Buzz Holmstrom Collection, 1935-1944(bulk 1935-1938).

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Buzz Holmstrom Collection, 1935-1944(bulk 1935-1938).

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This collection consists of letters, memorabilia and photographs pertaining to the river trips and work of Haldane "Buzz" Holmstrom. River trips include a 1934 solo run of the Rogue River in Oregon, a second Rogue run in 1935, a 1936 solo run of the Salmon and Snake rivers in Idaho, a 1937 solo trip down the Green and Colorado in 1938, and a 1939 boat trip from the Pacific to the Atlantic; uprunning Hells Canyon on the Snake river in Idaho. There are many letters to and from Holmstrom pertaining to these trips, as well as his 3 years of service as a PT boat carpenter during World War II.

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Holmstrom, Buzz, 1909-1946

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Haldane "Buzz" Holmstrom, 1909-1946, was an early river runner. He was born in 1909 in a logging camp in the southern coastal forests of Oregon. He was raised in the area of Coquille, Oregon, the second of four children. He graduated from Coquille High School in 1928 and worked for many years in a local service station. In 1934 he began building boats and running whitewater rivers. In 1934, he ran the nearby Rogue River from Grants Pass to the ocean, solo. In 1935, he completed a se...