University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
The NMHHC consists of non-circulating materials, which document historical health and medical practices in the states of New Mexico. It includes oral histories, rare books, photographs, artifacts, and a New Mexico/Southwest monograph collection. Materials are available for use only in the New Mexico Health Historical Collection Room #223 of the Library and Informatics Center. The NMHHC Room is open to the public on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 12:00 – 5:00, and other times by appointment.
This service is available to all library patrons. Please check the Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center catalog to confirm item location before submitting a request. Please read the "Procedures for Using New Mexico Health Historical Collection Materials"(PDF).
Please fill out a form for each item you are requesting.
You may request materials in the HSLIC catalog with the following designation as the item location:
New Mexico Health Historical Collection (NMHHC) - Room 223
NM/SW - Room 223
Special Collections Offsite Storage
You may request materials in the Health Historical Collection Alphabetical and Subject Guides with the following designations:
PH (photograph)
FL (folder)
DC (document case)
CN (carton)
A maximum of 5 books per person will be retrieved from offsite storage per day.
A maximum of 4 boxes per person will be retrieved from offsite storage per day.
On Tuesday and Thursday the Archivist will retrieve materials as requested during open hours in the NM Health Historical Collection Room. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, the Archivist will retrieve materials by appointment. You will be notified when the material has been delivered to the NMHHC Room. For more information see the "Procedures for Using New Mexico Health Historical Collection Materials" (PDF).
