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The daily schedules of Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. (2005-2009)  were created to coordinate his activities and obligations efficiently. Each day’s schedule records date, times, type of activity, often with notations, names of persons or groups with whom he would be meeting, and staff involved. Governor (2005-2009 : Huntsman) Schedule

For almost as long as there has been government in Utah, there has been the desire to reorganize, optimize, streamline and generally make it better. This past week, Governor Herbert announced the Advisory Council to Optimize State Government to fulfill recent legislation. The Utah State Archives holds records to several past projects of a similar nature and has made many

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 month of May 2011: Ogden (Utah). City Recorder Birth register, 1890-1905. Sevier County School District (Utah)

Although fully searchable name indexes are not yet available for all birth certificates, we are now able to offer digital images online that may be browsed by date and county, similar to the process when visiting the Research Center. 1906 1907 1908 1909-1911 coming soon!* Narrow results by choosing both year and county. Within a folder, certificates are chronological by

Processors continuously update series inventories to reflect current holdings, new information and more. The following were revised during the month of April 2011: District Court (First District) Northern division civil and criminal case files (Standardized the container list and added new microfilm holdings) District Court (Second District : Weber County) Civil case files (Standardized the container list) Division of Administrative

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 month of April 2011: District Court (Second District) Bar dockets, 1888-1893. Criminal docket, 1874-1895. Execution book,

A guest post by Rebekkah Hibbert. The Utah State Archives received a grant in 2010 to organize thousands of unknown microfiche. With the help of our wonderful volunteers this project is making great progress! Microfiche has been moved from metal storage cabinets, inventoried and organized by series. Volunteers are helping us view the microfiche, create descriptions and put them in

Processors continuously update series inventories to reflect current holdings, new information and more. The following were revised during the month of March 2011: Commissioner of Indian War Records Indian War service affidavits (Digital links in container list) District Court (Third District : Tooele County) Probate record books (Total extent) Office of Vital Records and Statistics Death certificates (1958-1960 now available

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 month of March 2011: District Court (Fourth District : Juab County) Probate case files, 1896-1979 Division

There are now over 40,000 images in the Senate Working Bills digital archive. The date range of 1896 thru 1947 cover half of the legislative sessions until the target end date of 1989 (1990 to the present are on le.utah.gov).   In 1946 as a response to recent events, the Senate passed a resolution in a special session to honor