Baldwin Burr, a photoarchivist and oral historian at the Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and Arts, gives a lecture titled “Historic Route 66 through New Mexico” on Sept. 28 at 12 p.m. in Zimmerman Library, Frank Waters room 105.
Burr earned a BA in Art...
The Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections in Zimmerman Library has opened a new exhibit, “Life and Times Along Route 66.” The exhibit is located in the Frank Waters Room 105 in Zimmerman Library and will be up through Dec. 2016.
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The Fall 2016 University Libraries’ Willard Lecture features authors and UNM faculty members Mark Childs and Ellen Babcock presenting, “Prismacolor and Neon: the craftwork of mid-century Route 66 signs.” Visitors will also be offered a glimpse into the...
UNM Parking and Transportation Services (PATS) is informing resident-students that the main campus will experience heavy traffic throughout the day on Saturday, July 16 due to the Route 66 Summerfest in Nob Hill.
Higher than normal traffic volume is...
Donatella Davanzo, a University of New Mexico graduate student, walks along some part of Route 66 in Albuquerque almost every day, photographing the buildings, the street and the fragments of history still visible along the roadside. Officially she is ...
What do Ruben Cobos, Tony Hillerman, U.S. Route 66 and “El Hispano News” all have to do with each other? They are all new collections and digital projects at the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, a part of the University of New Mex
Graduate students across disciplines delve into the archives at the Center for Southwest Research in the College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences. Their fellowships are funded by the UNM Center for Regional Studies, ...