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Holmes, Blair

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1942-

Biographical History

Blair Holmes (1942-) was a history professor in Utah.

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 in history. He was employed at Brigham Young University as a history professor from 1971 until 2008. He helped with a family and local history project there that was established in 1978 and was abolished in 1985. Blair retired from Brigham Young University in 2008. He and his wife, Margie, are the parents of six children: Brian, Steven, Christopher, Karin, Robert, and Richard.

Citation:
Schnibbe, K.-H. Jugendliche gegen Hitler, 1991: t.p. (Blair Holmes) jkt. (assoc. prof. of history, Brigham Young Univ., Utah)

When truth was treason, c1995: CIP t.p. (Blair R. Holmes) data sheet (Holmes, Blair Ralph; b. 6/29/42)

UPB_MSS 3248, (served mission in Austria, 1961-1962; following graduation from Brigham Young University in 1966, he studied Eastern European history at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado; completed his PhD in 1972; employed at Brigham Young University since 1971; parents of six children: Brian, Steven, Christopher, Karin, Robert, and Richard.)

Ancestry, via WWW, accessed April 30, 2012. (Holmes, Blair Ralph, b. June 29, 1942 in Victor, Idaho, to Harold Harper Holmes and Audrey Muriel Berger Holmes; August 26, 1965 he married Margie Green in the Idaho Falls Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

FamilySearch, via WWW, accessed April 30, 2012 (Holmes, Blair Ralph; b. 1942; born 1942, married in 1965)

BYU, via WWW, accessed December 14, 2022 (Holmes, Blair; degrees and faculty positions)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Blair Holmes papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 3248
Scope and Contents

Contains information from both the personal and professional life of Blair Holmes, and includes journals, correspondence and professional papers documenting his life in Utah, his mission in Austria, and family life from 1932-2016. Also includes diplomas and other ephemera of Holmes and other family members, and transcribed and photocopied volumes of historical documents and newspapers from members of the Victor, Idado community. Dates range from 1932 to 2023.

Dates: 1932-2023
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Blair Holmes papers

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