Archives News

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November 9, 2023

ARO Spotlight: Emily Bejarano from Academica West

Emily Bejarano has worked with Utah charter schools for the past twenty years through her job at Academica West. Her role is to train new school secretaries on records management,  student data privacy laws, and best practices. In other words, she’s the one who answers the question “What do I do with all these old boxes of records?” Thanks for
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November 20, 2018

The Utah State Records Center Security

The Utah Division of Archives and Records Service understands that an entirely paperless office is nearly impossible. Therefore, 6 years ago we moved and renovated the Utah State Records Center in order to provide a secure, offsite records storage facility for state and local government agencies. The Records Center can store 139,254 cubic feet of records for multiple agencies.   With
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February 15, 2018

New Records Center Employees

We have hired two new employees at the Utah State Records Center, and would like to introduce them to you. Chaz Leech My name is Charles (Chaz) Leech. Before coming to work at the Records Center I had a very diverse employment history. My first job was a bagger at the “Buy N’ Save” grocery store in West Valley City.
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November 30, 2017

Our Records Center Home: The History of Freeport Center

Written by Jim Duke,  Utah State Archives and Records Service, Records Center Archival Technician The Utah State Archives and Records Service (Archives) Records Center stores inactive files for our state and local government agencies. For nearly 40 years, the Archives leased warehouse space in West Valley City to house these records. When it reached its storage capacity and outgrew the