https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/2026-albuquerque-book-donation-report https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-riordan-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg Cedar-frame Little Free Library stocked with Rick Riordan Presents middle-grade hardcovers and a National Geographic magazine collection. NMLP bookmarks visible in the spines. Albuquerque, April 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-adult-fiction-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg Two-shelf Little Free Library with adult commercial fiction on top and a mix of Rick Riordan middle-grade and academic titles on the bottom. NMLP bookmark visible on the lower shelf. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg NMLP https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/24-7-book-drop-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/book-donation-drop-box-albuquerque.jpg Free 24/7 book donation drop box at New Mexico Literacy Project, 5445 Edith Blvd NE, Albuquerque — turquoise outdoor box accepting used books, DVDs, and CDs anytime https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/about https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/josh-warehouse-portrait-albuquerque.jpg Josh Eldred, owner of the New Mexico Literacy Project, at the Albuquerque North Valley book donation warehouse https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/josh-sorting-donated-books-albuquerque.jpg Josh Eldred hand-sorting donated books at the New Mexico Literacy Project workstation in Albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/blog/little-free-library-donations-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-riordan-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg Cedar-frame Little Free Library stocked with the Rick Riordan Presents middle-grade series — Tristan Strong Keeps Punching, The Storm Runner, The Last Fallen Star, The Cursed Carnival — beside a collection of vintage National Geographic mag https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-adult-fiction-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg Two-shelf Little Free Library with adult commercial fiction on top — Nora Roberts, Clive Cussler, Tom Clancy, Patricia Cornwell, The Shack — and a lower shelf mixing more Rick Riordan Presents middle-grade hardcovers with academic titles in https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/compare https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/free-book-pickup-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nmlp-van-magnet-albuquerque.jpg New Mexico Literacy Project van — Donate used books or other unwanted items, Call or Text 702-496-4214 https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/free-book-pickup-van-albuquerque.jpg New Mexico Literacy Project free book pickup van in Albuquerque — white Ford Transit with logo, serving estates, classrooms, and moves across the metro area https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/ https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nmlp-van-magnet-albuquerque.jpg New Mexico Literacy Project van — Donate used books or other unwanted items, Call or Text 702-496-4214 https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/book-donation-drop-box-albuquerque.jpg Free 24/7 book donation drop box at 5445 Edith Blvd NE Albuquerque — turquoise outdoor box accepting used books, DVDs, and CDs anytime day or night https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/free-book-pickup-van-albuquerque.jpg New Mexico Literacy Project free book pickup van in Albuquerque — white Ford Transit serving estates, classrooms, and moves across the metro area https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/estate-book-donation-albuquerque.jpg Estate book donation arriving at the New Mexico Literacy Project warehouse in Albuquerque's North Valley — boxes staged for hand-sorting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/josh-warehouse-portrait-albuquerque.jpg Josh Eldred at the New Mexico Literacy Project warehouse, standing in front of the sorted-book wall where every donation gets hand-evaluated before routing https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-adult-fiction-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg Donated adult fiction stocked at an Albuquerque Little Free Library — the destination for books that pass the hand-sort and go straight to neighborhood readers https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-riordan-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg Little Free Library stocked with Rick Riordan Presents middle-grade hardcovers and a National Geographic magazine collection — Albuquerque North Valley https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/library-wont-take-my-books-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/donor-stories/library-rejected-benavides-memorial-1630.jpg A black hardcover book with gold script reading 'The Memorial of Fray Alonso de Benavides 1630', a foundational document of early-colonial New Mexico history, donated to NMLP after being rejected for sorting at an Albuquerque-area library. