Includes recordings of a variety of lectures on topics in New Mexico history, primarily given to the Albuquerque Historical Society during the 1960s and early 1970s.

The Independent Publishing Company was incorporated in September 1939 by Walter V. and Hazel M. Grattenthaler. At one time the company published El Independiente, the New Mexico Independent, the Independent of Valencia County, and the Bernalillo Times.

This collection contains the diary and miscellaneous personal telegrams of James S. Wroth, Albuquerque mining engineer.

Collection of letters, photographs, oil paintings, news releases and articles relating to the life and work of Joel Tito Ramirez. Born in 1923 in Albuquerque, Joel “Tito” Ramirez is an artist who was raised in New Mexico, studied at the University of New Mexico, and portrayed New Mexico’s Spanish and Native history in his oil paintings and other works of art.

“Through his photographs, John J. "Mike" Michnovicz documented Los Alamos during the building of the first atomic bomb, but he's probably better known for his accordion performances.” (from ABQ Journal obituary)

Receipts and legal documents involving various members of the Lobato Family of Albuquerque.

The collection consists of manuscripts or galleys for The Man on the Bench by Wilfred McCormick, The Flying Tackle by Wilfred McCormick, The Yellow Land on the Upper River by Robert H. La Follette, Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'Dell, Beatty's Cabin by Elliott S. Barker, and New Mexico Village Arts by Roland Dickey.

The Margaret Kent Medler collection contains a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and other items pertaining to Medler's social life in Albuquerque, New Mexico, between 1894-1918. Two almanacs inserted in the scrapbook are dated 1881-1882.

This collection consists of materials relating to the preparation and running of the Marigold Parade in Albuquerque’s South Valley. It houses many photos of past parades. The collection was donated to the Library by the Marigold Parade Committee. The committee’s organization was maintained.

The Michael Welsh collection contains unpublished chapters from his unfinished history of the University of New Mexico.

The collection contains research materials compiled by William E. Davis for Miracle on the Mesa, a book about the history of the University of New Mexico.

Research materials for the many talks that Nancy Tucker gave at the Special Collections Library on the history of postcard publishers. Materials are in folders as organized by the author. Also includes Stand-Lee certificates. This collection is complemented by the Nancy Tucker Postcard Collection housed separately.

Collection holds minutes of the New Mexico Council of Administrative Women in Education from 1917 – 1970s. The collection also holds handwritten notes, booklets on Women in the education system, and other related materials. Partial transcript available.

Collection consists of five scrapbooks, three with hardboard covers and two with wooden covers, concerning the Federation of Women’s Clubs and Frances M. Goddard, President and Director of the New Mexico Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1937-1941.

Okie Joe’s began in 1935 as Dixie Barbecue. It later became known as Oklahoma Joe’s Genuine Pit Bar-B-Que and then as Okie’s bar (Albuquerque Historical Society). This collection contains the original 1979 petition to "Preserve Okie’s.”

The collection consists of a recording of Chris Wilson interviewing William Leverett, Jr. The interview focuses on the development of Nob Hill's Monte Vista subdivision, and to a much lesser extent, University Heights, both neighborhoods in Albuquerque, NM.

This collection contains personal papers and correspondence of Pitt Ross, his son, Edmund, Edmund's wife, Evelyn Everitt Ross and various members of the Everitt family. There are also records from their surveying and engineering business, the Ross Engineering Company. The photographs in the collection are personal as well as company related.