For more than a year, Linda Lindstrom has come to the archives every Wednesday to volunteer on a variety of projects. From organizing files for the State Records Committee to indexing, Linda has spent more than 250 hours helping out at the Archives since July 2017. For the past several months, Linda has been sitting at the little table outside …
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 …
Celebrating Our Volunteers
At the Archives, our interns, volunteers, and Archives staff members recently celebrated the culmination of a year of research, learning, and giving.
The ten-hour day
Most government offices in Utah are now open from 8-5 Monday through Friday. Though some state employees have retained an option to work four ten-hour days, staff members at the Archives look back with nostalgia at the three-day weekend. Others think a ten-hour day is way too long. With diminished budgets and staff, government offices are attempting to do more …
Volunteer Program Development Training
Have you ever wondered how in the world you would reduce your backlog? Or how you would complete a project that you never find time for? Maybe what you need are volunteers to assist you. If you have ever thought about how to find volunteers and how to keep them coming back, we have a training session …