- Dates
- 1999-10 – 2000-10
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Historical Society
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritageconservationfamilycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Historical Society reported continued archive organization and preservation work in October 1999. The Michigan Museums Association appointed Laurie Dickens as consultant, with artifact storage and collection care identified as urgent priorities, while a James Strang video and descendant research extended the Society’s public-history work.
Evidence limits
The report describes plans and staffing, not completed conservation treatment or the finished video.
Sources
- Reports Joyce Bartels’s archive work, Laurie Dickens’s one-year museum-consultant appointment, priorities for protecting stored artifacts, descendant visits, a James Strang video project, and continuing sales of Discovering Beaver Island. 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 · 1999-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Historical Society update.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1999-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society brings in a museum consultant and expands archival work in 1999”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-archive-consultant-1999/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1999, “History in the News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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