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Historical Society expands the Print Shop’s stated museum identity and screens oral-history videos

Also Historical Society expands the Print Shop’s stated museum identity and screens oral-history videos

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TypeEvent
Date2003-10-16
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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2003-10-16
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Meeting
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Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

At its October 16, 2003 meeting, the Beaver Island Historical Society decided to identify the Print Shop as the Museum of Beaver Island History and viewed portions of four Robert Cole oral-history videos.

Evidence limits

The report documents a meeting decision and screening, not the sign’s installation or the complete video archive.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, November 2003, “B.I.H.S. Meeting”.
    Reports the October 16 decision to identify the Print Shop as the Museum of Beaver Island History and Robert Cole’s screening of four oral-history videos, including interviews with Island-connected people. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the November 2003 report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-11_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Historical Society expands the Print Shop’s stated museum identity and screens oral-history videos”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-october-16-2003-meeting/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2003, “B.I.H.S. Meeting”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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