Colfax County, New Mexico, Archives and Libraries

= Colfax County =

Angel Fire Community Public Library
Address: PO Box 298

Angel Fire, NM 87710

Shuter Library of Angel Fire
Address: 11 South Angel Fire Road

Angel Fire, NM 26817

p (575) 377-6755

web page: location map

Seton Memorial Library
Address:  Philmont Scout Ranch

17 Deer Run Road

Cimarron, NM 87714

Phone: 575-376-2281

Hours: Summer - 8 AM to 5 PM daily

Winter - 8 AM to Noon and 1 PM to 5 PM

A research library containing Ernest Thompson Seton'spersonal collection and an extensive collection of

volumes pertaining to western lore and history of the area. You can sign up to tour the historic Villa Philmonte.

Eagle Nest Public Library
Address: 151 Willow Creek Drive

Mail:      PO Box 168

Eagle Nest, NM 87718

Phone:  575-377-2486

Family History Library
Address: 2136 La Mesa Drive

Raton, NM 87740

Phone:  (575) 445-0845

Hours: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM by appointment only

Family History Centers are branch facilities of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The Center provides

access to books, microfilms, microfiche, and the internet to help patrons identify their ancestors.

Arthur Johnson Memorial Public Library
Address: 244 Cook Ave.                           Raton, NM 87740

Phone:  (575) 445-9711

Relevant Holdings:

School yearbooks: 1926, 1928, 1944 to presentday

Local newspapers: Raton Range, 1895 to 1996, on microfilm. No equipment to make copies.

Fred Macaron Public Library
Address: Box 726

600 Colbert Ave

Springer, NM 87747            Phone: (505) 483-2848

= In New Mexico =

New Mexico State Records Center and Archives
Location: 1205 Camino Carlos Rey

Santa Fe, NM 87507

Walk-in Address: 1209 Camino Carlos Rey

Hours: Monday through Friday

10:00 AM to 4:30 PM, except holidays

Reference Assistance is available from 10 to noon and 1 PM to 4:30 PM.

Telephone: 505-476-7948; 505-476-7908

Fax: 505-476-7909

e-mail: [mailto:archives@state.nm.us archives@state.nm.us]

Search the collections:   Archives page

Online Catalog

Online Archive of New Mexico

State Historian

Center for Southwest Research
Location: University of New Mexico

Zimmerman Library (University Libraries)

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Telephone: 505-277-9100

Search the collections:    LIBROS online catalog

Rocky Mountain Online Archive

New Mexico Digital Collections

National Hispanic Cultural Center
Address: 1701 Fourth SW

Albuquerque, NM 87102

Telephone: 505-246-2261

Hours:  Tuesday through Friday 10 AM to 5 PM

Saturday 8 AM to Noon

Collection includes about 2,000 rolls of microfilm from the 17th through late 20th centuries.

Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico
Address Research Room: 4000 St. Joseph Place

Lourdes Hall Room R108

Albuquerque, NM 87120

Phone:  Call 505-833-4197 for office hours

Rio Grande Historical Collections
Address:  New Mexico State University Library

MSC 3475, PO Box 30006

Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-3006

Telephone: 575-646-3839

Fax 575-646-7477

email: [mailto:archives@lib.nmsu.edu archives@lib.nmsu.edu]

Holdings include microfilm of the Archivos Historicos del Arzobispado de Durango (Historic Archives of the

Archbishop of Durango).