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/donor-stories/library-rejected-fiesta-fare-momaday-1956.jpg A 1956 commemorative cookbook 'Fiesta Fare: Mexican, Spanish and Southwestern Recipes', with cover illustration signed by Al Momaday, published for Albuquerque's 250th anniversary, donated to NMLP from a pile that the library asked the dono https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/donor-stories/library-rejected-pueblo-indian-cookbook.jpg A spiral-bound copy of the Pueblo Indian Cookbook with traditional Pueblo art on the cover, published by the Museum of New Mexico Press, in the donation pile from a donor told to sort first by an Albuquerque library. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/donor-stories/library-rejected-nm-colcha-embroidery.jpg A pink-cover specialty book 'New Mexico Colcha Embroidery' by Susan H. Ellis, a regional handbook on traditional New Mexico Hispanic colcha embroidery, donated to NMLP after a library asked the donor to sort first. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/donor-stories/library-rejected-irene-fisher-bathtub-bullets.jpg Two paperback books by Irene Fisher, 'Bathtub and Silver Bullet' and 'More Bathtubs Fewer Bullets', regional New Mexico frontier-era memoirs in the donation pile from an Albuquerque library reject. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/moving-book-donation-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/partner-with-us https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/pillars https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/sell-or-donate-books-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-anne-hillerman-books-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/favicon.svg New Mexico Literacy Project https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-arthur-sze-books-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/favicon.svg New Mexico Literacy Project https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-cormac-mccarthy-books-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/favicon.svg New Mexico Literacy Project https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-denise-chavez-books-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/favicon.svg New Mexico Literacy Project https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-george-rr-martin-books-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/favicon.svg New Mexico Literacy Project https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-louis-lamour-books-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/favicon.svg New Mexico Literacy Project https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-marc-simmons-books-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/favicon.svg New Mexico Literacy Project https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-max-evans-books-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/favicon.svg New Mexico Literacy Project https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-michael-mcgarrity-books-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/favicon.svg New Mexico Literacy Project https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-richard-bradford-books-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/favicon.svg New Mexico Literacy Project https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-robert-julyan-books-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/favicon.svg New Mexico Literacy Project https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-roger-zelazny-books-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/favicon.svg New Mexico Literacy Project https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-stanley-crawford-books-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/favicon.svg New Mexico Literacy Project https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/service-areas https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/stories https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-riordan-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg Cedar-frame Little Free Library stocked with Rick Riordan Presents middle-grade hardcovers — Tristan Strong Keeps Punching, The Storm Runner, Aru Shah, Sal and Gabi, The Last Fallen Star, The Cursed Carnival — next to a shelf of vintage Nat https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-adult-fiction-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg Two-shelf Little Free Library filled with donated books. Top shelf has adult commercial fiction — Clive Cussler Shadow Tyrants, Nora Roberts Identity, Tom Clancy Every Man a Tiger, The Shack, Amanda Quick, Sandra Brown Charade, Patricia Cor https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/testimonials https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/verify-nmlp-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/josh-warehouse-portrait-albuquerque.jpg Josh Eldred, owner of New Mexico Literacy Project, in the Albuquerque warehouse https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/book-donation-warehouse-albuquerque.jpg Interior of the NMLP book donation warehouse on Edith Boulevard in Albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/book-donation-drop-box-albuquerque.jpg The 24/7 outdoor book donation drop box at the NMLP warehouse https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/free-book-pickup-van-albuquerque.jpg The NMLP van that handles free book pickups across the Albuquerque metro https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/josh-sorting-donated-books-albuquerque.jpg Josh sorting donated books in the NMLP warehouse https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-adult-fiction-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg A Little Free Library in Albuquerque stocked from NMLP donations https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/aps-bus-2404-nmlp-book-delivery-albuquerque.jpg Albuquerque Public Schools van #2404 with the official APS logo, parked at the New Mexico Literacy Project warehouse with rear doors open and a load of books and supplies inside https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/what-i-take-that-others-wont-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/yes-guide/cocinas-de-nm-three-cookbooks.webp Three saddle-stitched soft-cover cookbooks lying side-by-side on white background: a tan Cocinas de New Mexico cover with stylized vegetables, a green Bernalillo County Extension Service New Mexico Holiday Show cookbook, and an orange Cocin https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/yes-guide/cocinas-de-nm-orange-cover.webp Orange and green Cocinas de New Mexico cookbooks lying overlapping, the orange one with a chile ristra illustration, the green one a Bernalillo County Extension Service publication. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/josh-sorting-donated-books-albuquerque.jpg Josh Eldred at the NMLP warehouse sorting through a stack of donated books at the workstation. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/book-donation-warehouse-albuquerque.jpg A view inside the NMLP warehouse with stacked boxes of donated books visible on shelves and on the floor. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/book-donation-drop-box-albuquerque.jpg The NMLP outdoor 24/7 book and media donation drop box at 5445 Edith Blvd NE in Albuquerque. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/donor-stories/library-rejected-irene-fisher-bathtub-bullets.jpg A pair of older paperback books titled Bathtub and Silver Bullet and More Bathtubs Fewer Bullets by NM-frontier-era memoirist Irene Fisher, lying on a wooden surface. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/estate-book-donation-albuquerque.jpg A pile of donated books, photo albums, and personal materials in an estate-cleanout context. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/free-book-pickup-van-albuquerque.jpg The NMLP pickup van loaded with donation boxes from an estate cleanout. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/josh-warehouse-portrait-albuquerque.jpg Josh Eldred, NMLP owner-operator, in the warehouse with a stack of donated books visible behind him. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/aps-bus-2404-nmlp-book-delivery-albuquerque.jpg An APS Title I van with the bus number 2404 visible, parked at the NMLP warehouse on a Tuesday delivery for the McKinney-Vento program. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/donor-stories/library-rejected-pueblo-indian-cookbook.jpg A signed Pueblo Indian Cookbook by Phyllis Hughes lying on a wooden surface with a Museum of New Mexico Press imprint visible on the cover. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/donor-stories/library-rejected-fiesta-fare-momaday-1956.jpg A 1956 Fiesta Fare cookbook for the Albuquerque 250th anniversary celebration, with cover art credited to Al Momaday, lying on a wooden surface. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/donor-stories/library-rejected-nm-colcha-embroidery.jpg A copy of New Mexico Colcha Embroidery by Susan H. Ellis lying on a wooden surface, a saddle-stitched paperback technical handbook on the traditional NM Hispanic embroidery technique. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/yes-guide/cocinas-interior-recipe-pages.webp The interior of one of the Cocinas de New Mexico cookbooks held open by hand, showing recipes for posole, chimichangas, capirotada, sopaipillas, and other traditional New Mexican dishes printed in mid-century typewriter typeface on cream-co https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/where-donated-books-go-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-riordan-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg Little Free Library stocked with Rick Riordan Presents middle-grade hardcovers — Tristan Strong Keeps Punching, The Storm Runner, The Last Fallen Star, The Cursed Carnival — beside a collection of vintage National Geographic magazines, with https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/little-free-library-adult-fiction-dropoff-albuquerque.jpg Little Free Library with two shelves of donated books — upper shelf of adult commercial fiction including Nora Roberts, Clive Cussler, Tom Clancy, Patricia Cornwell, and The Shack; lower shelf mixing more