The Fray Angélico Chávez History Library is the institutional successor of New Mexico's oldest library (1851) and is part of the Palace of the Governors. 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 Living Treasures Archives are held in the The Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, a part of the Palace of the Governor’s Museum.

Fray Angélico Chavéz History Library
120 Washington Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 476-5090

Monday through Friday 1 to 5 pm, Wednesday until 8 pm

The archive contains clippings, correspondence, transcripts, audio tapes and a few video recordings of interviews.

Note: The library’s List of Honorees in Alphabetical Order shows only those honorees who have a taped interview in the archive.