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The Utah State Archives are part library, part laboratory and a whole lot of grandpa's attic.
The repository has been designed to store 75,000 cubic feet of government records—enough for 10 years of space.
“Getting rid of information can be as important as preservation.” —Heidi Steed A program and other materials from the 1897 Jubilee celebrating Utah statehood and settlement. Human archivists work with an automated retrieval system to locate and access sensitive materials.
“What we preserve helps turn raw information into real understanding.” —Lauren Singer Katz Archive materials are increasingly digitized as older, film-based technologies die out. The Utah State Archives building at 346 S. Rio Grande Street in Salt Lake City.
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