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<big><big><big><font color="#003366">'''''Salt Lake City Public Library'''''</font></big></big></big><br>
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=== Contact Information  ===
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'''E-mail:'''<ref>Salt Lake City Public Library, ''Contact Us'' [online email] at http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/email_form.jsp?parent_id=16&page_id=16 [accessed 5 November 2009].</ref> &nbsp;[http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/email_form.jsp?parent_id=16&page_id=16 Contact Us: The City Library] <br>


[[Image:Salt Lake City Public Library Main Branch exterior at night.jpg|right|300px|Salt Lake City Public Library Main Branch exterior at night.jpg]] [[Image:Salt Lake City Public Library interior.jpg|right|240px|Salt Lake City Public Library interior.jpg]]
'''Address:'''<ref name="ContactInfo">Salt Lake City Public Library, ''Contact Us - Branches - Main Library'' [Internet site] at http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/locations.jsp?parent_id=84&page_id=20 [[accessed 5 November 2009].</ref>


=== Contact Information  ===
:210 East 400 South<br>
'''Salt Lake City Public Library'''<br>
'''Address:'''<br>
:210 East 400 South<br>  
:Salt Lake City UT 84111 <br>
:Salt Lake City UT 84111 <br>
<br>
 
'''Telephone:'''<br>
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="ContactInfo" /> &nbsp;801-524-8200 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Fax:''' &nbsp;801-524-8272<br>
*801-524-8200<br>
 
<br>
'''Hours, and Holidays:'''<ref name="ContactInfo" />&nbsp;
'''Email:'''<br>
 
*[https://about.slcpl.org/contact-us Contact Us] <br>  
*Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday 1-5 p.m.
<br>
*For holidays&nbsp;[http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/details.jsp?parent_id=8&page_id=8 click here].<ref>Salt Lake City Public Library, ''Locations and Hours'' [Internet site] at http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/details.jsp?parent_id=8&page_id=8 [accessed 5 November 2009].</ref>
'''Website:'''
 
*[https://services.slcpl.org/ Salt Lake City Library]
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>
<br>
 
'''Social Media:'''
*Library Internet site at [http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/index.jsp http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/index.jsp]  
*[https://www.facebook.com/slcpl Facebook]
*Library catalog online at [http://catalog.slcpl.org/ http://catalog.slcpl.org/]  
*[https://www.instagram.com/slcpl/ Instagram]
*Library databases at [http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/details.jsp?parent_id=11&page_id=69 slcpl.lib.ut.us/details.jsp?parent_id=11&page_id=69] <br>
<br>
 
'''Hours, and Holidays:'''
'''Public transportation, and Parking:'''  
:Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday 1-5 p.m.
 
:[https://about.slcpl.org/faq#holidays For holidays]
*For TRAX light rail, and bus routes [http://www.rideuta.com/ click here].<ref>"Utah Transit Authority" at http://www.rideuta.com/ (accessed 6 August 2009).</ref>  
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*The library's underground parking facility can be accessed by turning mid-block from eastbound 400 South. Parking in this facility is free for the first half-hour, then $1.25 per half-hour after that. Any vehicle displaying a disability special group license plate or disability windshield placard may park in the parking garage at Library Square for two hours with no charge. Additional time beyond the two hours is $1.25 per half-hour.<ref name="ContactInfo" />
'''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''<br>
 
*For TRAX light rail, and bus routes [http://www.rideuta.com/ click here].<ref>"Utah Transit Authority" at http://www.rideuta.com/, accessed 25 October 2024.</ref>  
*The library's underground parking facility can be accessed by turning mid-block from eastbound 400 South. Parking in this facility is free for the first half-hour, then $1.50 per half-hour after that. Any vehicle displaying a disability special group license plate or disability windshield placard may park in the parking garage at Library Square for two hours with no charge. Additional time beyond the two hours is $1.50 per half-hour.<ref>"Parking" at Salt Lake City Public Library Main Branch, https://about.slcpl.org/main-library, accessed 11 March 2021.</ref>
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'''Online Databases:''' <br>
*[https://services.slcpl.org/ Library Internet site] renewals, events, collection, services, research.
*[https://catalog.slcpl.org/default.aspx Library catalog online] search by title, author, subject, or call number.
*[https://resources.slcpl.org/digitallibrary Digital Library] newspapers, articles, HeritageQuest, Sanborn maps, and more.<br>
<br>
=== Collection Description  ===
=== Collection Description  ===
The Salt Lake City Public Library has a good heraldry collection, and better than average Western Americana collection including books about Latter-day Saints and other ethnic pioneers. They participate in inter-library loan service. Their noteworthy genealogically related databases include: HeritageQuest Online, The Pioneer (Utah's online library), Utah Digital Newspapers, Digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 1865-1970.<ref>Salt Lake City Public Library, ''Digital Library'' at https://resources.slcpl.org/digitallibrary, accessed 11 March 2021.</ref>  
 
