- Date
- 1991-05
- Kind
- Award
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- publicationeducationheritagefundraisingcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island District Library received a 60-volume Library of America collection in 1991 after local Friends of the Library pledged $350 and foundation and state matching funds were secured.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper award report, not a grant file, accession register, or complete catalog of the volumes received.
Sources
- Reports the library’s award after an application and a $350 Friends of the Library pledge, with matching support from the Michigan Council for the Humanities and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; describes the Library of America series and its authors. It does not provide the final accession or catalog record. 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 · 1991-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-two-page issue scan confirms the collection award report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1991-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island District Library receives Library of America collection, 1991”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-library-america-collection-award-1991/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1991, “LIBRARY AWARDED 60 VOLUME SET OF CLASSIC AMERICAN LITERATURE.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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