- Dates
- 1961-11 – 1961-12
- Kind
- Business
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- A. J. Roy, Sr. (participant) · R. P. Hoffman (participant)
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Historical Society
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagehistoriographycommunityeconomy
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Historical Society’s Board of Trustees decided in November 1961 to grant lifetime memberships to R. P. Hoffman and his wife and A. J. Roy and his wife. The December report calls Hoffman the Society’s first president and Roy his recent successor, and credits both with restoration and preservation work. The Society also reported paying $400 on the museum building mortgage during the year.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper account of institutional decisions and finances, not a membership ledger, meeting minute, mortgage instrument, or complete officer history.
Sources
- Reports a November Board of Trustees decision granting lifetime memberships to R. P. Hoffman and A. J. Roy and their wives, identifies Hoffman as the first Society president and Roy as his recent successor, and credits both with restoration work on the Mormon printing building and preservation advocacy. It also reports that the Society paid $400 on the building mortgage during the year. It does not provide minutes, a membership ledger, or mortgage records.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-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.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1961-12_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Historical Society grants lifetime memberships and pays down the museum mortgage, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-lifetime-memberships-and-mortgage-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1961, “Beaver Island Historical Society.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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