UNM Libraries--CSWR--Route 66


ROUTE 66 & NEW MEXICO Center for Southwest Research (CSWR) University of New Mexico General LIbrary

U.S. Highway 66 -- "Route 66" -- stretched from Chicago to Los Angeles, winding through many towns and cities along the way, including Albuquerque. This guide is to select resources about the historic Route 66 that are housed at the UNM Center for Southwest Research (CSWR) For inquiries contact (505)277-6451, CSWR Reference, or visit our web site at www.unm.edu/~cswrref/.
Check LIBROS for locations and for more complete book and serials holdings. Inquiries may be made in the CSWR Anderson Room for finding aids to non-book materials. Locations given throughout this document are for CSWR copies only. Additional copies may be available elsewhere on campus by using LIBROS, the online catalog.


Subject Headings Secondary Sources Electronic Indexes and Databases CSWR Home Page	Primary Sources Other Resources Web Sites General Library Home Page

LIBROS: is the online catalog of the UNM General Library. It provides access to books and journals owned by the UNM Libraries and New Mexico member institutions. Parts of the library's collection must still be accessed using the traditional card catalog. For materials not located in LIBROS contact InterLibrary Loan.


SUBJECT HEADINGS

United States Highway 66

United States Highway 66 -- Description

United States Highway 66 -- Guidebooks

United States Highway 66 -- History

United States Highway 66 -- History Pictorial

United States Highway 66 -- Pictorial Works

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SECONDARY SOURCES

Books

Clark, Marian. The Route 66 Cookbook. Tulsa, OK: Council Oak Books, 1993.

Kammer, David. The Historic and Architectural Resources of Route 66 Through New Mexico. Santa Fe:

New Mexico Historic Preservation Division, 1992.

Moore, Bob. Route 66: A Guidebook to the Mother Road. Del Mar, CA: USDC Inc.[199-].

Noe, Sally W. Greetings from Gallup: Six Decades of Route 66. Gallup NM: Gallup Downtown Development

Group, 1991.

Rittenhouse, Jack D. A Guide Book to Highway 66. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1989.

Robson, Ellen. Haunted Highway: The Spirits of Route 66. Phoenix, AZ: Golden West Publishers, 1999.

Schneider, Jill. Route 66 Across New Mexico: A Wanderer's Guide. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico

Press, 1991.

Scott, Quinta. Along Route 66. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2000.

Scott, Quinta and Susan Croce Kelly. Route 66: The Highway and Its People. Norman: University of Oklahoma

Press, 1988.

Snyder, Tom. The Route 66 Traveler's Guide and Roadside Companion. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990.

Usner, Donald J. New Mexico Route 66 on Tour: Legendary Architecture from Glenrio to Gallup. Santa Fe:

Museum of New Mexico Press, 2001.

Wallis, Michael. Route 66: The Mother Road. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990

Witzel, Michael Karl. Route 66 Remembered. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1996.

There are many federal government documents on the Route 66 Corridor, including studies to preserve and commemorate Route 66. Use LIBROS Subject Heading: United States Highway 66.

Maps

See the Vertical Files in the CSWR Anderson Room and theUNM Centennial Library's map collection.

Periodicals

New Mexico Route 66 Association Newsletter. 1989-present. Available at CSWR.

Route 66 Magazine. 1993-present. Scattered issues available at CSWR.

Vertical Files (Located in CSWR Anderson Room)

See heading "Route 66". File includes brochures, clippings, maps.

Videos

Historic Route 66, 1927-1936: Pre-1937 Alignment through Valencia County, NM. Village of Los Lunas.

Ruidoso, NM: Trident/OTI Video, 2000.

A Journey Down Route 66. Palm Springs, CA: TEG Video, 1994.

Kammer, David. "Cruising the Heart of New Mexico on Route 66." [Center for Regional Studies--Recorded

Public Events, 1999]. Albuquerque: Zimmerman Library, Anderson Reading Room, July 9, 1999:

[S.L.s.n.], 1999.

Route 66: An American Odyssey. Tumwater, WA: Pacific Communications, 1994.

Route 66 Collector's Series. Palm Springs, CA: Dist. by Cole Media, 1996.

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ELECTRONIC DATABASES & INDEXES

Remote access to the following databases is available to UNM Students, Faculty and Staff.

America: History & Life Search: Highway 66, U.S. Indexes Academic journal articles, historical.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
EBSCOhost Search: Route 66. Indexes popular magazines, academic journals, and newspaper articles.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Full-text citations to newspapers.
New Mexico Business Periodicals Index (NMBPI)
ProQuest's New Mexico Newstand
ProQuest Search: Route 66. Indexes popular magazines, academic journal and newspaper articles.

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PRIMARY SOURCES

New Mexico Route 66 Association Records, 1950-1991 (bulk 1989-1991). CSWR, MSS 601

Contains archival records of the Association, plus newsclippings, articles and brochures written about

Route 66.

For description see the Online Archive of New Mexico.

Ward Hicks Advertising Printing Samples, 1993-1972. CSWR, MSS 411

Route 66 tourism advertising. For description see the Online Archive of New Mexico.

Route 66 Photograph Collection. CSWR Pictorial Collections, 986-012.

A photographic study by William J. Lucas taken along Route 66 in New Mexico and Arizona, 1967-1986.

Artifacts of the tourist trade, including signs, shops, gas stations, and motels, are the focus of this collection

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OTHER RESOURCES

Rio Grande Valley Library System

Telephone: 505-768-5141

Albuquerque's public library system contains many of the book titles listed on this web page.

Check their online catalog.

UNM Centennial Science & Engineering Library and its Map & Geographic Information Center (MAGIC)

Telephone: 505-277-5738

This facility contains the largest and most varied collection of maps and other geographic information

materials in the state.

Albuquerque Museum.

Located at 2000 Mountain Road NW. Telephone: 505-243-7255

Contains a photoarchives collection, visited by appointment only. Contact the museum for information.


WEB SITES

Historic Route 66

National Historic Route 66 Federation

New Mexico Route 66 Association

Route 66: The Mother Road

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April 2002 am/np