Special Collections consist of noncirculating research materials organized by provenance or a theme. These materials are often rare or unique and can be primary or secondary sources.
At HSLIC, our Special Collections, the New Mexico Health Historical Collection, “documents the history of health in the state and the Southwest by collecting and preserving materials that include oral histories, organizational records, rare books, photographs, artifacts, and a monograph collection.” Our repository also contains institutional archives, vertical files, serials, audiovisual materials, and digital records.
Collecting strengths include the history of tuberculosis treatment in the state, the UNM Health Sciences Center, public health, New Mexico’s medical providers, and the oral history collection. Guides to processed collections are available via New Mexico Archives Online. Digitized materials are available through New Mexico Digital Collections and our institutional repository.
Special Collections is open to all researchers. To make a research appointment or to learn more about our holdings, please contact us at hsc-archivist@salud.unm.edu. Please allow at least five business days for us to retrieve materials during regular operations.