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As part of the General Schedule Update Project, the Utah State Archives is proposing three new schedules for your consideration. We would like these to be submitted to the State Records Committee’s January 8th meeting. The first two are Policy and Procedures. The goal is to clearly define what policies and procedures are historical and which have only an administrative

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AFTERSHOCKS OF PEARL HARBOR When Japanese forces attacked the U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941, a chain of events was set in motion that would permanently alter the directions of each country and its citizenry. Pearl Harbor led to direct U.S. involvement in World War II, drawing millions of U.S. soldiers and citizens into the

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 months of October-November 2014: Board of Pardons Utah Territorial Prison painting, 1887 Governor (1933-1941 : Blood)

To register for a training event, please click here. Salt Lake City, UT December 5, 2014 Basic Records Management I: Records Management 9:00 am to 12:00 pm This class educates participants about legal responsibilities of government agencies in managing records and information. The legally assigned roles of records officers, chief administrative officers, and the State Archives will be discussed. Utah

PROTECTING UTAH’S LAW ENFORCEMENT HISTORY There are few collections in the Utah State Archives as rich and colorful as those associated with law enforcement. Through these records the escapades of both cop and criminal play out, providing dramatic snapshots of historical moments that are often tinged with high drama, emotion, and periodic violence. In 2011, Salt Lake Tribune columnist, Robert Kirby approached the Utah

As part of the General Schedule Update Project, the Utah State Archives is proposing three new schedules for your consideration. We would like these to be submitted to the State Records Committee’s December 11th meeting. First is Animal Control. There are currently 11 county and 11 municipal schedules related to animal control. Can they all be combined into one? The

The history of human activity in Utah’s Great Salt Lake Desert suggests that it is a place where the biggest of human ideas can take root. During the 1980’s this tendency took the shape of a detailed proposal to turn a section of Great Basin desert into the world’s most cutting edge science and research destination.

A change to the proposed general retention schedule for Grievance and Discipline Records requires your input. This schedule is meant to include unsubstantiated cases. The Attorney General’s office requests that the retention be changed from 7 years after case closed to 7 years after end of employment. Changing the trigger significantly changes the retention. -3- Grievance and Discipline Records Initial

There are four General Schedule types: State, County, Municipality and School District. You can view these schedule in HTML and PDF.  As general schedules get updated, changes are reflected on these pages. When a new schedule is approved, there are usually older schedules updated into the new schedule. For example, this Bond Records schedule posted for your review on October