1916 Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa Photograph Collection, 1916

The collection includes photographic postcards documenting the Punitive Expedition into Mexico in 1916. It includes locales such as Columbus, NM and Agua Prieta and Juarez, Mexico. Images depict battlefield dead and cremation of bodies, military vehicles, automatic weapons, military camp life and American military personnel.

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Asamblea de Artistas Revolucionarios de Oaxaca Pictorial Collection (ASARO), 2006-2009

This collection of prints, posters, and mural stencils was created by a collective of young Mexican artists that formed during the state of Oaxaca's 2006 teachers strike. Themes include land rights, political prisoners, government corruption, political violence, police brutality, violence against women, art exhibitions, nationalization of agriculture and oil.

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Atlantic and Pacific Railway Photograph Collection, 1880-1885

This collection consists primarily of photographs documenting the construction in 1881-1883 of the Atlantic & Pacific Railway, from Albuquerque, through Arizona, to Needles, California. In addition to scenes of railroad construction, there are many photographs shot in Albuquerque and the surrounding mountains. There are also many photographs of Indians and pueblos located along the railway.

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Buffalo Soldiers in Columbus, New Mexico Photograph Collection, 1918

This collection consists of photographs of African-American soldiers, known as Buffalo Soldiers, from the 24th Infantry, based at Columbus, N.M., January 20, 1918.  The photos show soldiers at rifle and machine gun practice, at chow line, at attention, etc.

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Bainbridge Bunting Photograph Collection, 1870-1980

This collection contains photographs of various locales, primarily in New Mexico. Most images are of buildings and architectural details of buildings in small towns, cities, and the pueblos of New Mexico. Many photographs were taken as a part of the Historic American Buildings Survey.

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Nicholas P. Ciotola Italians in Albuquerque Pictorial Collection, 1884-1970

The Italians in Albuquerque Pictorial Collection is made up of reproductions of photographs, posters and postcards pertaining to the lives of Italian immigrants and their families residing in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Items cover the time period from the late 1880s to the 1970s, focusing on Italian-American businesses, family life, and community in Albuquerque.

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Cobb Memorial Photography Collection, 1880-1942

The Cobb Studio based in Albuquerque was owned by William Henry Cobb from 1885 to 1942. The images are of Albuquerque and surrounding areas and document the life and growth of the city.

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Elizabeth Willis DeHuff Pictorial Collection

This collection contains photographs of Hispanic and Indian peoples, landscapes, and cultural life of New Mexico from the 1920's to approximately 1945. Most of the printed photographs are duplicates of lantern slide images, some of which are hand-colored. A CD of 334 scans of glass lantern slides with images of various Southwestern locations and communities, including many depictions of various Pueblos in New Mexico is included. The collection also contains photos of Mrs. DeHuff, her family, and friends.

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Jacqueline Dunnington Pictorial Collection, 1998-2005

The photographs document signs and murals of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Albuquerque, Chimayo, Villanueva, and Santa Fe. They depict religious processions in Chimayo and document activities at the Rancho de las Golondrinas (Santa Fe, NM).

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Grace Thompson Edmister Photograph Collection, 1890-1980

This collection contains photographs compiled by Grace Thompson Edmister, musician, teacher, and director of the Albuquerque Civic Symphony later named New Mexico Symphony Orchestra. Various musical bodies are depicted during both performance and rehearsal.

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Christopher Felver Photograph Collection, 2008-2009

This collection contains portraits of prominent Native American authors, activists, and performers. An addition to the collection contains portraits of artists from Taos, New Mexico.

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Film Poster Collection, 1930-2005

The Film Poster Collection contains posters produced mostly in the US and Latin America. American posters provide examples of advertising by the American motion picture industry in the mid- twentieth century. The film posters from Mexico range in date from the 1930s to 2005 and cover a wide range of topics, from comedy, romance, and drama to politics. The collection also includes cine club pamphlets from Uruguay.

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Fernando Gamboa Collection of Prints by José Guadalupe Posada, 1888-1944

This collection, compiled by noted Mexican art historian Fernando Gamboa, consists of lithographs, etchings, and engravings by José Guadalupe Posada. Posada, known as "the artist of the Mexican people," worked as an illustrator and commercial artist. His work has influenced many Latin American artists and cartoonists because of its satirical acuteness and political engagement.

