Abstract The Armijo and Gallagher families papers include personal, business and legal documents primarily concerning Nestor Armijo’s involvement in mercantile and ranching interests during the late-1800s in southern New Mexico. The bulk of the papers document how the Armijo family established itself as one of the most well-known mercantile families of territorial New Mexico. A good deal of material pertains to the Armijo home, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Abstract The Isidoro Armijo family collection contains material related to the lives and work of Isidoro Armijo, his wife Jennie Archibald Armijo, their children Ernestine Evermon and Willard, and other family members. The papers are divided into two series--Family Papers and Photographs--and contain family letters, keepsakes, scrapbooks, photographs, and appointment certificates.