David Broder lecture and column support Beaver Island library campaign, 1988

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Event

Date: 1988-08-02
Kind: Fundraising
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: educationpublicationcommercecommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Washington Post columnist David Broder supported the Beaver Island District Library campaign in August 1988 with an outdoor township-hall lecture and a syndicated column about the library. The Beacon reported that the column prompted an offer of used books while the campaign still needed $30,000 for furnishings and $20,000 for reference materials.

Evidence limits

The article reports fundraising needs and a resulting offer, not collected receipts, a completed campaign, or the final disposition of donated books.

Sources

Noted Columnist Aids Library, Beaver Beacon, August 1988.
Reports David Broder's August 2 outdoor lecture on the 1960 and 1988 presidential elections, free-will donations, and a syndicated column about the library that generated a sizeable used-book offer; the column says $30,000 was needed for furnishings and $20,000 for reference materials. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, August 1988, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twenty-page August issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and preserves the library fundraising report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “David Broder lecture and column support Beaver Island library campaign, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-david-broder-library-benefit-1988/, accessed [date], citing Noted Columnist Aids Library, Beaver Beacon, August 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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