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Gross, Kelly and Company Pictorial Collection, 1880-1970

Gross, Kelly & Company was one of the pioneer wholesale and retail mercantile companies in the Southwest. The bulk of the images are of the Gross, Kelly and Company and its predecessor firms, but also includes photos of the Gross and Kelly families dating from 1904-1942, New Mexico Native American people and places, and a collection of unsent postcards.

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The J. B. Jackson Image Collection contains approximately 3000 slide images taken or used by landscape scholar J.B. Jackson for course lectures at the University of California at Berkeley. The images primarily include American vernacular architecture and cultural landscapes. Some broad categories of images include roads, roadside architecture, highways, farms, main streets, gas stations, and diners.

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William A. Keleher Pictorial Collection, 1840-1970

The collection contains a variety of materials pertaining to the history of New Mexico. As a historian, Keleher conducted thorough research on the territorial era of the State. As a prominent lawyer and citizen of the State in the 1900's, Keleher's legal work and volunteer efforts helped shape the modern condition of New Mexico. Many of the photographs relate to his research, career and other interests.

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Karl Kernberger Pictorial Collection, 1912-1990

The photographs in this collection document political movements, meetings and demonstrations between 1965 and 1970. Also included are photographs from Kernberger's book projects including photos of river rafting and ghost towns in New Mexico.

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Wayne Lambert Pictorial Collection, 1978-1995

Wayne Lambert is a Colorado-based photographer who has taken pictures of the Southwest U.S. and Mexico since 1970.  The collection consists of photographs and negatives of geological formations in New Mexico.

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Father Agnellus Lammert Pictorial Collection, 1917-1983

This collection primarily contains photographs of church construction, church interiors, church models, religious processions and ceremonies in New Mexico. Video includes images of the 1929 plane crash on Mt. Taylor, New Mexico, California missions, priests and school children in Gallup, New Mexico. Also included are zinc halftone blocks.

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Little Beaver Town (Albuquerque, NM) Pictorial Collection, 1960-1964

The Little Beaver Town theme park based on the work of Fred Harman was located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  This amusement park focused on frontier and pioneer life, especially cowboys and Indians.

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William J. Lucas Route 66 Photograph Collection, 1967-1986

The William Lucas Route 66 collection is a photographic study of Route 66 in Arizona and New Mexico. Images depict the tourist trade, including signs, shops, gas stations, and motels, as well as various landscapes and cityscapes around New Mexico.

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Lee Marmon Pictorial Collection, 1949-1999

This collection contains photographs taken by Lee Marmon throughout his life.  These include images of elders and community members from Laguna and Acoma Pueblos, visual documentation of uranium mines and mills throughout New Mexico, and photos of fashion and social life in 1960s and 1970s Palm Springs, CA, among other things.

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Peter Nabokov Photograph Collection, 1967-1968

This collection consists of photographs taken at the time of the "Courthouse Raid" in Tierra Amarilla, NM.  Included are photographs of principals in these events, including land grant activist Reies Lopez Tijerina and other members of the Alianza Federal de Mercedes, as well as law enforcement, and National Forest Service employees.

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New Mexico Federal Music Project, 1935-1942

A collection of New Deal Era resources about music activities in New Mexico. This collection includes select Farm Security Administration Photographs, WPA Writers Projects, and Federal Music Project publications and programs, including Spanish-American Folk Songs of New Mexico.

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Jane Norling and Lenora (Nori) Davis Poster Collection, 1970-1980

Posters in this collection were collected from Cuba, Nicaragua, and Mexico by Jane Norling and Lenora Davis. The posters were produced by various agencies and address subjects such as film, solidarity with the struggles of Third World countries, labor, tourism, disease prevention, women, energy conservation, the Vietnam War, and the Cuban Revolution.

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Miguel A. Otero Photograph Collection, 1872 ca. -1939 ca.

This collection includes photographs of Miguel A. Otero, his family, and friends. There are many portraits of prominent New Mexicans, notably politicians, and autographed portraits of Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt and William McKinley. One group of pictures deals with the saga of Billy the Kid, and includes people and places relevant to his story.

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Pershing's 1916 Punitive Expedition Pictorial Collection, 1914-1971

The collection includes photographs and photomechanical postcards relating to Perishing's Punitive expedition. Images depict army camp and daily life as well as images of General Pershing, General Villa, Mrs. Villa, the 13th Calvary and the triple execution firing squad.

