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Cindy Miller’s Beaver Island poem published in the Mail Bag, 1977

Also “This island takes me to a place in time”

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Dates1976-08 – 1977-01
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ErasModern era
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Summary

The January 1977 Beaver Beacon publishes Cindy Miller’s poem “This island takes me to a place in time,” stating that it was written in August 1976 and sent to the paper by Martha Miller.

Evidence and limits

The record concerns the newspaper publication and its printed attribution. It does not establish complete identities, biographies, residence, or the poem’s full composition history.

Sources

  1. Publishes “This island takes me to a place in time,” identified as written by Cindy Miller in August 1976 and sent to the Beacon by Martha Miller. It is a printed literary contribution, not proof of the writer’s full identity, biography, residence, or the poem’s complete composition history. 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 · 1977-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held nine-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Mail Bag publication and attribution.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1977-01_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Cindy Miller’s Beaver Island poem published in the Mail Bag, 1977”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mail-bag-cindy-miller-poem-1976/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1977, “From The Mail Bag.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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