About CHS Archives
The CHS Archives Committee collects, preserves, and archives materials relating to the history of Corrales. This includes but is not limited to photographs, newspapers, and oral and written histories by residents. In addition to being recorded in our files, well over a thousand photos are now part of the digital archives collection managed by the University of New Mexico, where they can be viewed using the instructions in Picture Corrales’s Past below.
The committee also promotes a themed Corrales Heritage Day celebration each year (because of the pandemic, 2021’s event will be window displays at Corrales Library and Village Hall) and supports other events with its knowledge and media. Interest in our collection has been shown by the Smithsonian, the New Mexico History Museum as well as academic historians from across the country.
Be a part of this adventure in history. If you have library, media, project management experience or you are just interested in history, we can use your help. Simply email: chsarchives@corraleshistory.org and come join us.
The committee also promotes a themed Corrales Heritage Day celebration each year (because of the pandemic, 2021’s event will be window displays at Corrales Library and Village Hall) and supports other events with its knowledge and media. Interest in our collection has been shown by the Smithsonian, the New Mexico History Museum as well as academic historians from across the country.
Be a part of this adventure in history. If you have library, media, project management experience or you are just interested in history, we can use your help. Simply email: chsarchives@corraleshistory.org and come join us.
By Kitty Tynan
Corrales Historical Society Archives Committee
At the end of November, while watching the Corrales Fire Department use the “jaws of life” to open the time capsule from the Village’s 25th anniversary of incorporation, Mayor Jo Anne Roake knew she and her team needed help. To rescue the waterlogged contents of the time capsule, she reached out to Corrales Historical Society (CHS) member Anne Van Camp, a retired professional archivist who had recently moved to Corrales. Read more…
Corrales Historical Society Archives Committee
At the end of November, while watching the Corrales Fire Department use the “jaws of life” to open the time capsule from the Village’s 25th anniversary of incorporation, Mayor Jo Anne Roake knew she and her team needed help. To rescue the waterlogged contents of the time capsule, she reached out to Corrales Historical Society (CHS) member Anne Van Camp, a retired professional archivist who had recently moved to Corrales. Read more…
Corrales History on Display
We hope you had a chance to see the display celebrating Harvest Festival created by the Corrales Historical Society’s Archives Committee at the Corrales Community Library in September. It focused on wine making in Corrales with a selection of photographs as well as a family-size vintage grape crusher used for wine making and glassware from the same general period.
We also had an exhibit at the Village Hall for several months celebrating Corrales’ 50th Anniversary of its incorporation. The poster and set of photographs feature items from our collection illustrated Corrales historic beginnings and growth over the years. Other displays at the library and Village Hall are planned.
Picture Corrales’s Past
Pictures of people, buildings, landscapes, events and activities in Corrales history, sometimes dating back more than 100 years, are available online! The photos, donated to the CHS Archives Committee by Corrales families, have been added to our collections and then uploaded and stored in the New Mexico Digital Collections (NMDC) coordinated by the UNM Library.
Our collection of Corrales history includes not only the online photos, but articles, newspapers, books, obituaries, census materials, oral histories, videos, and much more. These materials will be added to our online collection as time goes by. In the meantime, you can make an appointment to view materials by appointment.
Our collection of Corrales history includes not only the online photos, but articles, newspapers, books, obituaries, census materials, oral histories, videos, and much more. These materials will be added to our online collection as time goes by. In the meantime, you can make an appointment to view materials by appointment.
Visit Our Online Collection
To view the online collection:
econtent.unm.edu/digital/collection/chs
Once there, you will see a brief description of the collection. Click on the Browse button at the bottom of the page. You will then see a few small photos. You can just browse through the photos (which are displayed alphabetically by title) by clicking on the next number or the > button at the bottom of the page. You can narrow the display by Subject using the list to the left.
Subjects are listed in order according to the number of items that have that Subject (most photos have more than one). Click on Show More to see a complete list. The Creator list lets you see photos with an identified photographer (most photos do not have this information). When you find a photo you’d like to look at in more detail, click on either the small “thumbnail” or the red title of the photo. To go back to the list of photos, click on “Return to Results” at the top right.
For more detailed search instructions go to the instructions below:
econtent.unm.edu/digital/collection/chs
Once there, you will see a brief description of the collection. Click on the Browse button at the bottom of the page. You will then see a few small photos. You can just browse through the photos (which are displayed alphabetically by title) by clicking on the next number or the > button at the bottom of the page. You can narrow the display by Subject using the list to the left.
Subjects are listed in order according to the number of items that have that Subject (most photos have more than one). Click on Show More to see a complete list. The Creator list lets you see photos with an identified photographer (most photos do not have this information). When you find a photo you’d like to look at in more detail, click on either the small “thumbnail” or the red title of the photo. To go back to the list of photos, click on “Return to Results” at the top right.
For more detailed search instructions go to the instructions below:
Celebrating Corrales Heritage & Incorporation
As featured in Corrales Comment
