- Date
- 1981-02-11
- Kind
- Publication
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- publicationcommunicationcommunityweather
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 1981 editor’s account describes producing the February Beaver Beacon during a blizzard: a truck became stuck, Officer Ham helped reach the Township Hall, equipment failed, and the finished papers were moved by snowmachine.
Evidence and limits
This is a first-person production memoir and does not establish a complete publication log or weather record.
Sources
- Recounts the editor’s February 11 trip through drifts to the Township Hall, rescue by Officer Ham, stencil-cutter and mimeograph failures, and transport of the finished papers by snowmachine. It is a first-person production memoir, not a complete publishing or weather log. 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 · 1981-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held thirteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the production account.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1981-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The Beaver Beacon recounts producing an issue during the February blizzard, 1981”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-beacon-february-blizzard-production-1981/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon editor’s account, Beaver Beacon, May 1981. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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