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Named after historian Fray Angélico Chávez, library materials include important information from the Spanish colonial and Mexican periods. However, the library’s strength lies in the American period from the territorial period through the present.
Angélico Chávez (born Manuel Ezequiel Chávez in Wagon Mound, New Mexico) was the first native New Mexican to become a Franciscan. A prominent historian and intellectual, he spent a lifetime researching New Mexico history, writing books, scholarly articles, poetry, and fiction.
The Fray Angélico Chávez History Library collections consist primarily of books, manuscripts, and maps. Catalogs, databases, finding aids, and other links are available in the Research section.
The Fray Angélico Chávez History Library provides public access to its collection through guidelines designed to protect and preserve these rare materials for future researchers.
The Chávez Library Building houses two sets of collections: the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, which occupies the main level, and the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, which is on the lower level.
One side I sharpened to a poet’s quill, The other end, a painter’s brush. I paint the sage upon the shady ground. With pigment-words of silver-jades, And then I turn my wonder-pen around. And with it add the purple shades. –Fray Angelico Chavez. Cantares: Canticles and Poems of Youth, 1925-1932.
The Fray Angélico Chávez History Library is the institutional successor to New Mexico’s oldest library (1851). A non-circulating, closed-stack research facility, it preserves historical materials in many formats documenting the history of the state, the Southwest, and meso-America from pre-European contact to the present.
The Steve Wimmer Historical Research Fund for the Fray Angelico Chavez History Library at the New Mexico History was established in 2021 following Mr. Wimmer’s decease. The Fund honors Steve’s memory and enthusiasm for New Mexico history & cultural tourism which he shared with others in his role as the La Fonda Hotel’s head concierge.
The 1892 issue title changed to The Californian Illustrated Magazine, but appears to be a follow-on to the 1880’s issues. Camera Works. 1975-1985. Photo Archives. Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) Journal & Technical Bulletin.
Born Manuel Ezequiel Chávez in Wagon Mound, N.M., Fray Angélico was ordained as a Franciscan, served several parishes in New Mexico and was instrumental in renovating the church in Peña Blanca – a true hands-on effort.