Friday, December 4, 2009

Research Facilities - J. Willard Marriott Library

It's time for your pilgrimage to the Family History Holy Land!
NGS in Salt Lake City--April 2010


Salt Lake offers many unique places for researching your ancestors--above and beyond the famous Family History Library. This post is on the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah. Known to Utah researchers for their fantastic Utah Newspaper collection, the Special Collections section holds many records useful to researchers. Visit their website at http://www.lib.utah.edu/ for more information.


Location: 295 S 1500 E SLC, UT 84112-0860, 801-581-8558

Hours: Monday- Thursday 7 a.m. to midnight, Friday 7a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday noon to midnight.

Offerings: In addition to their academic collections and in-depth reference and research assistance to library users, the library is a depository for publications from the United States Government, including census data, legislative materials, compilations of government statistics in areas of business and labor, mining, geological and earth sciences and international relations. The library’s Special Collections provides access to rare and valuable books, periodicals, documents, photographs, films, original materials and finding aids.

Parking: A visitor pay parking lot is available off of 1500 E. Access to the library is at the northeast corner of this parking lot near the campus bookstore.

See you soon!
Christy Fillerup

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