- Date
- 1975-07
- Kind
- Award
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- Archie Lafreniere (committee_chair)
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Bicentennial Committee
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagegovernancecommunicationtourismeconomy
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The July 1975 Beaver Beacon reports that the Michigan Bicentennial Commission awarded $5,000 to promote Beaver Island’s historic attractions. The committee had requested $20,000 for historic-building restoration and publicity, but the reported grant was restricted to publications and did not cover restoration.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper report of a grant notification. It does not provide the award instrument, payment record, grant period, or evidence that any publication was produced.
Sources
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Sources
- Reports a $5,000 Michigan Bicentennial Commission grant to promote Beaver Island historic attractions, after a committee request for $20,000 to restore and renovate historic buildings and publicize attractions and festivities. It says the grant is restricted to publication and does not cover building restoration. 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 · 1975-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue confirms the grant report and its publication-only restriction. The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and does not expand source-specific claimsdata1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1975-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Bicentennial Commission grant for publication and promotion, 1975”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bicentennial-grant-1975/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1975, “Beaver Island Gets Bicentennial Grant.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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