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The Salt Lake City Public Library&nbsp;has a good heraldry collection, and&nbsp;better than average Western Americana collection including books about Mormon and other ethnic pioneers. They&nbsp;participate in inter-library loan service. Their noteworthy genealogically related databases include: HeritageQuest Online, The Pioneer (Sons of Utah Pioneers), Utah Digital Newspapers, Digital Sanborn Insurance Maps 1865-1970, Gale Virtual Reference Library, and the Biography Resource Center.<ref>Salt Lake City Public Library, ''Research Center'' [Internet site] at http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/details.jsp?parent_id=11&page_id=69 [accessed 5 November 2009].</ref>
=== Tips ===
 
*Street parking at meters is free after 6:00 p.m., and on weekends visitors are allowed two hours free parking.
=== Substitute Repositories ===
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=== Alternate Repositories  ===
If you cannot visit or find a record at the Salt Lake City Public Library, a similar record may be available at one of the following.  
If you cannot visit or find a record at the '''''Salt Lake City Public Library''''', a similar source may be at one of the following.  
 
<br>
'''''Overlapping Collections'''''  
'''''Overlapping Collections'''''  


*Salt Lake City Public Library [https://about.slcpl.org/locations branches] of the Main Library
*Salt Lake City Public Library branches  
*[https://www.slcolibrary.org/ Salt Lake County Library System] Ancestry, Newsbank, HeritageQuest Online, World Vital Records databases.
*Salt Lake County Library System


'''''Similar Collections'''''  
'''''Similar Collections'''''  


*[http://www.co.davis.ut.us/library/ Davis County Library]  with a library card you have access to HeritageQuest Online.
*Draper
*[https://www.provolibrary.com/ Provo City Library] genealogical books, reference tools, periodicals, databases like GENUKI Heritage Quest.
*Granger
*West Valley City


'''''Neighboring Collections'''''  
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''  


