| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds | | No.: | PR2133 | | TITLE: | Patricia and Eric Holmgren Fonds | | CREATOR: | Holmgren, Patricia and Holmgren, Eric | | DATE RANGE: | 1886-1990 | | EXTENT: | 0.86 m of textual records and other materials
Includes: 1 microfilm roll, 6 slides, 13 photographs, and 1 audio cassette. | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Eric Joseph Holmgren, 1923-1988, was born in Kaslo, British Columbia. He attended the University of British Columbia, the University of Toronto, and the University of Alberta. As a student at the University of Alberta, he wrote his thesis on the history of the Barr Colony. Trained as a librarian, he worked at Cambridge University in England before taking up the position of Provincial Librarian of Alberta in 1959. Holmgren served in that position until 1974 when he moved to the Provincial Archives of Alberta to work as an historian. He retired in 1979.
Eric Holmgren served on the board of the Geographic Board of Alberta, the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names and was a Canadian delegate to the first United Nations Conference on the standardization of geographical names. He was also a member of the Historical Society of Alberta, Men's Canadian Club, Edmonton Historical Board and the Fort Edmonton Historical Foundation. He and wife, Patricia had one son, Dr. David Holmgren.
Together, Patricia and Eric wrote a book: Over 2000 Place Names of Alberta , Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1976.
Eric also authored the following books:
Writing Local History: Edmonton: Alberta Culture, Historical Resources Division, 1982.
Isaac M. Barr and the Britannia Colony , Edmonton, 1964.
Alberta at the turn of the Century , Edmonton: Provincial Archives of Alberta, 1975.
Steam power in Alberta, 1870-1955, Edmonton: Alberta Culture, Reynolds-Alberta Museum,1985.
| | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The fonds consists of material the Holmgrens acquired through their personal life as well as Eric Holmgren's employment at the Legislative Library of Alberta. The fonds consists of pamphlets, programs, photographs, clippings, booklets, publications, writings, and memorabilia documenting the history of theatre, opera, notable Albertan individuals, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Misericordia Hospital, North West Mounted Police, festivals, anniversaries, and Heritage sites in Alberta. The fonds dates from 1886- 1990. | | ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: | For more material on Eric Holmgren, please see the Eric Holmgren Fonds at the Glenbow Archives, and the Eric Holmgren Fonds at the City of Edmonton Archives. | | GENERAL NOTE: | Information for the administrative history/biographical sketch sourced from the Eric Holmgren Fonds descriptions at the City of Edmonton Archives and the Glenbow Archives.
The Holmgrens also donated material on All Saint's Cathedral in Edmonton not included in this fonds.
For access to the following publications, please see the Provincial Archives of Alberta Reference Library.
Over 2000 Place Names of Alberta<\i>, Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1976.
Writing Local History<\i>: Edmonton: Alberta Culture, Historical Resources Division, 1982.
Isaac M. Barr and the Britannia Colony<\i>, Edmonton, 1964.
Alberta at the turn of the Century<\i>, Edmonton: Provincial Archives of Alberta, 1975.
Steam power in Alberta, 1870-1955<\i>, Edmonton: Alberta Culture, Reynolds-Alberta Museum,1985.
| | RELATED ITEMS: | A11290 (Edmonton Creamery, built spring 1895.)
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