This is something that will be updated periodically, since there are... quite a few holocrons.
HOLOCRONS
Holocrons are devices created by Jedi to contain endless quantities of data and information. By nature, they can only be opened by individuals sensitive to the Force and are protected by a holographic gatekeeper representing the creator of the holocron itself. Below are some of the most notable of the holocrons found in the Jedi Archives.
JEDI HOLOCRONS
The Tedryn Holocron
This holocron was created well over four thousand years before the Battle of Yavin by Jedi Master Tedryn. The holocron was passed down for several generations, with Masters Odan-Urr and Ood Bnar adding their own records, before ending up in the possession of Master Vodo-Siosk Baas by the time of the Great Sith War. The holocron contained records pertaining not only to the Jedi but to their dark side counterparts, the Sith, as well.
After the Sith War, the Jedi Council kept the holocron hidden at an undisclosed location to keep it away from the wrong hands. As a result, it was preserved from the horrors that would wrack the galaxy, in particular the fall of the Jedi Temple in 4324 C.R.C. At some point after the New Sith Wars, the Tedryn Holocron was recovered and passed on to Jedi Master Bodo Baas, a distant descendant of Vodo-Siosk.
In 7958, Bodo Baas was captured by the Empire during the Great Jedi Purge. When he refused to give up the holocron's location, Darth Sidious executed the Krevaaki before finding the holocron in the possession of Jedi Master Ashka Boda. Master Boda was eventually captured and killed as well and the holocron was retrieved from his belongings. Sidious then delved into the holocron to learn the secret of transferring one's consciousness from one body to another, a technique that had been lost to the Sith over five hundred years prior.
The Tedryn Holocron was kept on the Emperor's secret throne world of Byss when he met his demise in 7982. The ancient Sith Lord Darth Vorath, having waited several decades to make his move, wasted no time in traveling to Byss to recover the holocron from the late Emperor's collection. While there, he came across a cadre of clone bodies which Sidious had planned to transfer his consciousness into. Vorath awakened one of these clones to serve his purposes; however, the clone resisted the Dark Lord's attempts at warping his mind and fled from the chamber. Drawn to the Tedryn Holocron, the rogue clone recovered it from Sidious' library before departing Byss. A year later, the clone -- now calling himself Ethril -- traveled to Tython where he encountered Luke Skywalker. After a quick confrontation with the Jedi Knight, Ethril was struck down and the holocron was eventually recovered from his vessel.
When the New Jedi Order was established, the holocron was entrusted with Master Xanus Baran, who brought it with him to Zegris during his search for Morin Tharr. When Baran was recalled to the Jedi Praxeum, he passed it on to his replacement for the mission, Master Aqinos. Around this time, Vorath sent his Shadow Hands Nemesis and Ravage to take back the holocron and determined it to be on Zegris. When confronted by the Sith, Aqinos surrendered the holocron to the pair, who brought it back to Vorath.
However, the Dark Lord quickly discovered that the holocron's contents could only be accessed by a Jedi. Thus, he sent his acolyte Starkiller to retrieve Skywalker's apprentice Toah Jarsan and bring him to Sed'tral. After being captured, Jarsan reluctantly activated the holocron and accessed the Prophecy of the Apocalypse, which Vorath believed pertained to him and his goals. After hearing the prophecy, Vorath allowed Jarsan to leave before locking the holocron away in his archive on Sed'tral.
SITH HOLOCRONS
Holocron of King Adas
Created under the guidance of the Rakata, King Adas's holocron was passed on from Sith to Sith for several generations after his demise. By the time of the Great Hyperspace War, the holocron had ended up in the possession of Lord Garu when he perished on Ashas Ree. Six centuries later, the holocron was recovered by the fallen Jedi Freedon Nadd, providing him with the knowledge he sought of the ancient Sith. After conquering Onderon and declaring himself Dark Lord of the Sith, Nadd held onto the holocron until his death, after which it was recovered by his descendant Queen Amanoa, which she used to train her Sith initiates. After the Naddist Uprising, the holocron was recovered by the Jedi and hidden away on the planet Kodai, where it would remain for the next several millennia.
Sometime before 167 BBY, Darth Tenebrous and his master attempted to locate Adas's holocron, which they knew to be located in the Belderone sector. Whether their attempts were successful or not has yet to be documented, though the holocron was still on Kodai when it was uncovered by Professor Murk Lundi and his disciples. Upon hearing of the holocron's discovery, Darth Sidious sent a Sun Guard operative to retrieve it. However, the Guard ultimately failed and the holocron was once more taken into Jedi custody. For reasons unknown, the Jedi Council entrusted the holocron with House Pelagia of the Tapani sector, who held onto it until was stolen by the Mecrosa Order during the Great Jedi Purge.
Forty years later, following the end of the Imperial Sith War, the aspiring Sith Lady Lumiya traveled to Nyssa and acquired the holocron of Adas from the Mecrosa Order. A decade later, the Glorian agent Shadow traveled to Nyssa to retrieve the holocron himself only to discover that it had already been given to Lumiya. What became of the holocron after Lumiya's reign as Dark Lady of the Sith was ended is unknown.
Holocron of Heresies
The holocron of Darth Andeddu, the Holocron of Heresies was believed to have been first discovered by Freedon Nadd some time before his reign as Dark Lord of the Sith. In 980 BBY, it was recovered from Andeddu’s Keep on Prakith by Darth Bane before being stolen by the fallen Jedi Set Harth. By the time of the Clone Wars, it had found its way to Korriban where it was recovered by Darth Tyranus' acolytes. It later founds its way into the possession of Darth Vorath, who would later use it to gain access to Andeddu's Keep.
AUTHOR FOOTNOTES
-The Tedryn Holocron first appeared in the Dark Empire comic series and received further backstory in Tales of the Jedi and supplementary material. When I wrote its appearance in Destiny, where it was already in Jedi hands by 10 ABY, I had forgotten that it was supposed to still be on Byss in Palpatine's collection. I decided to reconcile this by using the minor character Ethril, a rogue clone of Palpatine, as the catalyst for this deviation.
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