Archives News

Featured image for “Reference Room Refresh”
December 20, 2022

Reference Room Refresh

Our Reference Services have a brand-new look! After two decades of sharing a research room with State History at the Rio Grande, we have moved our services into the Archives building! If you’re looking for government-created records from Utah, we have you covered! You can reach our Reference Archivists using our new email address: [email protected]. In addition to providing reference
Featured image for “Probate Records for Salt Lake County”
July 20, 2020

Probate Records for Salt Lake County

This post is the first in a 3-part series on the Salt Lake County Probate Case Files. The probate case files in Salt Lake County are some of the oldest records at the Utah State Archives. Since the initial pioneer settlement was concentrated within the boundaries of Salt Lake County, prominent names are easy to find within these estates, such
Featured image for “Reflections on a Centenary for World War I”
April 8, 2019

Reflections on a Centenary for World War I

The Utah State Archives is wrapping up a yearslong recognition of the 100th anniversary since the end of World War I (also known as a centenary). As a repository of a number of military records, we knew there would be an opportunity to introduce  them to a new audience keen to learn about the Great War. The motivation came from
Featured image for ““To us in America,” Armistice Day 1919”
November 11, 2018

“To us in America,” Armistice Day 1919

President Woodrow Wilson commemorated the First Armistice Day (now Veterans Day) with a proclamation. Today on the centenary of the Armistice we honor those who answered the call to fight on foreign shores — Not just our men and women from Utah, but from every corner of the globe.
Featured image for “New World War I Records Online: Foreign Citations & Decorations”
November 9, 2018

New World War I Records Online: Foreign Citations & Decorations

In 1922, the War Department forwarded a packet of translated documents to Utah’s Adjutant General. The War Department had been working to publish a book identifying all of the American soldiers who had received a foreign citation or decoration, such as the French Croix de Guerre (Cross of War) and the Polish Kryzyż Walecznych (Cross of Valor). Unfortunately, they were not able to fund such a project and were providing the pertinent records to each state with the hope that the states could publish them.
Featured image for “It’s Election Day”
November 6, 2018

It’s Election Day

Did you vote today? Have you voted in the past? Utah has a long voting history at both the national and local level.
Featured image for “New World War I Records Online: Dead Rosters”
October 25, 2018

New World War I Records Online: Dead Rosters

New World War I Records Online: Dead Rosters
Featured image for “New World War I Records Online: Draft Board Registers”
October 18, 2018

New World War I Records Online: Draft Board Registers

New World War I Records Online: Service Questionnaires and the story of Dora Askew, Army Nurse.
Featured image for “New World War I Records Online: Service Questionnaires”
October 12, 2018

New World War I Records Online: Service Questionnaires

New World War I Records Online: Service Questionnaires and the story of Dora Askew, Army Nurse.
Featured image for “New World War I Records Online: National Guard 145th Field Artillery Scrapbook, 1917-1918”
October 4, 2018

New World War I Records Online: National Guard 145th Field Artillery Scrapbook, 1917-1918

Archives Month is here again and this year we are focusing on the centenary anniversary of the end of the First World War. With that in mind, we will be posting weekly blogs discussing the war related records in our collections that we have digitized for you to access online. National Guard 145th Field Artillery scrapbook, 1917-1918. (Series 10339) As