Thank you to the Salt Lake Tribune for covering the final Archives Month presentation featuring Robert Kirby. By Janelle Stecklein The Salt Lake Tribune State historians on Friday launched an effort to collect law enforcement memorabilia Utahns might have stored away. “It’s important to save our law enforcement history because it’s something being lost every second,” said Melissa Coy Ferguson, …
Updated: September 2011
Processors continuously update series inventories to reflect current holdings, new information and more. The following Legislative records in particular were updated during September 2011: Senate Journals House of Representatives Journals Senate Working bills Utah code unannotated
Newly Processed: September 2011
All public records at the Utah State Archives are accessible through the Research Center. However, once processed the records are easier to use with proper storage and fuller descriptions, including online series inventories. The following list includes record series that were processed during the month of September 2011: Department of Human Services Community service council reports Employee training guidebook District …
Utah State Archives Posts Bill Files from the Utah State Senate
The Utah State Senate bill files from the first one hundred years of statehood are now available online from the Utah State Archives and Records Service. These working bill files may include multiple drafts, committee assignments or other revisions made during the legislative process. The Senate’s Working bill files from 1896 to 1989 are the newest additions the Utah State …
Newly Processed: August 2011
All public records at the Utah State Archives are accessible through the Research Center. However, once processed the records are easier to use with proper storage and fuller descriptions, including online series inventories. The following list includes record series that were processed during the month of August 2011: Bear River (Utah) Interment registers, 1895- Centerfield (Utah) Cemetery lot books, 1909- …
Browse Birth Certificates Online: 1909-1910
As an update to an earlier post, birth certificate images for 1909 and 1910 are now online at archives.utah.gov/digital/81443.htm. Although they are not indexed by name yet, if one knows the birth date and county it should not be difficult to locate the correct location and browse through a few dozen images in chronological order for the time being.
Newly Processed: July 2011
The usual list of new series inventories is not particularly feasible this month. This is due mostly to the end stages of the microfiche backlog project which added or updated somewhere around 600 finding aids! Perhaps with final reports we will be able to compile a complete list in the coming months. Another project progressing well–and which also added many …
Newly Processed: June 2011
All public records at the Utah State Archives are accessible through the Research Center. However, once processed the records are easier to use with proper storage and fuller descriptions, including online series inventories. The following list includes record series that were processed during the month of June 2011: Legislature Little Hoover Commission administrative records, 1965-1966. Salt Lake City (Utah). Division …
Governor Huntsman Schedule Online
The daily schedules of Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. (2005-2009) were created to coordinate his activities and obligations efficiently. Each day’s schedule records date, times, type of activity, often with notations, names of persons or groups with whom he would be meeting, and staff involved. Governor (2005-2009 : Huntsman) Schedule
Government Reorganization
For almost as long as there has been government in Utah, there has been the desire to reorganize, optimize, streamline and generally make it better. This past week, Governor Herbert announced the Advisory Council to Optimize State Government to fulfill recent legislation. The Utah State Archives holds records to several past projects of a similar nature and has made many …