- Date
- 1956-09
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagehistoriographycommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The September 1956 Beaver Beacon reported that Mark A. Strang had taken a sustaining membership in the Beaver Island Historical Society and offered an original copy of the Book of the Law for a future museum in the restored Printing House.
Evidence and limits
The newspaper records an offer and its intended historical context. It does not establish that the Society accepted or received the book, authenticate the copy, or establish restoration or museum completion.
Sources
- Reports that Mark A. Strang, a grandson of King Strang, had taken a sustaining membership and offered an original copy of the “Morman Book of the Law” for a future museum in the restored Printing House. It also says he had researched King Strang’s life for 20 years. The notice records an offer and the Society’s stated museum/restoration context, not acceptance, transfer, authentication, or restoration completion. 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 · 1956-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held three-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the membership and book offer; it does not expand the artifact, ownership, authentication, or museum record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1956-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Mark A. Strang offers an original Book of the Law copy to Beaver Island’s future museum, 1956”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-book-of-law-offer-1956/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1956, “New Historical Society Members.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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