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Beaver Island Historical Society museum season and Protar home appeal, 1963

Also 1963 Beaver Island museum season · Protar home restoration appeal

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TypeEvent
Date1963-07
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1963-07
Kind
Opening
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Historical Society
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
heritagecommunityeconomy
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

In July 1963 the Beaver Island Historical Society announced daily summer hours for the Mormon Print Shop, new additions to its collection, and a King Strang Bible that had been sent to the museum. The notice also sought memberships and support for a planned long-term lease of Dr. Protar’s home, including a Labor Day television drawing.

Evidence and limits

The source records an operating announcement and fundraising appeal. It does not establish the legal lease, restoration work, the Bible’s chain of custody, or the final proceeds from the drawing.

Open questions

  • Do Historical Society minutes, lease records, accession records, or receipts document these outcomes?

Sources

  1. Announces daily noon-to-4 p.m. Mormon Print Shop hours, new collection material including King Strang's personal Bible, memberships, a planned long-term lease of Dr. Protar's home, and a Labor Day television drawing to support restoration; it does not establish the lease or restoration outcome.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. 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 · 1963-07_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports the Society’s successful annual project, thanks members and officers, announces a later financial report, and identifies Walter Wojan as the television-set drawing winner; it does not provide audited accounts or a complete project report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-09_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Society report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1963-09_Beaver-Beacon
  5. Lists historical and natural-history books available from the Beaver Island Historical Society as holiday gifts, including works on King Strang, Michilimackinac, lumber camps, and Michigan mushrooms; it is a sales notice, not a complete museum inventory.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-12_Beaver-Beacon
  6. The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the museum book notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1963-12_Beaver-Beacon

Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society museum season and Protar home appeal, 1963”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-museum-and-protar-home-1963/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1963, “Beaver Island Historical Society.” (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

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