Have you looked at a General Retention Schedule and thought of a better title? Is there a citation you wish would be added or removed from the description? Or maybe the retention or appraisal is confusing and you’d like to ask a question. We want to hear from you! There are a few ways to give us feedback regarding the …
State of the State Archives – 2019
Guest Post by Ken Williams, State Archivist and Director of the State Archives. A new year has arrived at the Utah State Archives and Records Service with several exciting accomplishments behind us, initiatives on the horizon, and the kick-off of another legislative session. Here are just a few things that we have been doing. Last year, our Open Government team …
New Finding Aids at the Archives: December 2018
Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe them for research. Here are the new ones created during December 2018: Canyons School District (Utah). Crescent Elementary School Student attendance records, 1953-1966; 1973-1979. Department of Natural Resources. Division of Parks and Recreation Brigham Young Forest Farm House plans, ca. 1969 District Court (First District : Rich County) Civil and probate …
Utah State Archives Statehood Day Event
Have you ever wanted a chance to check out the Utah State Constitution? The Utah State Archives and Records Service usually keeps it in a vault for preservation, BUT our archivists will be in the Hall of Governors at the Utah State Capitol next week on Statehood Day with the constitution and other records of statehood to answer all your …
Happy Holidays!!!
As the end of the year draws closer… We wish you the happiest of of holidays from our family to yours! See You in 2019!
Legislative Publications Updated 2018
A number of records related to legislative research have been updated with new issues, supplements, and volumes from 2018. To better understand the process of legislative research, start with our research guide on Legislative Records Overview, with a more in-depth guide to Legislative Intent and History also available . The Utah Code Unannotated is the complete set of codified law …
State Records Committee year in review: Highlights from 2018
As 2018 comes to a close, we thought that those with an eye on transparency might want to know what the State Records Committee (SRC) has been up to this year. The committee has been very busy. In 2018, the committee received approximately 100 appeals. Of those appeals, about 50 Decisions and Orders have been issued. We are within days …
New Finding Aids at the Archives: November 2018
A list of new finding aids describing historical records from the Utah State Archives for November 2018.
Will the SRC approve your retention schedule?
Ever wonder if the Utah State Records Committee (SRC) will approve a retention schedule for your record series? Here are some ideas on the types of update requests that tend to be successful, and those that don’t.
The Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1877
In 1877, Utah’s Territorial Governor George W. Emery (1875-1880) declared that year’s Thanksgiving to be on November 29th. This proclamation highlights two prominent features of the early Thanksgiving celebrations.