Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Points
Biography
Scope and Content
Descriptive Summary
Title: Holmes (Harold C.) Papers ,
Date (inclusive): c1945-1965
Collection number: Mss213
Creator:
Leonard Verbarg
Extent: 0.5 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
Shelf location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Holmes (Harold C.) Papers , Mss213, Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Access Points
personal name
Holmes, Harold C. (1877-1965)
personal name
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910)
personal name
Miller, Joaquin (1837-1913)
personal name
Jackson, Joseph Henry (1894-1955)
corporate name
Rotary International (Oakland, Calif.)
subject
Booksellers and bookselling -California
subject
San Francisco (Calif.) -Intellectual life
subject
Oakland (Calif.) -Intellectual life
subject
Oakland (Calif.) -History -1850-1950
Biography
Harold Holmes (1877-1965) was born in Toronto, Canada. His parents were British West
Indians. They immigrated to the San Francisco Bay Area (1882) where his father operated
the Holmes Book Co., which owned antiquarian book shops in San Francisco and Oakland.
From 1895 young Holmes assisted his father and eventually took over the family business,
running it until his death. An authority on California literary history, in his middle
years Holmes was also active in Oakland civic affairs, serving as president of the
Oakland Rotary Club (1946-47), a member of the Alameda County Probation Committee (1948),
and, a trustee of the California College of Arts & Crafts. Holmes was working on his
memoirs at the time of his death.
Scope and Content
The bulk of the Holmes Papers consists of the manuscript chapters of Harold Holmes'
memoirs.
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