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June 4, 2025

Utah History Day 2025: History in Government Winners

Every April, students in grades 4–12 from across Utah take part in Utah History Day, part of the larger National History Day (NHD) competition. Participants choose a historical topic related to an annual theme, then conduct primary and secondary research using sources from libraries, archives, and museums. Final projects are presented as an exhibit, documentary, performance, paper, or website. The
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June 3, 2025

Delayed Certificates of Birth

“It is increasingly important for citizens of the United States to have their birth certificates. The recent requirement of a birth certificate for entrance into defense training and defense industries, civil service jobs and many types of work in private industry, has created a vast demand for information as to where and how to secure one’s birth certificate.” Earl H.
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May 6, 2025

Finding Aids in the Archives: April 2025

Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records, their context, and what is available to research. The following series inventories were updated by our archivists: Department of Human Services. Division of Youth Corrections. Mill Creek Youth Center Inmate card file Office of Vital Records and Statistics Birth certificates Office of Vital Records and Statistics Death certificates Tooele County
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April 7, 2025

Finding Aids in the Archives: March 2025

Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. The following series inventories were updated during March 2025 by our archivists: Attorney General’s Office Opinion digest Board of Education. Office of Education. Division of Pupil Personnel and Guidance Services Guidance monograph Board of Education. Office of Education. School Finance Section Budgeting, accounting, and auditing handbooks Board of Pardons and
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March 24, 2025

“Most Beautifully Balanced and Graceful”: Utah’s Stillman Bridge

While Utah is known for its spectacular natural bridges, our thousands of man-made bridges are not as noteworthy. No Golden Gate Bridge, no Brooklyn Bridge, and no London Bridge. Most Utah bridges do their jobs without much show, carrying traffic over roads, rivers, creeks, washes, and canyons, without travelers even being aware of what they’ve crossed over. Nevertheless, over the
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March 14, 2025

Bringing the Provo City Cemetery to Life: An Examination of Hand Colored Photography

Like the landscape paintings of famed French artist Claude Monet, this hand-colored 1935 photograph from Larsen Studio of the Provo City Cemetery comes to life; this once  monochromatic image of a nature scene was painted with washes of color and speckled with details to bring audiences vivid representations of landscapes that they may have experienced in real life. The colorist
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March 11, 2025

Finding Aids in the Archives: February 2025

Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here are the newest ones created during February 2025: Tooele County (Utah). Probate Court Civil and criminal docket book The following series inventories were updated during February 2025 by our archivists: Office of Vital Records and Statistics Annual reports Tooele County (Utah). Probate Court Minute books The following records were
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February 19, 2025

Finding Aids in the Archives: January 2025

Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here are the newest ones created during January 2025: District Court (Sixth District : Sanpete County) Registers of Estates Provo (Utah). Cemetery. Cemetery photograph The following series inventories were updated during January 2025 by our archivists: George Henry Dern Records District Court (Sixth District : Sanpete County) Criminal registers of
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January 7, 2025

Finding Aids at the Archives: December 2024

Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here are the newest ones created during December 2024: Department of Administrative Services State employee newsletter Department of Government Operations. Division of Finance Fiscal Focus annual report The following series inventories were updated during December 2024 by our archivists: District Court (Sixth District : Sanpete County) Judgment Dockets District Court
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December 9, 2024

Finding Aids at the Archives: November 2024

The following series inventories were updated during November 2024 by our archivists: Department of Natural Resources. Division of Wildlife Resources Prairie dog recovery efforts annual reports First District Court Cache County Civil and criminal case index First District Court Cache County Criminal registers of actions First District Court Cache County Probate index Office of Vital Records and Statistics Death certificates