Pictorial Collection
The Center for Southwest Research Pictorial Collection (formerly Photoarchives) contain some 80,000 images dating from the mid-1850s to the recent past. Many of the photographs are directly related to the CSWR Manuscripts collections. The collection is subject oriented with a focus on the histories of New Mexico, the Southwest and Latin America. Subjects represented include Hispanic and American Indian cultures, mining, ranching, railroads, political leaders, artists, writers, and the visual histories of Albuquerque and other localities in New Mexico.
The collection is available for viewing through the Anderson Reading Room during regular hours and photo duplication and scanning services are available.
Major collections within the Pictorial Collection Archives include the Cobb Memorial Collection (history of Albuquerque ca. 1870-1940), the Henry A. Schmidt Collection (life in the mining communities of Southern New Mexico ca. 1890-1920), and the Atlantic & Pacific Railway Collection (construction of the A&P from New Mexico to California ca 1880). Guides to these collections, including microfiche copies of the photographs, may be purchased. Also included in Pictorial Collections are important collections of popular prints, including the Holland Collection of Word War II posters, the Fernando Gamboa Collection of Mexican popular prints by Jose Guadalupe Posada, and a collection of broadsheets, posters and other publications from the Taller de Grafica Popular.