*[https://silver.health.utah.gov/ Utah Vital Records Office], Salt Lake City, Utah, births and deaths since 1905; marriages and divorces since 1978.
*Utah State Archives  
*[http://www.archives.state.ut.us/ Utah State Archives] newspapers, deaths, land, court, local history, naturalization, military, directories, criminals
*Utah State Historical Society  
*[http://history.utah.gov/ Utah State Historical Society] family histories, photographs, books, manuscript collections, telephone directories, maps, newspapers, yearbooks, and periodicals are available in the Research Center and online.<ref>"Research Center and Collections" and "Collections Available at the Research Center" in Utah State History at http://history.utah.gov/research_and_collections/index.html, accessed 18 October 2008.</ref>
*[[Family History Library|Family History Library]]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library], Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and records pertaining to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
*[[Church History Library|Church History Library]] (LDS)
*[[Church History Library|Church History Library]] of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1830 to now with diaries, manuscripts, Church records, photographs, oral history, architectural drawings, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, maps, microforms, audiovisual materials.<ref>"Church History Library and Archives" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library, accessed 18 October 2008.</ref>
*University of Utah Library  
*[http://www.lib.utah.edu/portal/site/marriottlibrary/ University of Utah], historical-biographical sources, newspapers, government documents, and Western Americana
*Daughters of Utah Pioneers  
*[[Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library|Brigham Young University]], genealogy, local history, censuses, FamilySearch Center, [http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php digitized family histories]
*Sons of Utah Pioneers  
*[http://www.utahcityguide.com/utbound/details.asp?ID=25801194317 Daughters of Utah Pioneers] the Museum displays artifacts, and the History Department collects and preserves about 100,000 histories of pioneers who set out for, settled, or were born in Utah Territory before 10 May 1869.<ref>"Pioneer Museum" and "History Department" pages in International Society ~ Daughter of Utah Pioneers at http://www.dupinternational.org/, accessed 18 October 2008.</ref>
*Federal Courthouse
*[http://www.sonsofutahpioneers.org/lib_library.htm Sons of Utah Pioneers] manuscripts, biographies, family and local histories, pioneer handcart companies, Mormon Battalion records, Revolutionary War military records, passenger lists, and historical periodicals.<ref>Sons of Utah Pioneers, ''SUP Library'' at http://www.sonsofutahpioneers.org/lib_library.htm, accessed 6 November 2009.</ref>
*Salt Lake County Courthouse
*[http://www.utd.uscourts.gov/ United States District Court of Utah] federal court records.
*[http://www.utcourts.gov/directory/courthouse.cgi?district=3 Salt Lake County Court] local court records.
*[http://clerk.slco.org/ Salt Lake County Clerk], Salt Lake City, Utah, marriages since 1887, probate records since 1852.
*[https://slco.org/recorder/ Salt Lake County Recorder], Salt Lake City, Utah, property, tax, and military discharge DD-214 papers.
 
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Revision as of 20:12, 5 November 2009

Salt Lake City Public Library Main Branch exterior at night.jpg
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Salt Lake City Public Library

Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:[1]  Contact Us: The City Library

Address:[2]

210 East 400 South
Salt Lake City UT 84111

Telephone:[2]  801-524-8200    Fax:  801-524-8272

Hours, and Holidays:[2] 

  • Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday 1-5 p.m.
  • For holidays click here.[3]

Internet sites and databases:

Public transportation, and Parking:

  • For TRAX light rail, and bus routes click here.[4]
  • The library's underground parking facility can be accessed by turning mid-block from eastbound 400 South. Parking in this facility is free for the first half-hour, then $1.25 per half-hour after that. Any vehicle displaying a disability special group license plate or disability windshield placard may park in the parking garage at Library Square for two hours with no charge. Additional time beyond the two hours is $1.25 per half-hour.[2]

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

The Salt Lake City Public Library has a good heraldry collection, and better than average Western Americana collection including books about Mormon and other ethnic pioneers. They participate in inter-library loan service. Their noteworthy genealogically related databases include: HeritageQuest Online, The Pioneer (Sons of Utah Pioneers), Utah Digital Newspapers, Digital Sanborn Insurance Maps 1865-1970, Gale Virtual Reference Library, and the Biography Resource Center.[5]

Substitute Repositories[edit | edit source]

If you cannot visit or find a record at the Salt Lake City Public Library, a similar record may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

  • Salt Lake City Public Library branches
  • Salt Lake County Library System

Similar Collections

  • Draper
  • Granger
  • West Valley City

Neighboring Collections

  • Utah State Archives
  • Utah State Historical Society
  • Family History Library
  • Church History Library (LDS)
  • University of Utah Library
  • Daughters of Utah Pioneers
  • Sons of Utah Pioneers
  • Federal Courthouse
  • Salt Lake County Courthouse

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Salt Lake City Public Library, Contact Us [online email] at http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/email_form.jsp?parent_id=16&page_id=16 [accessed 5 November 2009].
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Salt Lake City Public Library, Contact Us - Branches - Main Library [Internet site] at http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/locations.jsp?parent_id=84&page_id=20 [[accessed 5 November 2009].
  3. ↑ Salt Lake City Public Library, Locations and Hours [Internet site] at http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/details.jsp?parent_id=8&page_id=8 [accessed 5 November 2009].
  4. ↑ "Utah Transit Authority" at http://www.rideuta.com/ (accessed 6 August 2009).
  5. ↑ Salt Lake City Public Library, Research Center [Internet site] at http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/details.jsp?parent_id=11&page_id=69 [accessed 5 November 2009].
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