Unique Historical Treasures Featured at this year's 2025 Border Archives Bazaar

On Saturday, October 18, 2025, from 10 am- 4 pm, in Las Cruces, NM, join us for a fun and educational event that showcases unique and historic archival materials from the border region.  The El Paso Public Library Border Heritage Center, along with other libraries, archives, and museums of southern New Mexico, West Texas, and the borderlands, will be there to showcase unique and historic archival materials from the border region. The bazaar is organized by the Border Regional Archives Group (BRAG). It features rare documents, photographs, maps, publications, and more, highlighting the unique history and cultural heritage of our region. This year’s theme is Voices through time - Voces a traves del tiempo.  

The event brings together resources from more than a dozen libraries, archives, museums and historical societies of southern New Mexico and west Texas. Participating institutions include: NMSU Library Archives and Special Collections, El Paso Public Library Border Heritage Center, the UTEP Library’s C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections, Texas Tech University’s Southwestern Collection, San Elizario Los Portales Museum, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, Doña Ana County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, El Paso County Historical Society, the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, and Sul Ross State University Archives of the Big Bend, among others. The Bazaar highlights the role that archives play in preserving and promoting our cultural heritage. Archivists, librarians, and museum curators will be on hand to discuss and answer questions about archives, regional history, and preservation of original documents.

A series of film screenings throughout the day in the museum’s theater will highlight historical footage and oral history interviews with long-time residents of the border region.

For more information, please contact: Dennis Daily, Archives and Special Collections, New Mexico State University Library, ddaily@nmsu.edu, 575-646-4756, or Claudia Rivers, Special Collections, University of Texas at El Paso Library, crivers@utep.edu, 915-747-6725.