Rick Riordan Presents middle-grade https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/aps-bus-2404-nmlp-book-delivery-albuquerque.jpg Albuquerque Public Schools van #2404 with the APS logo on the door, parked at the New Mexico Literacy Project warehouse with rear cargo doors open and a load of books and supplies inside, secured with purple cargo straps. Photographed durin https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/where-to-donate-books-albuquerque-guide https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/why-donate https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/logo.jpeg New Mexico Literacy Project — roadrunner on an open book with desert sunset https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/georgia-okeeffe-art-books-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/georgia-okeeffe-art-life-first-edition-cover.jpg First edition dust jacket cover of The Art and Life of Georgia O'Keeffe by Jan Garden Castro, Crown Publishers 1985, photographed at the New Mexico Literacy Project workspace in Albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/georgia-okeeffe-art-life-copyright-page-first-printing.jpg Copyright page of The Art and Life of Georgia O'Keeffe showing first printing number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 confirming first edition, ISBN 0-517-55058-X, Crown Publishers 1985 https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/georgia-okeeffe-art-life-title-page.jpg Title page of The Art and Life of Georgia O'Keeffe by Jan Garden Castro showing Crown Publishers New York imprint https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/georgia-okeeffe-art-life-dust-jacket-flap.jpg Rear dust jacket flap of The Art and Life of Georgia O'Keeffe with Jan Garden Castro author biography referencing Alfred Stieglitz and Ansel Adams https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/georgia-okeeffe-chicken-sunrise-1917-watercolor.jpg Interior plate from The Art and Life of Georgia O'Keeffe showing Chicken in Sunrise 1917 watercolor on paper by Georgia O'Keeffe from her Canyon Texas period https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/mabel-dodge-luhan-taos-literary-colony-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/mabel-dodge-luhan-company-cover-museum-nm-press.jpg Cover of Mabel Dodge Luhan and Company: American Moderns and the West, Museum of New Mexico Press 2016, showing a painting of Mabel Dodge Luhan seated and reading while wearing turquoise jewelry. Photographed by Josh Eldred at the New Mexico Literacy Project workspace. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/mabel-dodge-luhan-taos-colony-group-painting.jpg Interior plate from Mabel Dodge Luhan and Company showing a group painting of Taos colony figures gathered in an adobe room with vigas ceiling at Los Gallos compound. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/mabel-dodge-luhan-portrait-black-white.jpg Black and white portrait photograph of Mabel Dodge Luhan wearing a striped turban headwrap, reproduced in Mabel Dodge Luhan and Company (Museum of New Mexico Press, 2016). Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/taos-pueblo-modernist-watercolor-1925.jpg Modernist watercolor painting of Taos Pueblo architecture with purple mountains, signed and dated Taos 1925, from the Mabel Dodge Luhan and Company exhibition catalog. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/mabel-dodge-luhan-company-copyright-first-printing.jpg Copyright page of Mabel Dodge Luhan and Company showing first printing number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, ISBN 978-0-89013-614-0, Museum of New Mexico Press 2016. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/mabel-dodge-luhan-house-interior-ernest-knee-1935.jpg Ernest Knee gelatin silver prints c. 1935 showing Mabel Dodge Luhan House interior rooms: Big House living room, dining room, fireplace room, plus Ranchos Church, Taos Pueblo Chapel, and Finney Farm. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/mabel-dodge-luhan-house-exterior-ernest-knee-1935.jpg Ernest Knee exterior photograph of Mabel Dodge Luhan House c. 1935, gelatin silver print showing adobe walls, trees, and pergola in Taos NM. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/bursum-bill-protest-artists-writers-1922.jpg 1922 Protest of Artists and Writers against the Bursum Bill broadside, Appeal by Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, and photograph of John Collier, Commissioner of Bureau of Indian Affairs 1933. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/rose-clark-young-girl-holding-book-platinum-print.jpg Rose Clark, Untitled II (Young Girl Holding Book), platinum print, chapter 3 opening plate from Mabel Dodge Luhan and Company. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/edward-weston-ella-young-mabel-dodge-luhan-portraits.jpg Edward Weston gelatin silver portraits of Ella Young c. 1930 and Mabel Dodge Luhan 1933, with text on Bisstram synesthesia and Carl Jung at Taos Pueblo. