These have varying subjects, marriages, births and other. Sign at the desk for a specific time to use one of the readers and look at the catalogue listing titles and contents. The volunteer at the desk will help you select from the list, show you how to run the machine and how to look for the information you seek from the record. The library has recently purchased and renovated the beautiful old Hotel Utah building where many U.S. presidents stayed when in Salt Lake City. It is now known as the Joseph Smith Building and various seminars and meetings are held in the auditorium on the main floor.
Music is played in the lobby at lunch time.
The top floor contains a restaurant with glass windows and an unbelievable view. Be sure to visit the LDS archives in this building which use almost a whole floor and are divided into two sections. The Archive section has group records submitted between 1942 and 1969. These submissions have also been photocopied. The Patron section contains submissions between 1924 and 1979.