fur is the world's finist - Beaver pelts [copy neg; same as .1323]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1446
[man standing next to hose, hydraulic mining operation. copy neg. same as .1442]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1520.2
[house interior, with stool, bear skin and Dall sheep trophy on walls, rifle case, chifforobe]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1296
(O85 Anchorage Circus, July 8, 1954) [Cristiani Bros. Circus; human cannonball; net; musicians in right background; circus ring in foreground, business signs in background: Cold beer, Liquor store, D & D Lounge, McAllister Signs; automobiles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2238
1041 "fox" [fox lying on dried grass or straw; appears to be smiling; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.454
"C8 three Alaska queens on ice throne" [women wearing sashes, Cordova, University; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2261.2
[group portrait of Southeast Alaskan Natives in ceremonial dress, including Chilkat robes, headdresses, masks and beaded tunics, probably Tlingit. positive transparency. copy]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.003.152
[ship at pier, possibly logging ship; logs in water, men standing on logs]
Collection: B1997.003
B2017.023.030
[small fisihing boat in river, fishing rods, shore, trees, fog.]
Collection: B2017.023
B2017.024.3605
May 1969 [man holding oar while in umiak; water in background] slide #6612
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2037.8
(Walt's Transfer Co.) [two men and young boy posed next to General Motors truck parked outside Columbia Lumber Company of Alaska, Anchorage]
Keywords: transportation, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.34.6
[climber roped up for traverse, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.38.6
[hiker standing on ridgeline overlooking glacier]
Keywords: hiking, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.39.3
[base camp, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: camping, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.39.4
[climbers setting up base camp, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: camping, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.40.7
[base camp, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: camping, mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.41.11
[man wearing fur parka, bunny boots, and mittens, resting on pick, military rescue squad]
Keywords: mountaineering, clothing, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.41.12
[snowmachine pulling men and packs to base camp, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: transportation, mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.41.5
[snowmachine pulling men and packs up slope, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: transportation, mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.5.9
[man in parka with walrus tusk inlay standing with two women outdoors in winter, one woman wearing short wool jacket, one woman wearing long coat with fur trim and Athabascan-style mittens]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.81.11
[military ship underway in unidentified location]
Keywords: boats
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.34.10
[climber wearing pack and holding rope in foreground, four more climbers in distance, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.020
A11 Beaver means business 1946 2 negs (beaver & tree) [stump and tree chewed by beaver; no beaver in image]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1494
S64 Russian soldiers near Fairbanks, 1944 [four soldiers, one woman appear to listen as man talks; garden, possibly oats or wheat in right foreground; structres; possibly taken at UAF Experimental Farm, crops; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.024.3556
April 1968 [winter scene of two hunters wearing parkas, carrying guns; likely near Savoonga] slide #6170
Collection: B2017.024
B1995.014.33.4
[man standing on ridgeline in mountain range]
Keywords: military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.33.8
[three men on snowshoes, roped up for traverse, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: military, mountaineering
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.35.16
[distant view of three climbers making ascent, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation]
Keywords: mountaineering, military
Collection: B1995.014