- Date
- 1996-01-09
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathheritagehistoriographycommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The February 1996 Beaver Beacon reported the January 9 death of Helen Hoffman Collar, a long-time summer resident and historian of Beaver Island’s Irish settlement. It said that a memorial would be held on the island that summer. A companion letter honors her genealogy and historical research as a foundation for later Beaver Island work.
Evidence limits
The newspaper’s obituary, remembrance, and appreciation letter record the planned memorial but not its later date or outcome, and do not replace Collar’s underlying research files.
Sources
- Reports that Helen Hoffman Collar died in Arlington, Virginia, on January 9, 1996, aged 94; recounts her 1915 first visit, summer residence, history of the Irish settlement, published historical writing, family survivors, and a planned Beaver Island memorial. 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 · 1996-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR and confirms the obituary as printed.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-02_Beaver-Beacon
- Publishes Rich Gillespie’s farewell and gratitude for Collar’s Irish-settlement genealogy, historical research, and foundational work in Beaver Island history. 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 · 1996-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the community appreciation letter.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Beacon remembers Helen Hoffman Collar after her death in 1996”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-helen-collar-obituary-1996/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1996, “Helen Collar 1902–1996: Eighty Summers on Beaver Island.” (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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