- Dates
- 2019-10-15 – 2019-11-08
- Kind
- Publication project
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- foodwayshistorycommunitypublishing
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In October–November 2019, organizers solicited recipes, family photographs, stories, and transcription volunteers for a Historical Society revival of an 1980s Beaver Island cookbook, with planned proceeds for a museum addition.
Evidence limits
This record documents a cultural-publication project and its appeals, not a completed reissue or audited fundraising result.
Sources
- The Historical Society sought typists to re-enter an 1980s cookbook and new family recipes, saying proceeds from the earlier edition helped rehabilitate the Print Shop and proceeds from a new edition would support a museum addition. This is an organizational project statement, not proof of publication, proceeds, or completed construction.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 14 · t014766
- The organizers solicited recipes, family photographs, stories, and volunteers to retype an 1980s island cookbook for Historical Society reissue; they said proceeds would support a museum addition and later extended the image/story deadline. The topic does not document publication, final contents, proceeds, or the relationship between the original cookbook and held editions.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 14 · t014767
Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Historical Society cookbook revival call, 2019”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cookbook-revival-2019/, accessed [date], citing Marie LaFreniere, “Looking for Typists,” Beaver Island Forum, October 15–16, 2019. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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