- Date
- 1980-05
- Kind
- Appointment
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Historical Society
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagegovernancecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Historical Society’s May spring newsletter described a winter reorganization, professional museum consultations, collection and exhibit work, and the hiring of a quarter-time Curator-Co-ordinator as the Society expanded its museum responsibilities.
Evidence and limits
This is a Society newsletter, not an employment contract, complete board minute set, or museum inventory.
Sources
- Reports professional museum consultations, twice-monthly winter board meetings, collection cataloging, exhibit rotation, photographic copying, Protar Home siding plans, Journal Volume II production, and the hiring of a quarter-time Curator-Co-ordinator. It is a Society newsletter, not an employment contract, complete board minute set, or museum inventory. 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 · 1980-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held fifteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Historical Society report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1980-05_Beaver-Beacon
- Confirms that having a Curator-Director was new in 1980 and describes the role’s work organizing collections, shaping exhibits, coordinating volunteers, marketing Volume II, and leading Museum Week. It is a retrospective annual report, not an employment contract or complete job description. 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 · 1980-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Curator-Director report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1980-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society hires a quarter-time curator-coordinator, 1980”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-curator-coordinator-1980/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1980, D4A spring newsletter. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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