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/ancient-city-press-first-editions-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/weaving-colcha-hispanic-southwest-cover.jpg First edition cover of Weaving and Colcha from the Hispanic Southwest Authentic Designs edited by William Wroth, Ancient City Press Santa Fe 1985, showing traditional blue and red Hispanic weaving design pattern. Photographed by Josh Eldred at the New Mexico Literacy Project workspace. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/weaving-colcha-hispanic-southwest-back-cover.jpg Back cover of Weaving and Colcha from the Hispanic Southwest showing full description, William Wroth editor biography referencing the Taylor Museum at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, and ISBN 0-941270-27-0. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/weaving-colcha-hispanic-southwest-copyright-first-edition.jpg Copyright page of Weaving and Colcha from the Hispanic Southwest showing First Edition stated, copyright 1985 Ancient City Press P.O. Box 5401 Santa Fe NM 87502, LCCN 85-071306, ISBN 0-941270-27-0, designed by Mary Powell, cover by Stephen Tongier. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/santos-brief-history-charles-carrillo.jpg Interior page showing Santos A Brief History essay by Charles Carrillo from Weaving and Colcha from the Hispanic Southwest, Ancient City Press 1985, discussing religious folk art images of New Mexico and Colorado. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/weaving-colcha-interior-text.jpg Title page of Weaving and Colcha from the Hispanic Southwest, Edited by William Wroth, Ancient City Press Santa Fe New Mexico. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/santa-fe-trail-books-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/brothers-santa-fe-chihuahua-trails-cover.jpg Front cover with dust jacket of Brothers on the Santa Fe and Chihuahua Trails by Edward James Glasgow and William Henry Glasgow 1846-1848, edited by Mark L. Gardner, foreword by Marc Simmons, University Press of Colorado 1993 first edition. Mexican War battle scene engraving. Photographed by Josh Eldred at New Mexico Literacy Project. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/brothers-santa-fe-chihuahua-trails-title-page.jpg Title page of Brothers on the Santa Fe and Chihuahua Trails with Mark L. Gardner signature in black ink, signed first edition, University Press of Colorado 1993. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/brothers-santa-fe-trails-signed-mark-gardner.jpg Close-up of Mark L. Gardner signature on title page of Brothers on the Santa Fe and Chihuahua Trails, signed first edition, University Press of Colorado 1993. Photographed by Josh Eldred at New Mexico Literacy Project. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/brothers-santa-fe-chihuahua-trails-copyright-first-edition.jpg Copyright page of Brothers on the Santa Fe and Chihuahua Trails showing First edition stated, number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, ISBN 0-87081-291-2, LCCN 93-19433, University Press of Colorado Niwot CO 1993. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/brothers-santa-fe-chihuahua-trails-interior-1.jpg Rear dust jacket flap with portrait photograph and biography of editor Mark L. Gardner, historian in Cascade Colorado and Santa Fe National Historic Trail Advisory Council appointee. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/brothers-santa-fe-chihuahua-trails-interior-2.jpg Back cover of Brothers on the Santa Fe and Chihuahua Trails dust jacket with Mexican War battle engraving continuation and ISBN barcode 9780870812910. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/following-santa-fe-trail-marc-simmons-cover.jpg Cover of Following the Santa Fe Trail A Guide for Modern Travelers by Marc Simmons — watercolor wagon train illustration. Found in an Albuquerque estate donation to the New Mexico Literacy Project. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/santa-fe-trail-newspaper-clipping-marc-simmons.jpg Vintage newspaper clipping about Marc Simmons trail research found inside a copy of Following the Santa Fe Trail — headline Modern trail buff retraces the path of the pioneers, with Santa Fe Trail route map and Fort Union wagon rut photograph. Provenance ephemera. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/historic-santa-fe-trail-map-wagon-ruts-1992.jpg Historic Santa Fe Trail map dated 1992 showing the Old Pecos Trail route through Santa Fe with wagon rut locations in red dashes, alongside field notes referencing National Park Service Regional Office and La Fonda Hotel. From an Albuquerque estate donation. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/historic-santa-fe-trail-map-legend-detail.jpg Detail of Historic Santa Fe Trail map legend showing pristine original trail in red, lightly compromised in dashed, and heavily compromised or non-existent trail in gray. From an Albuquerque estate donation. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/historic-santa-fe-trail-inventory-pecos.jpg The Historic Santa Fe Trail Inventory — field survey document referencing 1936-37 USDA aerial photography, County Tax Assessor maps, and NM Office of Archaeology Studies for wagon rut mapping along the Old Pecos Trail. Primary source research material. