ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS CATALOG FOR NEW MEXICO Compiled by New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum © 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................................vii HOW TO USE THIS CATALOG .....................................................................................ix MAP OF ORAL HISTORY REPOSITORY LOCATIONS ..................................................x COLLECTIONS LIST BY COUNTY...............................................................................xiii COLLECTIONS LIST BY CITY....................................................................................xvii ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS IN NEW MEXICO (1) Alamogordo Museum of History/Tularosa Basin Historical Society.................. 3 (2) Alamogordo Public Library.............................................................................. 5 (3) Albuquerque Museum.................................................................................... 20 (4) Artesia Historical Museum and Art Center..................................................... 21 (5) Arthur Johnson Memorial Library (Raton).................................................... 22 (6) Carlsbad Museum and Art Center................................................................... 24 (7) Carnegie Public Library (Las Vegas) .............................................................. 26 (8) Cibola National Forest, Mt. Taylor Ranger District (Grants) ......................... 27 (9) Corrales Historical Society ............................................................................. 30 (10) Deming Luna Mimbres Museum..................................................................... 33 (11) Eastern New Mexico University Special Collections (Portales) ....................... 34 (12) El Camino Real International Heritage Center (South Socorro County) ......... 36 (13) Farmington Museum...................................................................................... 37 (14) Farmington Public Library ............................................................................ 38 (15) Fort Sumner Public Library........................................................................... 39 (16) Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, Palace of the Governors, Museum of New Mexico (Santa Fe) ............................................................ 40 (17) Gila National Forest (Silver City)................................................................... 44 (18) Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico (Roswell).................................. 45 (19) Institute of American Indian Arts, Archives & Special Collections (Santa Fe) .................................................................... 48 (20) Institute of Historical Survey Foundation (Mesilla Park)............................... 49 (21) Kit Carson Home & Museum (Taos) ............................................................... 51 iii (22) Lakeview Christian Home of the Southwest (Carlsbad) .................................. 52 (23) Lincoln County Historical Society (Lincoln)................................................... 53 (24) Los Alamos Historical Museum ...................................................................... 54 (25) Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and Art......................................................... 55 (26) Matraka, Inc. Pan Am Publishers (Las Vegas and Albuquerque) ................... 58 (27) Menaul School Menaul Historical Library of the Southwest (Albuquerque).... 61 (28) Moise Memorial Library (Santa Rosa)............................................................ 62 (29) Moriarty Community Library and Historical Society ..................................... 63 (30) Museum of International Folk Art Library (Santa Fe) ................................... 64 (31) New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum (Las Cruces)........................... 71 (32) New Mexico Heritage Center (New Mexico State University, Las Cruces) ...... 77 (33) New Mexico Highlands University Donnelly Library (Las Vegas).................. 89 (34) New Mexico Junior College Pannell Library (Hobbs) ..................................... 90 (35) New Mexico Military Institute Horgan Library Special Collections (Roswell) 91 (36) New Mexico Museum of Space History (Alamogordo) .................................... 92 (37) New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Archives and Historical Services Division (Santa Fe) ................................. 93 (38) New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections (Las Cruces) ........................................................... 98 (39) New Mexico State University at Carlsbad Library ....................................... 103 (40) New Mexico Steam Locomotive & Railroad Historical Society (Albuquerque) ............................................................. 107 (41) Pancho Villa State Park Visitor Center (Columbus)...................................... 108 (42) P. G. McHenry & Associates Architects (Albuquerque) ................................ 109 (43) Physical Science Laboratory (New Mexico State University, Las Cruces)..... 110 (44) Pojoaque Valley Public Schools Library....................................................... 111 (45) Pueblo de Abiquiú Library and Cultural Center ........................................... 112 (46) Sacramento Mountains Historical Society Museum (Cloudcroft) .................. 115 (47) San Juan College Library (Farmington) ....................................................... 116 (48) San Juan County Archaeological Research Center Library at Salmon Ruin (Bloomfield).................................................................... 118 (49) Silver City Museum Society.......................................................................... 119 (50) Smokey Bear Historical Park (Capitan) ....................................................... 120 (51) Socorro Public Library..................................................................................122 iv (52) St. John’s College Meem Library (Santa Fe)................................................. 123 (53) Sugarite Canyon State Park (Raton) ............................................................ 124 (54) University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research (Albuquerque).... 125 (55) University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center (Albuquerque)............................................................ 170 (56) USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, State Office (Albuquerque)....................................................................... 173 (57) Western New Mexico University Museum (Silver City) ................................ 174 (58) Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian (Santa Fe) ............................ 175 (59) White Sands Missile Range Museum ............................................................ 177 NEW MEXICO-RELATED COLLECTIONS IN OTHER STATES (A) Arizona Historical Society (Tucson, Ariz.).................................................... 181 (B) Colorado College Special Collections (Colorado Springs, Col.)........................ 182 (C) Fort Lewis College Center of Southwest Studies (Durango, Col.) .................. 183 (D) Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.) ....................................................... 186 (D) Library of Congress American Folklife Center (Washington, D.C.) ............... 187 (E) Navajo Nation Library (Window Rock, Ariz.).............................................. 188 (F) Northern Arizona University Cline Library, Special Collections and Archives (Flagstaff, Ariz.).................................... 189 (G) Smithsonian Archives of American Art (Washington, D.C.) ......................... 197 (H) Smithsonian Institute Archives (Washington, D.C.)..................................... 198 (I) Texas Tech University Southwest Collection (Lubbock, Tex.)...................... 199 (J) University of Texas at El Paso Institute of Oral History (El Paso, Tex.)...... 200 APPENDIX A Statehood Centennial/4th Edition......................................................................... 201 APPENDIX B Survey Questionnaire ........................................................................................... 205 INDEX OF INTERVIEWEE NAMES .......................................................................... 209 v INTRODUCTION & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS One of the little gems I discovered when I joined the staff at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in 1999 was the Oral History Collections Catalog for New Mexico. As the lead researcher for a brand new facility, it was a delight to find a list of first-hand accounts and materials in other parts of the state in addition to our Museum’s recently started Oral History Program. While the internet has become a boon to expanding awareness of archival collections and historical photographs, online resources for oral history work has lagged behind. After I became Oral History Program Director in 2002, I had periodic thoughts that I should visit with folks at New Mexico State University about their plans to update the guide. The third edition of the Oral History Collections Catalog for New Mexico would not have been possible without the pioneering efforts of the New Mexico Heritage Center at New Mexico State University—publishers of the 1989 and 1993 editions. Dr. Andrew Wiget, Dr. Jeffrey Brown, Christopher Wilson, and Kathryn Sargeant drafted the original questionnaires and information. We are indebted to them for permitting us to revive this