Past Grant Projects

To date, the Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board (USHRAB) has awarded over $400,000 in funding to Utah’s non-profit, local, and state government institutions which supports records preservation and access. The Board’s grant program is funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission at the National Archives, whose mission is to promote the preservation and use of America’s documentary heritage essential to understanding our democracy, history, and culture.

Projects by Year

2022 Grant Recipients

Brighton Institute, $

Reorganize and rehouse records in the Chas Nickerson collection, the Jolene Despain collection, and the Big Cottonwood Community Association (BCCA) collection.

Heritage Mueum of Layton, $2,765

Reunited re-discovered drawings and other architectural design materials with the existing William Allen collection.

Natural History Museum of Utah, $7,435

Scan and digitize historical archeological and anthropological maps from the oversized map collection

Park City Museum, $7,500

Digitize for preservation and access the Kendall Webb Negative Collection,  1952–1954 and 1960–1966

USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum, $7,500

Rehouse maps, plans, and other records related to significant paleological discoveries in Utah

Cache Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum, $1,250

Digitize and index pioneer historical records and portraits

2021 Grant Recipients

Hutchings Museum, $7500

Process and digitize photos and other historical records from Broadbent Collection

Southern Utah University Archives, $4627

Digitize for preservation and access historic film footage from 1940-1970 documenting the history of the University and Southern Utah

Salt Lake County Archives, $2240

Digitize Salt Lake County Commission meeting minutes dating back to 1852

Cache Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum, $1,700

Digitize and create online index for Cache Valley pioneer histories

Duchesne County Library Board, $4,000

Migrate electronic historical cemeteries database from obsolete desktop-based software program to a cloud platform for digital preservation

Moab Museum, $5196

Process and digitize approximately 20,000 images from the Fran and Terby Barnes Photograph Archive

2020 Grant Recipients

Cache Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum, $1700

Digitize and create online index for Cache Valley pioneer histories

Moab Museum, $5344

Process and digitize approximately 10,000 images from the Fran and Terby Barnes Photograph Archive

Southern Utah Museum of Art, $3143

Preserve and digitize the Jimmie F. Jones Scrapbook Collection and Julius Moessel Collection

Uintah County Regional History Center, $1732

Process, preserve, and create finding aid for the Local Civic Clubs Scrapbook Collection

Park City Museum, $3864

Digitize for preservation and access the Kendall Webb Negative Collection, 1957-1959

Southern Utah University Archaeology Repository, $7500

Process and digitize the records in and institutional legacy of the Archaeology Repository Archives

Lehi Historical Society and Archives, $2966

Arrange, describe, rehouse, and create finding aid for the John Haws Historical File Collection

2019 Grant Recipients

Davis County, $1174

Process historical Marriage License and Application, Oaths of Office, and County Official Bonds/Surety Bonds

Emery County Archives, $6906

Digitize the Emery County Progress, 1940-2004

Dixie State University, $1777

Process the Leo Alva Snow Papers

Utah State University, $4270

Digitize for preservation KVNU audio recordings, 1943-1959

Park City Museum, $7500

Digitize for preservation the Kendall Webb Negative Collection, 1955-1959

Cache Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum, $1700

Digitize and create online index for Cache Valley Pioneer histories

Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, $2500

Transcribe, edit, and complete processing of audio and text from two oral history projects

2018 Grant Recipients

Lehi Historical Society and Archives, $4821

Digitization of the Lehi Free Press, 1932-1977

Uintah County Library Regional History Center, $5000

Uinta Basin historic map stabilization, processing, and online index; digitization of select collection pieces

Old Spanish Trail Association, $2631

Organize and preserve Association records; digitize photographs and significant documents

Emery County Archives, $1397

Digitize the Emery County Progress, 1918-1940

Morgan Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum, $1000

Purchase archival supplies and shelving and create online finding aids for historical scrapbooks and roll and minutes books

Utah Valley University, $7257

Process the Shirley H. Platt Deaf Athletics Collection and create online finding aid

Cache Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum, $1700

Digitize and create online index for Cache Valley Pioneer histories

2017 Grant Recipients

Box Elder Museum Foundation, $6938

Digitize 60 rolls of microfilm of Box Elder newspapers from 1890-2016. Provide access through the Utah Digital Newspapers site.

Cache Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum, $1006

Digitization of 40 framed portraits, 100 unframed portraits, and 75 historic documents that relate to the early settlement of Cache Valley.

Northwestern Band of Shoshone Nations, $3940

Organize and properly house final phase of tribal records. Place inventory online.

Salt Lake Community College, $2000

Digitization of 800 institutionally significant photographs documenting events from the 1950s to the 1990s.

Southern Utah University, $1100

Process and properly house collection of materials documenting the local history around the creation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Photographs from the collection will be digitized.

Uintah and Ouray Ute Tribe, $7400

Project UteTube to digitize 200 photographs and place photographs and 10 videos online through newly created website.

Weber State University Library, $7499

Process and digitize Red Cross of Northern Utah collection. Index and images available online.

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