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/selling-robert-julyan-books-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/place-names-new-mexico-julyan-cover.jpg Front cover of The Place Names of New Mexico, Revised Edition by Robert Julyan. Watercolor landscape illustration by Alice Peden. University of New Mexico Press. Photographed by Josh Eldred at the NMLP workspace, Albuquerque. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/place-names-new-mexico-julyan-copyright.jpg Copyright page and table of contents spread of The Place Names of New Mexico by Robert Julyan. ISBN 0-8263-1689-1. Second edition 1998, second printing 2001. University of New Mexico Press. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/place-names-new-mexico-julyan-back-cover.jpg Back cover of The Place Names of New Mexico, Revised Edition by Robert Julyan. Reviews from Southwest Mission Research Center, Tradición Revista, and Crosswinds. UNM Press. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/new-mexico-spanish-missions-churches-books-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nm-mission-churches-birchell-cover.jpg Front cover of New Mexico Mission Churches by Donna Blake Birchell. Photo collage of NM mission churches. The History Press, 2021. Photographed by Josh Eldred at the NMLP workspace, Albuquerque. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nm-mission-churches-birchell-copyright.jpg Copyright page of New Mexico Mission Churches by Donna Blake Birchell. The History Press, 2021. ISBN 9781467144933. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nm-mission-churches-birchell-interior.jpg Interior page from New Mexico Mission Churches showing the San José de Laguna Mission Church reredos decorated with buffalo hides. Library of Congress photograph. Page 91, Pueblo Missions chapter. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nm-mission-churches-birchell-back-cover.jpg Back cover of New Mexico Mission Churches by Donna Blake Birchell. Historic Pueblo photograph, description, The History Press. ISBN 978-1-4671-4493-3. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/new-mexico-hispanic-genealogy-family-history-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/el-iluminado-stavans-sheinkin-cover.jpg Front cover of El Iluminado: A Graphic Novel by Ilan Stavans and Steve Sheinkin. Comic panel collage of crypto-Jewish New Mexico scenes. Basic Books, 2012. Photographed by Josh Eldred at the NMLP workspace, Albuquerque. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/el-iluminado-stavans-sheinkin-jacket-flap.jpg Inner dust jacket flap of El Iluminado with plot synopsis — crypto-Jewish mystery connecting contemporary Santa Fe and Inquisition-era Mexico. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/el-iluminado-stavans-sheinkin-copyright.jpg Copyright page of El Iluminado by Ilan Stavans and Steve Sheinkin. Basic Books, 2012. ISBN 978-0-465-03257-0. First printing. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/el-iluminado-stavans-sheinkin-back-cover.jpg Back cover of El Iluminado with advance praise from Gary Shteyngart, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Ruth Behar, John Sayles, and Jerome Charyn. Basic Books. Photographed by Josh Eldred. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/estate-cleanout-service-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/estate-cleanout-cd-music-collection-albuquerque.jpg Hundreds of CDs organized on wooden shelves during an Albuquerque estate cleanout by Josh Eldred and the New Mexico Literacy Project — framed artwork, Southwestern rug, and sorting bins visible in the room-by-room cataloging process. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/free-pickup-service-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/albuquerque-home-library-bookcase-pickup.jpg A packed five-shelf bookcase next to a sliding glass door in a typical Albuquerque home before a free pickup by Josh Eldred and the New Mexico Literacy Project — hardcovers, paperbacks, and cookbooks with a sunny courtyard visible through the glass. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/books-after-someone-dies-guide https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nm-estate-bookshelf-southwest-books.jpg A New Mexico estate bookshelf with Southwest regional titles including Otero Mesa on the top shelf, collected rocks and Rio Grande driftwood on the middle shelves, and decades of well-read hardcovers and paperbacks below. Photographed during an estate evaluation by Josh Eldred of the New Mexico Literacy Project. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/senior-downsizing-book-donations-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/estate-cleanout-books-sorting-albuquerque.jpg A New Mexico home bookshelf during a senior downsizing evaluation — Juan Quezada pottery book and Paquimé ceramics on the top shelf alongside handmade Mata Ortiz pots, natural artifacts on the middle shelf, and well-read books below on saltillo tile flooring. Photographed by Josh Eldred of the New Mexico Literacy Project. