A new record series is now online consisting of Alien Enemy Registration Forms created by the Davis County Sheriff. From the series inventory: “The forms document individuals and families of Japanese descent living in Davis County from 1940-1945. The forms include the following types of information: household head’s name and address, landlord or employer’s name and address, family members’ names, …
Everyone Can Help Preserve History
Preservation Week (April 23-29) is an initiative of the American Library Association (ALA) that highlights the importance of preserving records and photographs documenting our family, community, state, and national history. We encourage everyone to educate themselves a little and then pitch in to help preserve our history.
Monday’s Brown Bag Lunch!
The end of the semester is upon us! The Utah State Archives and Records Service interns will be presenting at a brown bag lunch event on Monday (April 30)! Come join Archives staff to hear about the different projects and records that our interns have been working with these last few months. Presentations will include a description of the projects …
New General Retention Schedule Interface!
We are live! The new general retention schedule search page is here! Please explore the filters and search features. Here’s what’s new: Disposition Authority. This is the new number assigned to the schedule. Comment on individual general retention schedules Suggest search terms for individual general retention schedules Search by keyword, title, general schedule number, retention Search all general retention schedules …
The Sunshine Conference materials are now available on our website!
Did you miss our Sunshine Conference on March 13, 2018? Was there a session that you would really like to share with your co-workers? The materials and recordings from our Sunshine Conference are now available on the State Archives’ website. You can also access the videos from our YouTube channel. We hope that you will find these materials useful. …
In one week: New General Retention Schedule Interface
In one week, the new general retention schedule interface will launch! On the new interface you’ll be able to: Search all general retention schedules at once Search by keyword, title, general schedule number Comment on individual general retention schedules Suggest search terms for individual general retention schedules We hope these new features will make it easier for you to find …
Big changes to General Retention Schedules
Big changes are coming for the general retention schedules! The Utah Division of Archives and Records Service has been working with stakeholders to update and consolidate general retention schedules since 2013. The next stage is to help record officers find general retention schedules more easily. Currently, general retention schedules are divided by categories under four government types: state, county, municipality, …
2018 RIMM Webinar Series is Just Around the Corner!
Sit back and enjoy your lunch while watching a series of webinars that Utah’s Division of Archives and Records Service (aka State Archives) is hosting to celebrate Records and Information Management Month (RIMM). Wednesday, April 11, 2018. Noon-1:00 p.m. 2018 Legislative Updates by Paul Tonks, AAG counsel for the Division of Archives and the State Records Committee During the 2018 Legislative …
New Finding Aids at the Archives: March 2018
A list of new finding aids describing historical records from the Utah State Archives for January 2018.
GRAMA Legislative Updates 2018
The 2018 Utah Legislature updated the Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA). These updates include additions to the list of items identified as not a record, specific additions to the list of protected records, and certain procedural details. Not a record The Legislature modified the list of items that are not a record (Utah Code Section 63G-2-103(22)(b): child pornography is …