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Blair R. Holmes Papers, 1894-1979

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Holmes, Blair R., 1942-
Title
Blair R. Holmes Papers
Dates
1894-1979 (inclusive)
Quantity
4 linear feet, (4 boxes)
Collection Number
MSS 391
Summary
Contains transcriptions of Teton Valley News newspaper articles related to the towns of Victor, Cedron, and Chapin, Idaho, as well as transcriptions of unpublished autobiographies.
Repository
Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
1910 University Drive
Boise ID
83725
Telephone: 2084263990
archives@boisestate.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English
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Content Description

Holmes transcribed the sections of the Teton Valley News (published in Driggs, Idaho) that pertained just to the towns of Victor, Cedron, and Chapin, Idaho. The entirety of the Teton Valley News has been digitized and publicly available online for free at https://tetons.advantage-preservation.com/

Other transcriptions include autobiographies of Idaho and Utah residents.

Some of these transcritions are also available in physical form at other libraries, including in Brigham Young University's Blair Holmes Papers.

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Biographical Note

Blair Ralph Holmes was born June 29, 1942 in Victor, Idaho, to Harold Harper Holmes and Audrey Muriel Berger Holmes. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he served a mission in Austria between approximately 1961 and 1962. On August 26, 1965 he married Margie Green in the Idaho Falls Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Following graduation from Brigham Young University in 1966, he studied Eastern European history at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. Holmes completed his PhD in 1972.

He was employed at Brigham Young University as a history professor from 1971 until 2008. He and his wife, Margie, are the parents of six children: Brian, Steven, Christopher, Karin, Robert, and Richard. (Source: Brigham Young University's Blair Holmes Papers)

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[item description], Blair R. Holmes Papers, Box [number], Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Donated by Blair R. Holmes in 2019, 2020, and 2022.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Victor, Idaho News
    Dates: 1894-1958
    Container: Box 1
  • Description: Victor, Idaho News
    Dates: 1959-1973
    Container: Box 2
  • Description: Victor, Idaho News
    Dates: 1974-1979
    Container: Box 3
  • Description: Autobiography of Deborah Wing Smith Clogg (1860-1947)
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 3
  • Description: Reminiscence: Clyde Foster Curtis (1899-1971)
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 3
  • Description: Autobiographies of Albert Franklin Hulet (1898-1977) and Vida Hill Hulet (1902-2002)
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 3
  • Description: Autobiography of Hugh Barnes (1877-1976)
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 3
  • Description: Autobiography of Harriet Adeline Fowler Allen
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 3
  • Description: Life of Frank Orson Paul
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 3
  • Description: "It All Started When I Was Born": A Life Story Autobiography of Garth Harold Holmes (Part I and II)
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 3
  • Description: Autobiography of Zina Kunz Hatch Fuit Cox (1900-1995)
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 3
  • Description: "Make Do or Make the Best of It" by Elma Pearl Weekes Calderwood
    Dates: 1993
    Container: Box 3
  • Description: Cedron, Idaho News
    Dates: 1922-1949
    Container: Box 3
  • Description: Cedron, Idaho News
    Dates: 1952-1975
    Container: Box 4
  • Description: Chapin, Idaho News
    Dates: 1909-1973
    Container: Box 4
  • Description: Victor, Idaho Biographies Vol 1-14
    Container: Box 5
  • Description: Victor, Idaho Biographies Vol 15-28
    Container: Box 6
  • Description: Victor, Idaho News
    Dates: 1983-1984
    Container: Box 7
  • Description: Victor, Idaho Schools & Students
    Dates: 1972-1985
    Container: Box 7
  • Description: Cedron, Idaho News
    Dates: 1976-1984
    Container: Box 7

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Subject Terms

  • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Mormon Church

Geographical Names

  • Victor (Idaho)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Newspapers
  • Obituaries
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