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/storage-unit-book-cleanout-albuquerque https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nm-home-bookshelf-southwest-art-pottery.jpg A porch bookshelf in an Albuquerque home with a Pueblo-style painting, Nativities of the Southwest book, a hand-carved kachina figure, pottery, cassette tapes, and books — photographed during a book and media cleanout by Josh Eldred of the New Mexico Literacy Project. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/new-mexico-kachina-katsina-books-collecting https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/hopi-katcinas-fewkes-rio-grande-press-cover.jpg Cover of Hopi Katcinas Drawn by Native Artists by Jesse Walter Fewkes — sage cloth binding with red border and gold lettering, kachina figure, Bureau of American Ethnology 1903, Rio Grande Press Glorieta NM reprint. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/hopi-katcinas-fewkes-copyright-rio-grande-press-1969.jpg Copyright page of Hopi Katcinas — A Rio Grande Classic, First published in 1903, LCCN 62-20282, Second Printing 1969, The Rio Grande Press Inc., Glorieta, New Mexico 87535. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/hopi-katcinas-fewkes-title-page-bureau-american-ethnology-1903.jpg Title page — Twenty-First Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1899-1900 by J. W. Powell, Director. Government Printing Office, 1903. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/hopi-katcinas-plate-puukon-hoya-tcanau-tuckubot.jpg Color plate XXX from Hopi Katcinas by Fewkes — Pūūkoñ Hoya, Paluña Hoya, Tcanaū, and Tuckubot drawn by Native Hopi artists. Bureau of American Ethnology, 1903. Public domain. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/hopi-katcinas-plate-salab-monwu-hotsko-yaupa.jpg Color plate XVII from Hopi Katcinas by Fewkes — Salab Monwū, Hotsko, Türpockwa, and Yaupa (Mocking Bird). Katcinas Appearing in Powamū, page 97. Public domain. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/hopi-katcinas-plate-panwu-tiwenu-kwewu.jpg Color plate XL from Hopi Katcinas by Fewkes — Pañwū (Mountain Sheep), Tiwenu, and Kwewū (Wolf). Page 142. Public domain. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/hopi-katcinas-plate-lakone-mamzrau-calako-mana.jpg Color plate from Hopi Katcinas by Fewkes — Lakone Mana, Mamzrau Mana, Palahiko Mana, and Hopi Calako Mana kachina figures. Public domain. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/hopi-katcinas-plate-hahaiwu-helolo-woe-tcutckutu.jpg Color plates VI-VII from Hopi Katcinas by Fewkes — Hahaiwū, Hēlōlō, and Woe and Tcutckutū. Page 72. Public domain. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/books-found-in-new-mexico-estates https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/father-de-smet-magaret-1940-cover.jpg Cover of Father De Smet by Helene Magaret — green cloth binding with silver lettering, Farrar and Rinehart 1940 first edition. Biography of Jesuit missionary Pierre-Jean De Smet. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/father-de-smet-magaret-title-page.jpg Title page and frontispiece of Father De Smet Pioneer Priest of the Rockies by Helene Magaret, Farrar and Rinehart 1940, with engraved portrait of Pierre Jean De Smet. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/father-de-smet-magaret-frontispiece-portrait.jpg Frontispiece portrait engraving of Pierre Jean De Smet in clerical robes with medals and crucifix. Father De Smet by Helene Magaret, Farrar and Rinehart 1940. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/father-de-smet-magaret-copyright-1940.jpg Copyright page showing Farrar and Rinehart colophon, Copyright 1940 by Helene Magaret, printed by Quinn and Boden Company Inc Rahway N.J. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/albuquerque-balloon-fiesta-1983-program-cover.jpg Twelfth Annual Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Official Program 1983, cover art by Kevin White, celebrating 200 years of flight since Montgolfier 1783. Found in an Albuquerque estate donation. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/mesa-verde-photo-guide-vintage-southwest.jpg Vintage Mesa Verde National Park photo guide with cliff dwelling seen through a stone doorway. Southwest collectible ephemera from an Albuquerque estate donation. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/spruce-tree-house-mesa-verde-vintage-brochure.jpg Vintage Spruce Tree House interpretive brochure from Mesa Verde National Park — 25 cents donation if you take it with you. NPS ephemera from an Albuquerque estate donation. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/cliff-palace-mesa-verde-vintage-brochure.jpg Vintage Cliff Palace interpretive brochure from Mesa Verde National Park — Mesa Verde's largest cliff dwelling, Donation 25 cents if you take it home. Southwest NPS ephemera. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/images/nm-estate-ephemera-spread-santa-fe-trail-balloon-fiesta.jpg Five pieces of NM ephemera from an estate donation — Santa Fe Trail bumper sticker, Santa Fe Trail activity book, San Miguel County brochure, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center brochure, and 1983 Balloon Fiesta program. Photographed at the New Mexico Literacy Project.