- Dates
- 1955-11-11 – 1955-11-12
- Kind
- Meeting
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Historical Society
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagehistoriographygovernanceconstructioncommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Historical Society met on November 11, 1955, with 41 people reported in attendance. The December Beaver Beacon says Russell Hoffman pledged $500 and offered a deed, committees inspected the King Strang Print Shop, and a clean-up effort was organized after a recommendation to remove the front porch and north-side addition.
Evidence and limits
The report documents an organizing and restoration effort, not a completed alteration or registered site. The reported pledge, deed offer, $10,000 estimate, committee recommendation, and proposed registrations require property, financial, commission, and work records for independent confirmation.
Sources
- Reports the November 11 meeting with 41 attendees, Russell Hoffman’s $500 pledge and deed offer, recommended registration of the Print Shop, Protar Home, and Indian Chapel, a November 12 inspection committee, a recommendation to remove the Print Shop front porch and north-side addition, a clean-up committee, and a $10,000 restoration estimate. It does not provide a deed, charter, cost ledger, completed work log, or final registration. 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 · 1955-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held two-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published meeting and restoration report; it does not expand the property, financial, or completion record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1955-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society organizes a Print Shop restoration effort, 1955”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-print-shop-restoration-meeting-1955/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1955, “B. I. Historical Society.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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