History

• Society: History: By Region: North America: United States: West  (164)

Acoma Pottery - Traditional designs and techniques. Many photos illustrate historical and current procedures.

Army Corps of Engineers Albuquerque District - Among other information about permits, offers a 118-picture slide show of historical water resources.

Census Bureau Profiles - "Profile" of each county including historical census information, plus a map.

Climate Summaries - From the Western Regional Climate Center, historical summaries of climate including snow fall tables for over 200 sites in New Mexico.

Cuarto Centrennial History Series - Many historical articles about settlement in New Mexico by Juan de Onate in 1598 from the Albuquerque Journal.

Folk Arts of the Spanish Southwest - Discussion of Old World Spanish traditions and native Indian sensibilities. Includes tour of five rooms at the National Gallery of Art.

Friars Aim to Convert, Educate Natives - Relationship of Cortes, Cuauhtemoc and Onate reported. From the Albuquerque Journal.

Gila Wilderness - Geology, history of native inhabitants, other subjects. With photos.

Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande - Juan B. Rael Collection of religious and secular music of Spanish-speaking residents of northern New Mexico including essays in both English and Spanish.

Hollister Collection of Southwestern Native American Pottery - Photos of pots in the collection held at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque with information about each.

Microfilm Records for the State of New Mexico - Sources for historical census data on microfilm, indexed by counties.

Mountain Times - Reprints articles about the Sacramento Mountain area such as "Life as it was in the Sacramentos" from Mountain Times, monthly newspaper located in Timberon.

National Archives and Records - Rocky Mountain Region - NARA storage facility with records for seven states including New Mexico. Includes historical materials dealing with homesteading, Indian history, mining, and territorial court proceedings. Research can be initiated by email.

New Mexico Culture Net - In addition to general historical information, includes pages on the Civil War in New Mexico with text, photos and sketches, information about artifacts and remains, and essays.

New Mexico History - From the New Mexico Magazine Vacation Guide.

New Mexico History - New Mexico State University - Covers University history, New Mexico history, links to other public history pages and links to historical editing web pages including the Jack D. Rittenhouse Collection of Photographs from New Mexico.

New Mexico Office of the State Historian - Aims to foster an appreciation and understanding of the state's history. Includes timeline and calendar.

New Mexico Wanderings - This site features many of New Mexico's little known and lesser known places and includes maps,regional history, old and current photos, and some very interesting information.

Passport Records 1828-1836 - Mexican Port of Entry Records taken at Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory. Published by the New Mexico Genealogical Society.

Repositories of Primary Sources: New Mexico - Links to sources of historical materials in New Mexico. Published by the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives department.

Rewriting Southwestern History - Abstract from the publication "Archaeology", by the Archaeological Institude of America, dealing with the concept of the Great North Road. With map.

Rio Grande Valley Library System - Special collections of the library of interest to anyone doing historical research listed, including the Genealogy Collection, the DAR Lineage Books, and others, for use in the library.

Selected Publications on the Water Resources in New Mexico - List of publications mostly of the U.S. Geological Survey dealing with water resources, wells, reservoirs, and streams.

Special Collections and Archives - Image database with many historic photos of New Mexico.

Survey of Columbus for the National Park Service - Reports of activities of New Mexico State University faculty and students to record the history of Columbus, New Mexico, including a survey and photographs of historic buildings.

Timeline of New Mexico History - Includes events from 25000 BC to 1998, from the New Mexico Blue Book.

Vital Records - Source for birth, marriage and death records which may be ordered by telephone.

WPA Life Histories from New Mexico - First-person accounts of life in New Mexico collected during the Great Depression and stored at the Library of Congress. Includes Pioneer Stories, oral histories.

500 Years of Encounters 1492-1992 - Events that shaped New Mexico Hispanic arts and crafts.