Utah State Archives Research

The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before.
—Thorstein Veblen (1857 - 1929)

The Utah State Archives preserves and provides access to records of enduring historical value from state and local government agencies. Research services are provided in cooperation with Utah State History in a joint Research Center. The full time staff there is eager to assist in finding information both from local and state historic government records and within the collections of Utah State History.

Digital archives, online catalog and indexes are separate.

Online Research Tools

1. Research Guides

Helpful guides, lists of relevant records and links to additional information of our most used records.

• Births, Marriages and Deaths
• State District Court Records such as Divorces and Naturalizations
• Legislative History
• More...

2. Finding Aids

Descriptions of Archives records known as Finding Aids provide information like scope and content, gaps, related records and holdings container lists for Record Series, records of the same type or purpose.

• Series Inventories
  • Browse by Record group
    A Record Group includes all the records created by one government agency.
    • Administrative thru Crime
    • Daggett County thru Dutch Mountain (including Dept. and Division of)
    • Educational thru Iron County
    • Jordan thru Rush Valley
    • Salt Lake City thru Supreme Court
    • Territorial thru Youth
  • Search finding aids statewide
• Online Catalog
  Find keywords in any title, creator, or description of records held by the Archives, the broadest search available online
• Agency Histories
  Written histories of the creation, organization and function of state and local government agencies.
• Name Indexes
  Online and searchable by personal or company name. Over 500 additional indexes not online are listed within series inventories.

Online Digital Archives

• Death Certificates
• Governors of Utah Digital Collection, featuring Michael O. Leavitt and Olene S. Walker
• Animal Brand Books, 1850-1930
• Legislative Working Bill Files, 1896-1989 (House of Representatives)
• More...

 

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This page was last updated January 12, 2010 .