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Postcard Collection, 1920-1990

This collection contains commercially reproduced and distributed postcards received from various sources. Some of the locations represented in New Mexico are Abiquiu, Abo, Acoma, Albuquerque, Apache Canyon, Aztec, Camel Rock, Carlsbad, Chama, Cimarron, Cloudcroft, Conchas Dam, Cochiti Pueblo, Deming, Elephant Butte, and Fort Selden.

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Precolumbian Sites Album, 1890-1905

This album contains prints depicting various precolumbian sites of Meso-America. Several significant architectural structures, today reconstructed, are shown prior to excavation and reconstruction. Locales included are Acambalam, Chiapas, Chichén-Itzá, Chunkanab, Hochab, Isla de Mujeres, Mitla, Nancuchich, Oaxaca, Palenque, Tantah, Tchpich, Uxmal, Xcakochna, Xkichmol, Xlottsal and Yucatan.

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Railroad Photograph Collection, 1904-1972

This collection contains photographs of trains and train cars, several taken in New Mexico and Los Angeles, California. It includes several photographs and information cards about steam engines developed by Baldwin Locomotive Works. The majority of the collection relates to the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway.

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Louise Rapaport Photograph Collection, 1947-1952

This collection contains photographs from Louise Brock Rapaport's photo album. She owned the Brock's Bluewater Trading Post, in Bluewater, New Mexico. The photographs focus on the trading post, the Brock family, Navajo Indians, festivals, Monument Valley, and carrot harvesting.

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José A. Rivera Pictorial Collection, 1897-1986

This collection contain photographs compiled by University of New Mexico professor José A. Rivera.  They document mutual aid societies and the history, maintenance, usage, and social impact of agricultural irrigation systems in the Southwest.

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John Donald Robb Photograph Collection, 1950-1989

This collection consists of portraits of John D. Robb and family, friends, and numerous musicians, conductors, singers, and dance performers. There are many photos of orchestras, some in South America. Other photographs show equipment and demonstrations of electronic music, Comanche dancers and Matachines performances in both New Mexico and Mexico.

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Henry A. Schmidt Photograph Collection, Series 1: Portraits and Series 2: Outdoor Scenes

This collection consists of photographs of individuals in and around the southwestern New Mexican mining town of Chloride between 1890-1924.   It also contains pictures of mining operations, towns and buildings in Southwest New Mexico.

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Selected Items from the Pictorial Collections

The selected items are images from smaller pictorial collections.

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Sam L. Slick Collection of Latin American and Iberian Posters, ca. 1970-2000

This large collection contains posters from Cuba, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Panama, Nicaragua, and Spain among a few. Over 5,000 of these posters are available here. They address themes such as elections, imperialism, solidarity, human rights, and revolution.

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Katherine Stinson Pictorial Collection, 1850-1969

This photograph collection consists of pictures of the Stinson and Otero families, and pictures related to aviation and to World Wars I and II. Of special interest are fair performances by Katherine Stinson-Otero and other pilots (stunt flying, skywriting, night flights) and by automobile race drivers.

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Taller de Grafica Popular Pictorial Collection, 1935-1990

The Taller de Grafica Popular Pictorial Collection consists of posters, fliers, prints, serials, calendars and notecards that focus on international issues of the 1940s-1960s, including fascism and national socialism, in addition to Mexican topics such as agriculture, labor issues and the nationalization of the petroleum industry.

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Tamarind Institute Pictorial Collection, 1959-1997

This collection includes portraits of Tamarind artists and staff and photographic reproductions of artists' works. The collection also includes photographic illustrations from the Tamarind Book of Lithography, which demonstrates and explains lithographic processes and workshop procedures.

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James R. and Charlotte J. Toulouse Collection of Cobb's Studio Photographs, 1880-1920

This collection includes photographs of downtown Albuquerque, with images of the railroad depot, the Barnett Building, the post office, the San Felipe Hotel, Armijo House, and the Metropolitan Hotel. Views of Old Town are also included, showing the plaza and the C.W. Lewis General Store. The collection was donated by noted civil rights attorney, James R. Toulouse and his wife, political activist, Charlotte J. Toulouse, of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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