Mountain West Digital Library

11/03/2022

Welcome to fall 2022! We've added collections throughout the spring and summer! Read more:

New Collections – Summer, Fall 2022 November 2, 2022Blogarchitecture, collections, economic policy, harvesting, mormon migration, native americans, native tribes, oral histories, saltair, university of oregon, University of Utah, utah department of cultural and community engagementTeresa HebronWel...

03/21/2022

It's officially Spring, but we've been busy during winter. Here's more info on recently-added content:

New Collections Roundup, Winter 2022 March 3, 2022Blogcity of orem, collections, international women's history day, oral histories, Oregon Digital, university of oregon, University of Utah, utah valley university, women's historyTeresa HebronWe’re back with more details on new collections added fr...

10/26/2021

ICYMI: MWDL partner UN-Reno Libraries is searching for a Director, Collections & Discovery! Apply by Fri, Nov 12 for full consideration: https://tinyurl.com/UNRJob

04/27/2020

This is the best time to do some metadata cleaning on your collections! MWDL is hosting a metadata clinic live right now, in case you have any burning questions about metadata compliance, best practices, or MWDL's new Metadata Application Profile. Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/91330516622?pwd=VnBtc3pzZks3QzMzcEw2d1pIdk5Cdz09
The image shown is from the newly harvested University of Utah collection (1918 Flu Pandemic Newspapers).

04/16/2020

Check out the new collection harvested in MWDL from UU-Marriott Library! “Chieko N. Okazaki papers (1924-2012)” consist of correspondence, administrative documents, and memorabilia from her teaching career, the Japan-Okinawa and Japan Central Missions, her term as the first woman of color to serve as a Relief Society General Presidency member, and speeches and manuscripts from her time as an author and speaker. (15 items).
View collection at: https://tinyurl.com/y955ewsw

04/15/2020

Bored at home? You won’t be with a wonderful viewing selection from the Dumke Family Home Movies Collection, recently harvested into MWDL from our Marriott Library partner, from the University of Utah - J. This collection contains home movies from the Dumke family covering the years 1920-1960. Scenes of family celebrations and outdoor recreation are included. (63 items) Let MWDL know if you have new collections that we should harvest; we would love to see and include your new content!

04/15/2020

04/15/2020

Check out the new collection recently ingested into the MWDL portal: Utah City and Town Incorporation Records, from the Utah State Archives! This collection contains records documenting the incorporation of cities and towns in Utah. The bulk of this collection is drawn from the records of the Lieutenant Governor, additional records will be added from other sources, such as county records, as they are identified. (484 items) Utah State Archives and Records Service
Check out the new collection here: https://tinyurl.com/t9lzuf4

08/08/2019

Thanks to everyone that helped staff the table at the Family History & Genealogy Conference held at BYU, July 30-Aug 1, 2019, and thanks to all the attendees that stopped by! Over the 3 days, we had 79 brief interactions and 116 in-depth interactions with conference attendees!

07/29/2019

Headed to Brigham Young University Conference on Family History this week? Stop by the MWDL table and say hi!