- Date
- 1961-08
- Kind
- Construction
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Historical Society
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagehistoriographycommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 1961 museum notice records several donations and preservation actions: a Garden Island sweet-grass basket, a Gettysburg deed, a flag and flagpole, the mast of the Freebooter, and foundation and door work on the old jail.
Evidence and limits
The newspaper account does not provide accession records, deed copies, object provenance, or a measured construction report.
Sources
- Reports Ila Adams donating a Garden Island sweet-grass basket and a Gettysburg deed, Senator Wm. Bloomfield donating a flag, Vern Fitzpatrick donating a flagpole and the mast of the wrecked Freebooter, Walt Wojan and others putting the old jail on a foundation, and Jewell Gillespie straightening its doors. It does not provide deeds, accession records, provenance, or construction measurements.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-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 · 1961-08_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Historical Society records museum donations and jail stabilization work, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-museum-donations-and-jail-work-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1961, “Beaver Island Historical Society.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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