Brooke and Tyson, two of our Archives volunteers, signed up a lot of potential new volunteers last Thursday. The Utah State Archives had a table at the teen oriented job fair held from 3-6 p.m. downtown at the Salt Lake City Library. A lot of the attendees stopped by (we were right near the snack bar) to see what happens at …
Archives Month: Opening Zion author to speak
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12 – 1 p.m. Utah State Archives Courtyard Meeting Room 346 S. Rio Grande St. Salt Lake City, Utah “Opening Zion: A Scrapbook of the National Parks First Official Tourists” When Melissa Clark purchased a box of old scrapbooks online, she knew only that she had bought something relating to the University of Utah and Zion …
Volunteers at the Archives
In September, 2010, the Archives sent out a call for volunteers to help us accomplish a major project of cataloging microfiche that had been stored at the Archives since the Archives were on Capitol Hill. In our new building on Rio Grande Street, they were taking up storage space and not being used. With the help of volunteers and a full time …
Family Tree Magazine 2010 Best State Websites
The Utah Death Certificate Index was named one of the best state websites for 2010 by Family Tree Magazine. In genealogy, as in real estate, it’s all about location, location, location. Finding where your ancestors lived is the first step in identifying records about them. Fortunately, the internet-ization of America also has swept over the nation’s state archives, historical and …
Research Center Closure September 29
The Research Center for Utah State Archives and Utah State History will be closed Wednesday, September 29, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for staff training. Normal hours will resume Thursday, September 30 at 8:30 a.m.
Holiday Closure
The Research Center for the Utah State Archives and Utah State History will be closed Monday, September 6, 2010 for Labor Day. Normal hours will resume Tuesday, September 7 at 8:30 a.m.
Holiday Closures
The Research Center will be closed Monday, July 5, 2010 for Independence Day. Normal hours of 8:30 a.m. – 5: 30 p.m. will resume Tuesday, July 6, 2010. As Pioneer Day (July 24) falls on a Saturday, the Research Center will not be closing in observance. State offices that are normally open on Fridays will be closed Friday, July 23, …
Records of Gov. Olene S. Walker Now Online
For immediate release. The Utah State Archives and Records Service has added the records of former Governor Olene Walker to the Governors of Utah Digital Collection. This collection now includes more than 70,000 items of former Governors Michael O. Leavitt (1993-2003) and Olene S. Walker (2003-2004). Governor Walker served for just over a year, however these records show the “footprints” …
Utah Administrative Code for 2010
The 2010 edition for the Utah Administrative Code, as compiled and annotated by Lexis-Nexis has arrived and is available in the Research Center. The most current version of rules are maintained online. Past issues, with some gaps, are kept permanently in the Utah State Archives under Series 83623. There is also a Research Guide for Administrative Rules, which explains how …
Presidents’ Day
The Research Center will be closed Monday, February 15, 2010 for Presidents’ Day. Normal hours of 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. will resume Tuesday, February 16, 2010. For a historical treatment of this holiday, please enjoy By George, IT IS Washington’s Birthday! from the National Archives’ Prologue Magazine.