The Department of History, with sponsorships and support from the Center for the Southwest, the Feminist Research Institute, the Institute of American Indian Research, the Institute of Medieval Studies, the Latin American and Iberian Institute, Women,...
By Nancy Brown-Martinez and Rachel WhittJanuary 13, 2022
The town of Tome, best known for its popular El Cerro de Tomé Good Friday pilgrimage, is now celebrating a different historic resurrection. The town map and patent were recently restored and digitized by archivists at the UNM Center for Southwest...
Each year, the University Libraries and the Center for Regional Studies funds graduate fellowships for the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections (CSWR). The Graduate Fellows work alongside full-time staff to process special collections,...
The University of New Mexico’s Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections (CSWR) was chosen to receive funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) as part of its launch of the Doris Duke Native Oral History Revitalization...
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed every aspect of life. Many people have made sacrifices and experienced loss, but it is in these times that people are inspired to rise up with the greatest acts of kindness and love. This year the University Libraries...
The Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections (CSWR) is proud to announce the line-up for the spring 2021 People and Places Lecture series. In accordance to social distancing guidelines, the lecture series will take place online through...
The UNM Libraries Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections (CSWR) will soon receive the congressional papers, photographs, audiovisual materials, digital files and memorabilia of New Mexico Senator Tom Udall.
Following a distinguished...
A woman forced underground during political upheaval in Mexico, separated from her four children who were sent to safety, and later deported from her own country for “subversive writing” – what sounds like a suspenseful plot is actually the real-life...
Graduate Fellows at the College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences are working alongside staff at the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections to showcase some of the unique special collection items as part of the “Secrets of the...
What do wedding photos, dance cards, queer memorabilia and the infamous Love/Lust poem have in common? That’s the question UNM archivists will answer at an upcoming Valentine’s Day event.
Love in the Archives is happening Feb. 14 at the Center for...