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The purpose of the Archives of the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) is to collect, preserve, interpret, and provide access to the documentary history of IAIA, the contemporary native art movement, and American Indian Education. The Archives is the official collecting repository for all permanent and historically relevant records for the College of Contemporary Native Arts, the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, and the Center for Lifelong Education.
The Archives preserves college, museum, and personal materials that document the operation and changes of IAIA and Indian arts education. The Archives serve as an educational resource for the study of the modern Native arts movement and encourages scholarly research in its collections by faculty, staff, students, and the general public. The Archives serve as an educational and training center for IAIA students interested in pursuing archival careers.
Location and Hours
- The Archives are located in the IAIA Library on the IAIA Campus, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- The Archives are open to all researchers weekdays by appointment only. Please call the archivist at (505) 424-2392 or email rflahive@iaia.edu to schedule an appointment.
Research Tools
Finding Aids
- Detailed guides to our processed collections can be accessed on the Rocky Mountain Online Archive. New finding aids are added to the database regularly.
Digital Assets
- Digital surrogates of archival photographs, films, audio recordings, and documents can be found at New Mexico’s Digital Collections. New digital items are added to the database regularly
Forms and Policies
Brief Guide to Processed Collections
The following are some of the Select Items within the IAIA College of Contemporary Native Arts Library Collection.
- Smithsonian Photographs, National Anthropological Archives
- Late 19th and early 20th Century photographs of Native Peoples and their communities. Prints include a broad representation of tribes from across the U.S. These prints are routinely accessed by our students for various research projects. 25 linear feet.
- The Lee and Stewart Udall & the Lloyd New Special Collections Area
- Approximately 400 books donated by Stewart Udall, former Secretary of the Interior under the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations and by Aysen New, widow of Lloyd New, a founding father of IAIA.
- The Joy Harjo Collection
- Literature and Media Arts from Joy Harjo's personal collection.
- The Lannan Literary Series Videos
- Writers, poets and social activists reading and discussing their work as participants in the Lannan Foundation's Readings & Conversations program.
- The Native Eyes Project
- Resources related to the Native
Eyes Online Indigenous Studies program.
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