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- 1870-1988 (Creation)
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37pp
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Archival history
Kerby A. Miller created his transcripts of the Holt Letters from a microfilm held in the National Library of Ireland [call number N6322]. Miller was granted permission to purchase the relevant portion of the film by Samuel J. Holt, owner of the original letters, per Holt's letter of 25 September 1988. Portions of the letters were previously published in Sir Alexander MacKenzie Historical Society (1984), Peace River Remembers; Peace River, Alberta and Adjacent Districts. Peace River, Alberta: Sir Alexander MacKenzie Historical Society.
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Scope and content
Kerby A. Miller's transcripts and abstracts of letters written between 1870 and 1918 by members of the Holt family who emigrated from Carbury, County Kildare. Miller's particular focus is on three letters written in 1912, 1916, and 1918 by Edward Holt, who emigrated in 1912 and settled in the Peace River farming district of Alberta; Miller made full transcripts of these letters. Also included is Miller's correspondence with family descendant Samuel J. Holt.