Palace of the Governors Photo Archives

The Palace of the Governors Photo Archives contains an estimated 1,000,000 items including historic photographic prints, cased photographs, glass plate negatives, film negatives, stereographs, photo postcards, panoramas, color transparencies, and lantern slides. This important collection includes material of regional and national significance, dating from approximately 1850 to the present, covering subject matter that focuses on: the history and people of New Mexico and the expansion of the West; anthropology, archaeology, and ethnology of Hispanic and Native American cultures; and smaller collections documenting Europe, Latin America, Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East.

Some of the most important 19th and 20th century photographers of the West are represented in the collection including: Adolph Bandelier, George C. Bennett, Wesley Bradfield, Nicholas Brown, W. C. Brown, W. H. Brown, Joseph Burge, John Candelario, D.B. Chase, W. H. Cobb, Edward S. Curtis, Nathaniel Frucht, Carter Harrison, F. Jay Haynes, John K. Hillers, William Henry Jackson, Charles Lindbergh, Charles Lummis, Karl Moon, Jesse Nusbaum, Timothy H. O’Sullivan, T. Harmon Parkhurst, H. F. Robinson, Adam Clark Vroman and Ben Wittick among others.

With the launch of the Photo Legacy Project the Photo Archives is actively seeking materials from contemporary photographers documenting the past 50 years of visual history in New Mexico. Recent acquisitions include works by Sam Adams, Ann Bromberg, Guy Cross, Cary Herz, Herbert A. Lotz, Tony OBrien, Jack Parsons, and Donald Woodman. Please contact the Photo Archives to discuss gifts, bequests, and purchases.

Episodes:
Albuquerque Public School’s Metro Youth Art Exhibit and The Palace of the Governors Photo Archives
Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, Harpist Calvin Arsenia, Houston’s Buffalo Bayou Art Installations
Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, Calvin Arsenia, Houston’s Buffalo Bayou
Everton Tsosie, Andrew Connors, John K. Hillers