Archives News

Here along the Wasatch Front, we periodically get some pretty wild windstorms. Some do more damage than others, so some are more memorable than others. In September 2020 we had a particularly strong storm that uprooted hundreds of trees and caused prolonged power outages. Coming as it did on the heels of Salt Lake’s largest recorded earthquake and in the

Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here are the newest ones created during October 2021: Inventory of Arts Division This is the Place slide show from Centennial Commission (1947), 1947. Inventory of Capitol dome copper souvenir from Division of Facilities Construction and Management, 1981. Inventory of Capitol projects and events photographs from Division of Facilities Construction

Utah Archives Month is nearing its end for 2016, and the Utah State Archives is ending its month-long focus on the Utah State Capitol with information on two new additions to the Digital Archives that help tell the story of how the Capitol Building was designed and constructed. Beginning in 1909, the Capitol Commission initiated a design competition for the purpose