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May 16, 2023
Utah History Day 2023: History in Government Winners
Every year in April, 4th through 12th grade students from across the state embark on a research project for Utah History Day, part of the larger National History Day contest. Students choose a historical topic related to the annual theme, and then conduct primary and secondary research in libraries, archives, and museums. The final projects are presented in one of five
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April 19, 2023
Happy Retirement, Rosemary!
After over 23 years of public service in state government, Rosemary Cundiff has retired! We celebrated Rosemary with a gathering at the Archives building attended by her family, past colleagues, volunteers, and Records Officers from local government agencies. Over the past two decades, Rosemary has worked in almost all aspects of the State Archives! She started out processing old paper
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March 31, 2023
Summer 2023 Internships
Applications are now open for summer internships at the Utah State Archives and Records Service! These competitive, stipend-paid, semester-long internships are designed especially for students. Read more about our three internship opportunities: Reference Internship Lester Wire Project Internship Outreach and Advocacy Internship More Information These competitive internships will require an application and interview. Internships last for one semester (between 10
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February 14, 2023
Meet the Spring 2023 Interns
Spring semester has started and we’re excited to be welcoming a new group of interns! After a competitive application and interview process, we look forward to working with Brittany and Macy over the next few months. Learn more about each of them: Brittany Harden is currently working on a Master of Library and Information Science degree at San Jose State
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February 6, 2023
February 6, 1911: Strike at Kenilworth Mine
My macabre curiosity always gets the best of me, and I couldn’t help but thumb through the pages of the Huntington City Register of Deaths, a compilation of death certificates, local duplicates of the official records that get filed with the state. They came to the State Archives during a transfer of records from Huntington City. I read each page,
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February 3, 2023
(Re)Introducing the Local Government Team
Here at the Utah Division of Archives and Records Service, our Local Government Team looks a little different these days, as we have welcomed a few new members. We wanted to take a moment to reintroduce ourselves and the unique work we do here at the State Archives. Over the last several years, we’ve been busy listening and learning from
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January 11, 2023
Welcome to our New Staff!
Over the past few months, the Utah State Archives staff have been sifting through resumes and conducting interviews in order to grow our team! After a competitive and insightful process, we are happy to introduce our new USHRAB (Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board) Executive Secretary and Local Government Archivist and new Reformatting Specialist. Let’s get to know them…. Genesie
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January 4, 2023
2022 Service Recognition Awards
When asked about our favorite part of working at the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the answer is always the staff! Our team is hardworking, dedicated, and passionate about records access and preservation. In fact, many of our colleagues have been with the Archives for years! This month we gathered to acknowledge and congratulate colleagues who achieved a milestone
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December 31, 2022
2022 Year in Review
Here at Utah State Archives, our goal is to ensure the ongoing care and management of the public records that we hold in trust for the citizens of Utah. As we end another year, we take a moment to reflect and share our wins over the past twelve months. In 2022 our staff… It was a time of transition for
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December 30, 2022
Happy Retirement, Melody!
This month we said goodbye to Melody Yearsley after 22.5 years of public service in state government! Melody was most recently based out of the State Records Center in Clearfield where she worked as a specialist in our scan-on-demand program. She spent her time fulfilling record requests from various Utah agencies and enjoyed seeing signatures from Utah’s past and present.
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