Editor s note: This is from The Open Stacks, a blog curated by the NMSU Library Archives and Special Collections. Blog posts from The Open Stacks will be printed in the Sun-News monthly. Visit https://openstacks.nmsu.edu/ to learn more about the history of the Mesilla Valley.
The New Mexico State University Archives and Special Collections (ASC) has many interesting historical collections, but the Loretto Academy holding is a gem that catches people’s attention whenever we have a public display of our archival holdings.
A woman attending the 2019 Border Regional Archives Group Border Archives Bazaar, held at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, was in awe that we had the Loretto Academy collection. She had a family member who had attended the once-thriving Catholic school in downtown Las Cruces.