- Date
- circa 1976-03
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- A. J. Roy, Sr. (profile_subject)
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagehistoriographycommunicationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The March 1976 Beaver Beacon profiles A. J. Roy’s continuing Historical Society and museum work, including the Mormon Print Shop, Protar House, ferry photographs, and a large personal collection of history books.
Evidence and limits
This is a contemporary newspaper profile. Its visitor, artifact, and collection figures are preserved as reported rather than treated as audited counts or a complete museum catalogue.
Sources
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Sources
- Profiles A. J. Roy as Historical Society president and museum worker, describes the Mormon Print Shop museum, the Society’s Protar House project, his island seasonal presence, and his collection of island history books and ferry photographs. It is a contemporary profile with reported figures and assessments, not a complete institutional history, artifact register, or biography. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1976-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue confirms the profile and its Historical Society context.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1976-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “A. J. Roy historical-society profile published, 1976”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/a-j-roy-historical-society-profile-1976/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1976, “Beaver Island Historian Is Just Too Busy to Retire.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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