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Beaver Beacon receives a typewriter and stapler, 1958

Also Beaver Beacon typewriter and stapler thanks 1958

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Date1958-11
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Summary

The November 1958 Beaver Beacon thanks Bill Kreuter for donating a standard typewriter and stapler to the Beacon Committee. It also acknowledges a letter from Mrs Luther Hutchinson praising Beaver Island hospitality.

Evidence limits

The notice does not provide an equipment inventory, production record, or the correspondence beyond the newspaper’s summary.

Sources

  1. Thanks Bill Kreuter of Kreuter Paint Company in Grand Rapids for a standard typewriter and stapler for the Beacon Committee, and thanks Mrs Luther Hutchinson of Flint for a letter praising Beaver Island hospitality. It does not provide equipment inventories, a production log, or the letter itself. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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  2. The held four-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the equipment and correspondence notices.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon receives a typewriter and stapler, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-beacon-equipment-thanks-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1958, "BEACON THANKS." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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