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Dick Dietrich publishes a Beaver Island stone guide, 1980

Also Stones Their collection identification and uses · 1980 Dick Dietrich book

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TypeEvent
Date1980-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1980-05
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Publication
Where
Beaver Island
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The May Beacon reported publication by W. H. Freeman of Dick Dietrich’s Stones: Their collection, identification, and uses, written on Beaver Island and illustrated with stone sketches and island views.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper publication notice, not a bibliographic record verified against the publisher.

Sources

  1. Reports publication by W. H. Freeman of Dick Dietrich’s book Stones: Their collection, identification, and uses, written on Beaver Island and illustrated with stone sketches and island views. It is a newspaper publication notice, not a bibliographic record verified against the publisher. 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 · 1980-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held fifteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the publication notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1980-05_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Dick Dietrich publishes a Beaver Island stone guide, 1980”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-dick-dietrich-stones-publication-1980/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1980, island observations. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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