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Community School musical-instrument appeal, 1976

Also 1976 Beaver Island school instrument request

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1976-08
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
circa 1976-08
Kind
Announcement
Where
Beaver Island
Participants
Sister Dennis Marie Kirt (contact)
Carried out by
Beaver Island Community School
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communicationeducationcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

In August 1976 the Beaver Beacon carried a public appeal for musical instruments that Beaver Island Community School pupils could use when music entered the fall curriculum. Sister Dennis Marie Kirt, O.P., was named as the school contact.

Evidence and limits

The notice documents a request, not donated instruments, an inventory, a completed curriculum, or a later outcome.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Asks readers with unused musical instruments to contact Sister Dennis Marie Kirt, O.P., at the Beaver Island Community School; says music would be part of the fall curriculum and students needed instruments. It does not identify the instruments, donors, curriculum outcome, or school records. 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 · 1976-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue confirms the public appeal and school contact.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1976-08_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Community School musical-instrument appeal, 1976”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-community-school-musical-instrument-appeal-1976/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1976, “S.O.S. - Wanted.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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