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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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
October 25, 2018
New World War I Records Online: Dead Rosters
New World War I Records Online: Dead Rosters
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.
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.
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
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