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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.
B1994.022.897
(snow plows)[snow plows covered in snow]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1995.014.71.3
[scenic of snow-covered trees, tracks in snow]
Keywords: winter
Collection: B1995.014
B1983.091.S1773.1
Snow at Turnagain by Sea, 2/20/56 (residence, car, and snow)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1999.014.2052a
(Snowmobiles_Barrow "Roaring Boring Alice")[man in a white parka, standing in front of a snow machine and numerous oil drums on the tundra, no snow visible]
Keywords: snow machine, snow mobile, tundra, Barrow
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B1999.014.2052b
(Snowmobiles_Barrow "Roaring Boring Alice")[man in a white parka, standing in front of a snow machine and numerous oil drums on the tundra, no snow visible]
Keywords: snow machine, snow mobile, tundra, house, parka
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B2000.012.066
Cameron 210 (Valdez Home)[Cabin buried in snow]
Keywords: snow, mountains, log cabin
Collection: B2000.012
B1989.016.675.2
70. Snow-shed along "Loop". Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [snow shed over tracks on Alaska Railroad in Loop area]
Keywords: snow removal
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.639a
A snow bedstead at 8700 ft. 5.20.12 [hole dug in snow for sleeping, bedding on snow,
snowshoes propped at head]
Keywords: mountaineering, Mt Blackburn, snow shoes
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.2.936
from verso: Snow (removal) Rotary in action [removing snow from railroad tracks]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1998.014.1.2580
"Kenai Highway; snow scenes; Feb 1937" [snow, mountains; overexposed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1979.002.2930
from verso: Snow (removal); snow fleet in action - 1949, Alaska Railroad [train engines clear snow from tracks on a bend]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1994.022.393Z.10
(Airplanes)[airplane landing on snow field]
Keywords: airplane
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.393Z.11
(Airplanes)[airplane landing on snow field]
Keywords: airplane
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1999.014.1607
[Native children playing in the snow]
Keywords: children, winter, snow, play
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B1999.014.1610
[Native child playing in the snow]
Keywords: children, play, sled, native, snow, winter
Collection: B1999.014 Hilscher
B1989.016.1647.5
(Merrill Field in winter) [snow plow on air strip conducting snow removal]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1647.6
(Merrill Field in winter) [snow plow on air strip conducting snow removal]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1942
(Seward Highway, deep snow in winter) [view down road with snow banks]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2583
"Kenai Highway; snow scenes; Feb 1937" [snow; mountains; trees; overexposed]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1580.1
[snow removal on railroad tracks at Curry Hotel and Alaska Railroad depot, water tower visible behind snow plow and plume of snow]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.629a
Above the dangerous gulch Eating 12200 ft [group of climbers bent over snow at left packs on snow flag in snow at right]
Keywords: climbers, mountain climbing, mountaineer, Mt Blackburn
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.759
A-47. Snow guage at summit. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [snow gauge]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.16.2
[scenic looking through snow-covered trees to frozen river with tracks running across snow]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.16.3
[scenic looking through snow-covered trees to frozen river with tracks running across snow]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.16.4
[scenic looking through snow-covered trees to frozen river with tracks running across snow]
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1136
(O22 Snow flowers; 1942-43 winter; 1946 postcard) [snow on fireweed leaves]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1146
(O22 Snow flowers; 1942-43 winter; 1946 postcard) [snow on tree branches]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1331
(PA6 snow rolling) [windblown snow chunks atop snowy surface in storm, flurries]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.336
Winter again. Snow from roof [view across yard, snow pile against house at left]
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.886
[camp site in snow, with tents, dog lying in snow at left. Poor quality print]
Keywords: camp
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.10135
from verso: Snow & Ice (snow removal) Rotary at Curry 1-12-49 [rotary snow removal equipment at station; structure in background]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC