New Mexico Collection

The collection encompasses books about New Mexico; books about New Mexicans (Anglos, Native Americans and Hispanics), books published in New Mexico; and books written about New Mexico. It includes the library's collection of Territorial documents. The col lection includes first editions by Mary Austin, Witter Bynner, Willa Cather, Oliver La Farge, Tony Hillerman, Richard Martin Stern, William Eastlake, and John Nichols. Works about New Mexico artists including Maynard Dixon, Peter Hurd, Georgia O'Keeffe, Pa blita Velarde, and Allan Houser are also collected. The collection includes books on farming and ranching, science and technology, and history and culture of New Mexico. The library's holdings of newspapers in their original format are included in the col lection.

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Image from The Historical Encyclopedia of New Mexico
Ellis Arthur Davis, editor.
Albuquerque: New Mexico Historical Association, 1945.

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