Name: Beaver Island Historical Society elects officers and schedules an open house, 1961
Start: 1961-08-26
End: 1961-10-15
Location: Mormon Print Shop

Event

Dates: 1961-08-26 – 1961-10-15
Kind: Meeting
Where: Mormon Print Shop
Participants: A. J. Roy, Sr. (president)
Carried out by: Beaver Island Historical Society
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: heritagehistoriographygovernancecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Historical Society held its annual meeting at the Museum on August 26, 1961. The Beaver Beacon lists A. J. Roy as president, Archie LaFreniere as vice president, Mary Minor as secretary-treasurer, and Jewell Gillespie and Burdene Stromberg as the remaining trustees. The Society also scheduled an October 15 ice-cream social and open house and reported gifts of historic objects and documents.

Evidence and limits

This newspaper account preserves an officer list and planned public program, not minutes, bylaws, accession records, or proof that the October event was held.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, September 1961, “Beaver Island Historical Society.”
Reports the August 26 annual meeting at the Museum, election of A. J. Roy president, Archie LaFreniere vice president, Mary Minor secretary-treasurer, and Jewell Gillespie and Burdene Stromberg as the other trustees. It also announces an October 15 ice-cream social and open house and records museum gifts from Pat and Rose Bonner, Tom Walsh, and Art and Mrs. Larson. It does not supply minutes or accession records.
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Beaver Beacon, September 1961, held issue PDF, source scan.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society elects officers and schedules an open house, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-annual-meeting-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1961, “Beaver Island Historical Society.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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