Blair Holmes collection of Holmes family photographs
Scope and Contents
Collection includes four copy prints, with corresponding negatives, of photographs of the Holmes family. The original photographs are dated approximately 1880-1929. The items were connected by Blair Holmes.
Dates
- approximately 1880-1929
Creator
- Holmes, Blair (collector, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Photographs in folder 1: Open for public research. Items kept in cold storage; access requires 24 hours advance notice. Negatives in folder 2: Open for public research. Items kept in cold storage; access requires 72 hours advance notice.
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 the Supervisor of Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical / Historical
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. He 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.
Extent
2 folders (0.02 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Materials were donated to L. Tom Perry Special Collections by Blair Holmes in 1978.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Blair Holmes; 1978.
Appraisal
Photographs (Photograph Archives).
Processing Information
Processed; Anne Ashton; November 2022. Updated finding aid for DACS compliance and accuracy. Rehoused photographs into plastic sleeves for preservation.
- Acetate negatives
- Copy prints
- Holmes family -- Photographs
- Images
- Material Types
- Photographs
- Title
- Register of Blair Holmes collection of Holmes family photographs
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 2011 December 13
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States