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The Southwest
Research Center
of Northern New Mexico
The Southwest Research Center of Northern New Mexico
operates as the
library for Taos Historic Museums, which includes the Ernest
Blumenschein Home and Museum and the Hacienda de los Martinez. This
research and resource center is the repository for thousands of books,
documents, photographs, and other materials relating to the history and
culture of Taos, northern New Mexico, and the American Southwest.
Scholars interested in the wide spectrum of northern New Mexico's art,
history and culture now have a unique resource at their disposal.
History
In 1997 the Institute of Museum and Library Services
created a new,
comprehensive funding program called National Leadership Grants. One
category, Model Programs of Library and Museum Cooperation, challenged
institutions to create collaborative projects to expand their service
to the public with emphasis on how the community is served, technology
is used, or education is enhanced. A grant of $103,833, awarded in
October 1998, allowed formation of a unique partnership of the Taos
Historic Museums, the Harwood Museum of Art, and Millicent Rogers
Museum with the University of New Mexico Zimmerman Library to combine
staff, collections, and resources to create the Southwest Research
Center. In 2007, Taos Historic Museums, whose collection
comprised approximately seventy percent of the Center’s holdings, took
over full responsibility for the Southwest Research Center.
Resources
The Southwest Research Center makes available to the public thousands
of publications that focus on the art history, history, ethnology, and
archaeology of the Southwest. The Research Center contains several
unique historic collections, such as those relating to the American Fur
Trade, the adjudication of water rights in New Mexico, and the
anthropological and archaeological library of Dr. John James Bodine.
The Southwest Research Center contains the following resources:
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An extensive Native American collection
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The D. H. Lawrence Collection (many bearing the
bookplate of Mabel
Dodge Lujan)
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American fur trade documents
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Judicial documents involving water rights
issues and New Mexico land
grants
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Area genealogy records, including Census
records since 1795, as well as
Taos County baptismal, marriage, and burial records since 1701 (prior
to 1860 Taos County included most of present northern New Mexico west
to California)
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Biographical information regarding New Mexican
historical figures,
including "Kit" Carson
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Original issues of the "Laughing Horse," a
newspaper which contained
the stories and sketches published by Spud Johnson during the
1920s, 1930s, and 1940s
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Hundreds of historic maps of northern New
Mexico and the region
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Numerous private collections of publications
donated by people who
include anthropologist John James Bodine (who wrote about Taos Pueblo)
and Victor Westphall (who built the Vietnam Memorial located at Angel
Fire, New Mexico)
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Thousands of books, including first edition
books and others which are
autographed by Taos writers and persons who wrote about Taos
LIBROS
LIBROS (LIBROS <http://libros.unm.edu>) is an on-line cataloguing
project offered through project partner, University of New Mexico
Zimmerman Library. This resource helps national and international
researchers locate rare and out-of-print publications before traveling
to use them at this non-lending library.
Fees
The Southwest Research Center of Northern New Mexico is a non-lending
library. Researchers and the general public may utilize its resources
during business hours. There is no research fee charged to those doing
their own research.
Off-site researchers, however, requesting information will be charged a
fee of $10 per hour for extensive research conducted by the librarian.
The following charges for photocopied material will be assessed:
- 10 cents for 8 ½ x 11
- 15 cents for 8 ½ x 14
- 25 cents for 11 x 17
Shipping and mailing fees may apply.
Donations
The Research Center gratefully accepts donations of books, photographs
or archival materials related to northern New Mexico and the greater
Southwest, as well as contributions to support the Center's operations.
To arrange for bequests, memorial donations, and gifts, please contact
Nita Murphy at (505) 758-5440.
Location: 246D Ledoux Street Taos NM 87571
Hours: Tuesday 9-5, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 1-5
Mailing address: 222 Ledoux Street, Taos NM 87571
Phone: 505-758-5440
FAX: 505-758-0330
Librarian: Nita Murphy
e-mail: nitkit@taosnet.com
LIBROS: http://libros.unm.edu
Related Links
De Golyer Library
<http://www.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/>
New Mexico
Genealogical Archive <http://www.everton.com/usa/nm.htm>
New Mexico State University
Library <http://lib.nmsu.edu>
Online Archive on
New Mexico <http://elibrary.unm.edu/oanm/>
Taos Public Library
<http://www.taoslibrary.org/>
University
of Colorado Libraries <http://libraries.colorado.edu/search/t>
University of
New Mexico <http://www.unm.edu/research.html>
University
of New Mexico Archives
<http://www.unm.edu/~unmarchv/unmarchv.html>
UNM/Taos Library
<http://taos.unm.edu/library/>
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