Rio Grande Historical Collections, (RGHC)

The NMSU Library Archives and Special Collections is open to all researchers Monday through Friday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm during the Fall and Spring semesters. We are open by appointment only during the Fall, Spring, and Summer breaks. Please request an appointment through the Request for Research Materials form or by emailing archives@nmsu.edu. Please allow 24 hours’ notice for appointments. The Caroline E. Stras Research Room is located in Branson Library, 4th floor. We are happy to provide virtual reference services for those who cannot visit our facility in person.

Research records of organizations, personal papers, and other unpublished materials which document the cultural heritage and history of New Mexico and the Spanish Borderlands.

Search Finding Aids

New Mexico Archives Online provides detailed descriptions of archival collections in the NMSU Library Archives and Special Collections, as well as several other archival repositories in New Mexico.

Search Photographic Collections

Photographs from the NMSU Library Archives and Special Collections cover more than 150 years of image-making in New Mexico and the border region.

Featured Collections

Archivos de Durango

From the Archives open book from The Mary Daniels Taylor Durango Microfilm Collections

The Mary Daniels Taylor Durango Microfilm Collections

Material related to the Spanish colonial and Mexican national periods of the state of Durango. There are currently three series of microfilm available for researcher use.

Photographic Collections

The Rio Grande River with low level of water flowing

More than 500,000 items cover almost 150 years of image-making in New Mexico and the Southwest and pertain to all aspects of the state's cultural heritage.

Photo Database

Amador Trade Catalogs

Black and white Amador Family portrait

The Amador Trade Catalogs are wholesale and retail merchandise catalogs, brochures, announcements, and leaflets that range in date from 1873-1942 and advertise everything from general goods to specialty items.

Catalog Database

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