- Date
- 1976-12
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- Anthony O’Donnell (letter writer and submitter)
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationpublicationheritagecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The December 1976 Beaver Beacon printed Anthony O’Donnell’s letter and a Christmas story attributed to his deceased eldest brother “Pat.” The issue says the story was printed directly from O’Donnell’s copy and supplies a short key to the family terms used in the story.
The printed story is titled “Sinbad’s House.”
Evidence and limits
This is a source-qualified publication record, not a complete O’Donnell family biography or an independently dated original manuscript. The story’s comic narrative and its named figures remain distinct from civil identities unless separately documented.
Sources
- Prints Anthony O’Donnell’s letter and a Christmas story attributed to his deceased eldest brother “Pat,” with a source note that the Beacon printed the story directly from O’Donnell’s copy. The letter identifies “Katie,” “Mary,” “Mr. Boyd,” “Peter,” and “Jimmie & Charley” within the story but does not supply complete civil identities, a date for the story’s original composition, or a verified relationship to every similarly named person in the wider corpus. 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 · 1976-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue confirms the letter, attribution, and printed story.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1976-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Anthony O’Donnell’s Christmas story letter and reprint, 1976”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-christmas-story-by-anthony-odonnell-1976/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1976, “From the Mail Bag” and “Sinbad’s House.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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