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Blair Holmes family papers, 1932-2008

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3248 Series 3

Scope and Contents

Includes junior high school, high school, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints seminary, university, and graduate school diplomas, along with related ephemera for Holmes, Margie Green Holmes, Brian Neville Holmes, and Muriel Berger. Also includes correspondence of Garth Harold Holmes. Material dates from 1932-2008.

Dates

  • Creation: 1932-2008

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Access restricted until one year after donor's death. Series 4, Blair Holmes professional papers, is restricted until 2082. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Biographical / Historical

From the Collection:

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.

Extent

7 folders

Language of Materials

English

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