ORU_A213.xml Guide to the Haldane "Buzz" Holmstrom Diaries 1936-1996 Holmstrom (Haldane "Buzz") Diaries Tanya Parlet and Kira B. Homo Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives 2013
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-12-22. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
1299 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1299 spcarref@uoregon.edu http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll
Haldane "Buzz" Holmstrom diaries Dimock, Brad Holmstrom, Frances, 1881-1956 Holmstrom, Buzz, 1909-1946 A 213 0.1 linear feet 3 folders 1936-1996 Haldane "Buzz" Holmstrom (1909-1946) was a resident of Coquille, Oregon, and was an enthusiastic and expert riverboat man. The collection (1936-1939) contains ten volumes of trip diaries describing river travel, and related papers. 3 folders. English . 1-3

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 Holmstrom, Buzz, 1909-1946 Holmstrom, Buzz, 1909-1946 Salmon River (Idaho)--Description and travel Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.)--Description and travel Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Description and travel Yellowstone River--Description and travel Missouri River--Description and travel Ohio River--Description and travel United States--Description and travel West (U.S.)--Description and travel Boats and boating--West (U.S.) White-water canoeing--West (U.S.) Rivers--West (U.S.) Boaters (Persons)--Oregon--Diaries Oregon Transcripts Diaries

The collection (1936-1939) contains ten volumes of trip diaries describing river travel, and related papers.

Trip diaries include descriptions of travel on the Salmon and Snake rivers in 1936; the Colorado River in 1937 and 1938; and a trip across the continent via the Snake, Yellowstone, Missouri, and Ohio rivers in 1939.

Most of the diaries are labeled with the name and dates of the trip.

Related papers consist of a short biographical story about Holmstrom written by Frances Holmstrom (possibly his mother), and a bound transcription of some of Homstrom's trip diaries, by Brad Dimock (1996).

Guide to the Haldane "Buzz" Holmstrom Diaries

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