- Date
- 2015-12-31
- Kind
- Documentary
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Community School
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- shipwreckseducationoral-historypublic-memory
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In December 2015, Beaver Island Community School Media Lab students produced a researched audio documentary about the Marold II disaster for WVBI. The project used oral-history interviews and reportedly helped recover additional artifacts for the Beaver Island Historical Society.
Evidence limits
The station’s announcements document the project, rebroadcast demand, and reported artifact recovery, but do not preserve the program, interview transcripts, or artifact list.
Sources
- WVBI described a student-produced program based on research and oral-history interviews, and said the work led to recovery of additional Marold II artifacts for the Beaver Island Historical Society. The announcement does not list the artifacts or preserve the broadcast recording.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 09 · t009774
- WVBI announced three additional broadcasts after listener requests; a reply praised the students’ work and specifically noted Barry Pischner’s song and Lawrence McDonough’s voice. The rebroadcast confirms public reception, not a held audio master or complete production archive.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t009794
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “BICS Media Lab produces a Marold II documentary for WVBI, 2015”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-marold-ii-student-documentary-2015/, accessed [date], citing WVBI, “Marold II Special on WVBI’s Live at Five,” Beaver Island Forum, December 31, 2015. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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