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The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology Archives contains institutional and anthropological records including historic and contemporary images; manuscript collections documenting Laboratory of Anthropology staff projects; and papers and correspondence relating to the history of archaeology and anthropology in the Southwest.
The Archives collection includes the institutional files of the Laboratory of Anthropology from its founding in 1927, administrative records of the Field Schools of 1929–1936, and maps and oversize drawings of Museum Hill buildings. The Archives also holds materials related to Mabel Morrow and the Santa Fe Indian school, the Dorothy Dunn Kramer collection, A.V. Kidder’s records of Pecos, and papers related to important figures in the history of the Laboratory of Anthropology and Southwestern archaeology and ethnology including Kenneth Chapman, Bertha Dutton, Edgar L. Hewett, and Jesse Nusbaum. Photographs relating to the Lab’s work, manuscripts by researchers, and much more are also part of the Archives. The acquisition and processing of new collections is an ongoing endeavor.
The archive is open to researchers by appointment Monday through Friday from 9 am - 4 pm. Please call Archivist Diane Bird at 505-476-1255 for further information or to make a research appointment.