Archives News

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August 13, 2024

Finding Aids at the Archives: July 2024

Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here are the newest ones created during July 2024: Inventory of Probate case files from District Court (Sixth District : Wayne County), 1896- The following series inventories were updated by our archivists: Inventory of Upper Colorado River project case files from Governor (1957-1965 : Clyde), 1957-1964. Inventory of Annual Comprehensive
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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
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December 6, 2017

New Finding Aids at the Archives: November 2017

A list of new finding aids describing historical records from the Utah State Archives for November 2017.
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November 15, 2017

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
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May 12, 2015

Newly Processed: April 2015

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 April 2015: District Court (Sixth District : Kane County) Bonds, 1897-1979. District Court (Sixth District : Kane
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March 3, 2015

Newly Processed: January-February 2015

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 January and February 2015: District Court (Second District : Davis County) Criminal case files, 1896- District Court
January 3, 2012

Newly Processed: November and December 2011

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 months of November and December 2011: Attorney General’s Office Colorado River Commission case files, 1925-1963 Battleship
October 18, 2010

Volunteers at the Archives

In September, 2010, the Archives sent out a call for volunteers to help us accomplish a major project of cataloging microfiche that had been stored at the Archives since the Archives were on Capitol Hill. In our new building on Rio Grande Street, they were taking up storage space and not being used. With the help of volunteers and a full time