New Mexico Archives, Libraries, and Societies
This entry was originally written by Karen Stein Daniel, CG and Margaret Windham for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
Contents
- 1 New Mexico State Records Center and Archives
- 2 New Mexico State Library
- 3 New Mexico Genealogical Society
- 4 Historical Society of New Mexico
- 5 Center for Southwest Research
- 6 Special Collections Library, Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Library System
- 7 Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
- 8 Rio Grande Historical Collections, New Mexico State University Libraries
- 9 National Hispanic Cultural Center
- 10 Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico
New Mexico State Records Center and Archives
1205 Camino Carlos Rey
Santa Fe, NM 87505-9860
www.nmcpr.state.nm.us
As the main repository of government documents within the state, it participates in the 'Online Archive of New Mexico.' Among its holdings are land grant documents; Spanish (1621'1821), Mexican (1821'46), and Territorial (1846'1912) Archives; statehood records; Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe records; governors' papers; judicial and private papers. Publishes Quipu.
New Mexico State Library
1209 Camino Carlos Rey
Santa Fe, NM 87505-9860
www.stlib.state.nm.us
The library provides access to state and federal sources; Southwest collections, including Hispanic and Native American; newspapers; vertical files; and clipping files.
New Mexico Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 8283
Albuquerque, NM 87198-8283
www.nmgs.org
Publishes New Mexico Genealogist.
Historical Society of New Mexico
Box 1912
Santa Fe, NM 87504
www.hsnm.org
Publishes La Cronica.
Center for Southwest Research
Special Collections Department, General Library
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1466
www.unm.edu/~cswrref/enghome.html
Major research center for New Mexico, the Southwest, and the American West; participating repository of the 'Online Archive of New Mexico'; land grant and Native American collections; vertical files; family histories; inventories and bibliographies.
Special Collections Library, Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Library System
423 Central Ave. NE (at Edith)
Albuquerque, NM 87102
www.cabq.gov/library/specol.html
This is the main genealogical research library in New Mexico. Specialties include Southwestern reference; microform and CD-ROM collections; all New Mexico censuses; special Native American censuses; extensive New Mexico and U.S. genealogical collections.
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
P.O. Box 2087
120 Washington Ave.
Santa Fe, NM 87504-2087
www.palaceofthegovernors.org
This research library collects materials to document the history of New Mexico, the Southwest, American West, and Meso-America. It is a participating repository of the 'Online Archive of New Mexico' and maintains vertical files and newspaper clippings.
Rio Grande Historical Collections, New Mexico State University Libraries
P.O. Box 30006, MSC 3475
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8006
http://lib.nmsu.edu
A participating repository of the 'Online Archive of New Mexico,' its holdings include Southwest collections on Native Americans, cowboys, cattle industry, farming, overland trails, borderlands, and the Western Women Collection.
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 4th SW (at Avenida César Chávez)
Albuquerque, NM 87102
www.nhccnm.org
A library and genealogy research center, its holdings include rare books, archival and genealogical collections, and microform collections.
Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico
P.O. Box 51088
Albuquerque, NM 87181
www.hgrc-nm.org
Publishes Herencia.