Research Resources


Non-Circulating Research Library

Los Luceros Historic Site has a growing non-circulating research library which features publications relating to the Southwest. The library is located in the historic Victorian Cottage (also known as the Lucero House) and can be accessed by anyone during regular operating hours.

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Digital Publications

Below are a few publications documenting the State's procurement of the property, studies that led to the Historic Site (monument) designation, and explorations of the site's history.


Suggested Readings

Below are suggested books that directly relate to the histories and peoples connected to Los Luceros. Each of these publications is available in the site's non-circulalting research library. Copies of the book Los Luceros: New Mexico's Morning Star are available at the Visitor Center for a suggested donation.

Los Luceros: New Mexico's Morning Star
2018 by Michael Wallis photography by Gene Peach

Published by the Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, NM.


Los Luceros: New Mexico's Morning Star
2018 by Michael Wallis photography by Gene Peach


The Tewa World
1969 by Alfonso Ortiz

Space, Time, Being, and Becoming in a Pueblo Society. Published by the University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.


The Tewa World
1969 by Alfonso Ortiz


Mary Wheelwright: Her Book
2016 by Leatrice A. Armstrong

Biographyof Mary Cabot Wheelwright. Published by the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM.


Mary Wheelwright: Her Book
2016 by Leatrice A. Armstrong


Maria Chabot -- Georgia O'Keeffe
2003 Edited by Barbara Buhler Lynes and Ann Paden

Correspondence, 1941-1949. Published by the University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM.


Maria Chabot -- Georgia O'Keeffe
2003 Edited by Barbara Buhler Lynes and Ann Paden


Hosteen Klah
1964 by Franc Johnson Newcomb

Navaho Medicine Man and Sand Painter. Published by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK.


Hosteen Klah
1964 by Franc Johnson Newcomb


The Adobe Kingdom
2009 by Donald L. Lucero

New Mexico 1598-1958 as experienced by the families Lucero de Godoy y Baca. Published by Sunstone Press, Santa Fe, NM.


The Adobe Kingdom
2009 by Donald L. Lucero



Reports and Plans

Below are publications of the state of New Mexico and the Department of Cultural Affairs that document the establishment of Los Luceros as a designated Historic Site.


Los Luceros Historic Site

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