University of New Mexico – Center for Southwest Research
Location:
MSC 05 3020
University of New Mexico, Zimmerman Library
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr, or http://elibrary.unm.edu/
Phone: (505) 277-6451
Fax: (505) 277-2397
Email: cswrref@unm.edu
Contact: Audra Bellmore, Curator, Associate Professor
Web site: UNM Center for Southwest Research, Route 66 Research Guide
Institution Type: Library, Special Collections Department
COLLECTIONS
Description: The UNM University Libraries’ collections include publications, government documents, maps, and journal databases documenting Route 66, end to end. The Center for Southwest Research (CSWR) collections within Zimmerman Library provide many avenues for researching New Mexico’s portion of Route 66. These collections document the communities and businesses along the way from Tucumcari to Gallup, as well as the themes of tourism, trade, and transportation in the historic land of el Camino Real and the Santa Fe Trail. CSWR collections include photographs, oral histories, personal papers, business records, architectural archives, and many other forms of archival material in addition to books, periodicals, audio & video from around the state and the Southwest region.
Regions Covered: New Mexico, the Greater Southwest, and the United States
Type of Materials: Books, Rare Books, Serials, Databases, U.S. and N.M. Government Documents, Newspapers, Maps, Ephemera, Films/Videos/Moving Images, Theses/Dissertations, Newspaper Clippings, Photographs, Postcards, Oral Histories, Personal Papers, Business/Government/Organizational Records, Architectural Archives, Music Archives, University Archives
Time Periods: Pre-history to the Present
ACCESS
Facility Hours: Check website for University Libraries hours at http://elibrary.unm.edu/locations.php
Research Hours:
Center for Southwest Research, semester hours:
Monday, Thursday, Friday: 9 AM – 5 PM
Tuesday, Wednesday: 9AM __ 7PM
Saturday: noon __ 4 PM
Check website for inter-session hours: http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/hours.php
Reservations not required.
Online Research/Catalog System:
For books, periodicals, governmentt documents, audio/video, maps, and theses/dissertations, search LIBROS: http://libros.unm.edu
For archival collections, search Rocky Mountain Online Archives
For digital collections, search New Mexico’s Digital Collections
See our Route 66 Research Guide