An infographic visualizing the last year in the Digital Archives with information on number of items, statistics on use, and notable additions.
New Finding Aids at the Archives: February 2021
Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here are the newest ones created during February 2021: Inventory of Hyrum State Park administrative records from Department of Natural Resources. Division of Parks and Recreation. Northern Region, 1983-1986 Inventory of Naturalization administrative files from District Court (Seventh District : Carbon County), 1906-1936. Inventory of Declarations of intention from District …
New Finding Aids at the Archives: January 2021
Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here are the newest ones created during January 2021: Inventory of Administrative records from Huntington (Utah), 1954-1974. Inventory of Business bonds from Huntington (Utah), 1923-1931. Inventory of City council minutes from Huntington (Utah), 1913-2004 Inventory of Official bonds from Huntington (Utah), 1917-1948 Inventory of Ordinances and resolutions from Huntington (Utah), …
New Finding Aids at the Archives: December 2020
Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here are the newest ones created during December 2020: Inventory of Field Notes of the Survey of Highways from Carbon County (Utah). County Clerk, 1894-1909. Inventory of Rockport State Park photographs from Department of Natural Resources. Division of Parks and Recreation. Northern Region, ca. 1970-2000 Inventory of Naturalization index cards …
New Finding Aids at the Archives: November 2020
Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here are the newest ones created during November 2020: Inventory of Rockport State Park records from Department of Natural Resources. Division of Parks and Recreation. Northern Region, ca. 1958-2020 Inventory of Inheritance tax liens register from District Court (Sixth District : Sevier County), 1915-1936. Inventory of Council meeting materials from …
Probate Records for Salt Lake County: Part 3 – Brigham Young
This post is the third in a 3-part series on the Salt Lake County Probate Case Files. See Part 1 and Part 2. When Brigham Young died on August 29, 1877, he left behind a thriving frontier community grown from a few arriving wagons in 1847. He also left behind a complicated set of heirs with the practice of polygamy, …
Probate Records for Salt Lake County: Part 2 – John B. Farlow, Druggist
This post is the second in a series on the Salt Lake County Probate case files. See part 1. The remaining case files from 1889 to the end of the territorial period (numbers 1397-2689) for Salt Lake County are online. As the end of the 19th century approached, the process and documents continued to become more professional, uniform, and better …
2019-2020 in the Utah State Digital Archives
An infographic visualizing the last year in the Digital Archives with information on number of items, statistics on use, and notable additions.
Probate Records for Salt Lake County
This post is the first in a 3-part series on the Salt Lake County Probate Case Files. The probate case files in Salt Lake County are some of the oldest records at the Utah State Archives. Since the initial pioneer settlement was concentrated within the boundaries of Salt Lake County, prominent names are easy to find within these estates, such …
New Finding Aids at the Archives: May 2019
Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe them for research. Here are the new ones created during May 2019: District Court (Utah) (Sixth District : Sevier County) Court Transcripts, 1898-1966