The Research Center will be closed Monday, October 10, 2011 in observance of Columbus Day. It will open again Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 9:00 a.m.
Alliance for Response Forum
An Alliance for Response Forum is scheduled for Wednesday, November 2, in the State Office Building Auditorium. This forum is part of a national program which seeks to strengthen communication between the cultural heritage and emergency response communities before disasters happen. Cooperative planning will enhance disaster responses and provide better protection for Utah’s cultural heritage. Speakers at this forum will include …
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 …
Moving Utah's General Retention Schedules Forward
It has been over a decade since the Utah State Archives and Records Service did a comprehensive review of its general retention schedules. Since then a great deal has changed in the way that states and non-governmental entities manage their records. The nature of records is changing, or maybe more accurately has changed, as centuries old analog formats are being …
Closure
The Research Center will be closed Friday, September 30, 2011 for staff training. It will open again Monday, October 3, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. Visit historyresearch.utah.gov to access online research available anytime.
State Records Committee Meeting Minutes (1992-2009) are Available Online
The first State Records Committee (SRC) meeting was held on September 30, 1992. The committee will celebrate its 19th birthday this month. In the years following the first meeting, the SRC heard approximately 238 cases, an average of 12.52 cases per year. Meeting minutes from 1992- 2009 are now available online. Decisions and Orders of the SRC from 1992- present are also …
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 …
September ARMA Chapter Meeting at Archives
The Utah State Archives will host ARMA Utah – Salt Lake Chapter’s first meeting after the summer break on Thursday, September 15, 2011. The chapter meeting will be held from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM in the Archives’ courtyard training room located on the first floor of the Utah State Archives Building (346 South Rio Grande Street, SLC). Mindy Spring …
New Hours
Tomorrow is the final Friday that the Utah State Archives administrative offices, Records Center and Research Center will be closed as part of the Executive Branch’s “Working 4 Utah” initiative begun in 2008. Beginning Tuesday, September 6, 2011 (after the Labor Day holiday), all division offices and services will be available Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Following …