The Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board (USHRAB) is happy to announce their next grant round. Grants are for increased access to and preservation of Utah’s historical records. Grant requests can be up to $7,500 and all projects must have a public access component. Grants are available to regional and local repositories and other nonprofit cultural heritage organizations. Grant applications …
2018 Records Management Training Schedule
Utah’s Division of Archives and Records Service offers free records access and management training classes, webinars, and conferences to all governmental employees. Most classes are held in Salt Lake City, but we will have two regional trainings this year–one in Vernal and one in Richfield. We may also be able to provide training in your region upon request if you …
New Finding Aids at the Archives: January 2018
A list of new finding aids describing historical records from the Utah State Archives for January 2018.
A Day of Sunshine
Welcome to the inaugural Open Government Conference! Tuesday, March 13, 2018 9 a.m. – 4 p.m The Utah Division of Archives and Records Service is excited to announce “A Day of Sunshine.” Come and learn why transparency matters and how to work together for a better open government. Our guest speakers include: John Dougall, State Auditor Joel Campbell, Associate Professor …
One Month Until RootsTech 2018
It’s only a month until this year’s RootsTech conference at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Utah State Archives and Records Service will be in the Expo Hall from February 28th-March 3rd. We can’t wait to talk to attendees about family history resources, vital records, military service, cemetery records, and much more. If you’re going to RootsTech, …
A Day of Sunshine
Come and learn about government transparency from the following speakers. John Dougall, State Auditor | Why Government Transparency is Important Joel Campbell, Assoc. Professor of Journalism (BYU) | Adopting “Sunshine” Standards Charles Stormont, attorney for UTA | Privacy from a Legal Perspective …
Spotlight on: Carol Miller, DCFS Program Support Specialist
This month’s spotlight is on Carol Miller, who works for the state of Utah in the Department of Human Services. Carol has a huge job but is always on top of it! I’ll let Carol explain more, in her own words: I work for the Division of Child and Family Services as a program support specialist. I’ve been working …
Grant Funds Increase Access to Collections
The University of Utah Marriott Library and the Mapleton Historical Museum recently completed projects funded in part by the Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board (USHRAB) grant program. The USHRAB is highlighting projects completed as part of their grant program. The USHRAB grant program has been active for the past 10 years. Grant projects focus on improving preservation and access …
In our Index It’s All True
Do you know someone famous or infamous? Perhaps you can find them in the 3rd District Court for Salt Lake County’s civil case file index. Using this index, which is actually several smaller index books arranged by year, you can search the names of the plaintiff and the defendant in civil actions that occurred within the jurisdiction of Salt Lake …
Research Center Closed January 15, 2018
The Research Center is closed Monday, January 15, 2018 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We will open again at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, January 16, 2018.