Name: Beaver Island Historical Society announces August officers’ meeting and museum collecting plans, 1961
Start: 1961-08-19
End: 1961-08-19
Location: Mormon Print Shop

Event

Date: 1961-08-19
Kind: Meeting
Where: Mormon Print Shop
Carried out by: Beaver Island Historical Society
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: heritagehistoriographygovernancecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Historical Society announced a public meeting for August 19, 1961, at 3 p.m. in the Mormon Printing House Museum, with an election of officers and other business on the agenda.

Evidence and limits

The notice also describes collecting and display plans but does not report the meeting’s result, elected officers, minutes, or complete collection records.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, August 1961, “Beaver Island Historical Society.”
Announces a meeting at the Mormon Printing House Museum at 3 p.m. on August 19 for an election of officers and other business, and invites the public. It also describes planned displays for Protar and King Strang materials, an old-fashioned kitchen, and donated or loaned objects. The issue does not report the meeting’s outcome or an officer roster.
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Beaver Beacon, August 1961, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society announces August officers’ meeting and museum collecting plans, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-august-meeting-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1961, “Beaver Island Historical Society.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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