The online finding guide catalog of the New Mexico State Archives
The State Archives of New Mexico is part of the New Mexico Archives Online consortium, comprised of over twenty archival repositories statewide. To search across finding guides found at all these repositories, click here.
The State Archives is one of New Mexico’s most important historical and cultural resources. As the central repository of state government records and the custodian of numerous private papers and manuscript collections, the State Archives is the primary steward of New Mexico’s documentary heritage. The repository houses records from the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government, including documents dating from New Mexico’s Spanish (1621-1821), Mexican (1821-1846), and Territorial (1846-1912) periods of history.
Our finding aids contain descriptive information and links to digitized primary source materials maintained and preserved by the New Mexico State Archives. Holdings include documents, photographs, motion picture film, maps, sound recordings, and bound materials. Researchers may search our online finding guides to locate primary source material relative to their interests.
Request Records
If you anticipate scheduling an in-person appointment to review materials in our collections, or if you need more information about specific resources in our database, please send us a list using the below-linked Records Request Form.
To complete this form, click on ‘Citation’ on the top-right corner of any resource page, copy the contents found in ‘Cite Item’ to an available line on the Records Request Form, and email it to us at archives@srca.nm.gov.
Archival holdings are vast, so cataloging is ongoing. If you cannot find what you are looking for, please contact the Archives reference desk at (505) 476-7948 or via e-mail at archives@srca.nm.gov. The catalog is updated regularly.