- Dates
- 1977-04-13 – circa 1977-04
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Historical Society
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagegovernancecommunicationpublicationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1977 Beaver Beacon reports A. J. Roy’s withdrawal from active Historical Society leadership and announces an April 13 board meeting, collection and curator planning, a search for a historic island tug, continued Volume I sales, and further museum and Protar-home work.
Evidence and limits
These are organizational plans and a transition notice. They do not establish a new officer slate, acquisition, curator appointment, tug purchase, project completion, or complete financial record.
Sources
- Reports A. J. Roy’s withdrawal from active leadership after selling his island home, an April 13 board meeting, plans for enlarged holdings and a year-round curator, a search for an authentic historic island tug, continued Volume I sales, museum and Protar-home improvement needs, and a May 13 slide presentation. It does not establish a new officer slate, acquisition, curator appointment, tug purchase, project completion, or complete financial record. 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 · 1977-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twelve-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the leadership and project-planning notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1977-04_Beaver-Beacon
- Continues the Society’s public project communication with a summer volunteer appeal covering the Post Office addition, Marine Museum, Heritage Park, History Map, Volume Two, Print Shop reorganization, and field trips. It does not establish staffing, funding, completion, inventories, or a new officer slate. 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 · 1977-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twelve-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the continuing project-planning notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1977-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society plans leadership and collection expansion, 1977”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-leadership-transition-1977/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1977, “Notes From Beaver Island Historical Society.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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