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New Mexico’s rich history has long connected its people and communities to Latin America, Spain and Indigenous Tribal Nations. As the state’s flagship university, The University of New Mexico is honoring and preserving those deep-rooted connections...

In the basement level of Zimmerman library, voices of 20th-century New Mexicans echo through the halls. Community elders and leaders often speaking Spanish unique to the region share stories and wisdom on tape. 

Brian Levant, a renowned Hollywood filmmaker and UNM alumnus, has donated his extensive career-long body of work in the entertainment industry to The University of New Mexico’s Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections (CSWR). 

“I see it as a temporary alternative to what’s happening at the Smithsonian, where Black people in particular gave family treasures to the museum and now it’s being censored. I see this as a kind of answer to that to preserve important memories to preserve community.”

UNM professors Irene Vásquez Ph.D., and Ray Hernández-Durán Ph.D., have curated an exhibit featuring six New Mexican artists whose work can now be seen at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.  

The Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections (CSWR), part of the University Libraries, has announced the public release of the first portion of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Institutional Abuse Collection. This important digital archive...

The names Rev. Charles Becknell, Sr., Ph.D., and Harold Bailey, Ph.D., have echoed through the University of New Mexico’s history. Now, they each represent the title of a collection available to researchers at the Center for Southwest Research. 

The Uni­ver­sity Libraries Cen­ter for South­west Research & Spe­cial Col­lec­tions (CSWR) and the Center for Regional Studies host­ the 2025 Fellows Symposium on April 9 in the Frank Waters Room at Zim­mer­man Library at 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Grad­u­ate...

The University of New Mexico’s is excited to welcome and host author and alumna, Lillian Gorman. Gorman, associate professor at the University of Arizona, will give a talk on her latest book, Zones of Encuentro: Language and Identities in Northern New...

The Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections (CSWR) invites the community to Love in the Archives on Thursday, Feb. 13, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Frank Waters Room at Zimmerman Library. This annual Valentine’s Day open house celebrates...