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Beaver Island Museum Week, 1989

Also Museum Week 1989

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TypeEvent
Dates1989-07-17 – 1989-07-22
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Dates
1989-07-17 – 1989-07-22
Kind
Celebration
Where
Mormon Print Shop
Participants
David Gladish (speaker)
Carried out by
Beaver Island Historical Society
Followed by
Beaver Island Museum Week, 1990
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
celebrationcommunityheritageexhibition
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The 1989 Beaver Island Museum Week ran July 17-22, coordinated by Kevin Green. The August Beacon’s day-by-day recap calls that year’s Music on the Porch the “10th annual,” implying that specific porch-music tradition began around 1979-1980, independent of whatever count applies to “Museum Week” as a whole (see the hub’s Origins section for this distinction).

Program

Monday: the Pet Show (Liz Niehaus and Doris Larson) and Music on the Porch, its “10th annual,” with Doris Larson as mistress of ceremonies and performances by the Rafferty Sisters, Joddy Croswhite and Ross Henderson, and Phil Lange, among others. Tuesday: a house tour organized by Ann Stanhope and Dr. Jim Gillingham’s Reptile Show; an evening talk on Northern Ireland by Kevin Green and Kathleen McNamara. Wednesday: the Protar Home open, hosted by Antje Price; a children’s Treasure Hunt organized by Lorrie Gillingham; an evening lecture on the Dwarf Lake Iris by Jim Van Kley. Friday: a Native American pottery demonstration by Frank and Mary Anne Ettawageshik and a screening of “Wreck and Rescue.” Saturday: the Protar Home open again and a first-time literary evening, “Drama, Legends and Poetry,” with readings by David Gladish, Frank Ettawageshik, Josh Broder’s theater-improvisation students, Celilia Parker and Robert Cole.

Evidence limits

The recap does not describe a Thursday program (no Thursday entry survives in the held OCR), so the week’s full seven-day (Monday-Saturday) shape is not confirmed complete. The September annual-meeting minutes confirm only that the week was “good,” without a financial total or attendance count.

Open questions

  • What, if anything, took place on the Thursday of Museum Week 1989? No held source describes it.

See also

Sources

  1. Announces "Museum Week will be held July 17-22," printed early "since many intend to plan their vacation to Beaver Island around this time." 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 · 1989-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held sixteen-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-03_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Confirms "July 17-22 ... Museum Week" in the summer calendar of events. 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 · 1989-06_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held twenty-two-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-06_Beaver-Beacon
  5. Coordinator Kevin Green. Monday: Pet Show (Liz Niehaus and Doris Larson) and Music on the Porch, called the "10th annual," mistress of ceremonies Doris Larson, with performers including the Rafferty Sisters, Joddy Croswhite and Ross Henderson, and Phil Lange. Tuesday: a house tour organized by Ann Stanhope, and Dr. Jim Gillingham's Reptile Show at the school gym. A "Northern Ireland" talk by Kevin Green and Kathleen McNamara. Wednesday: Protar Home open, hosted by Antje Price; a children's Treasure Hunt organized by Lorrie Gillingham; a lecture on the Dwarf Lake Iris by Jim Van Kley. Friday: a pottery demonstration by Frank and Mary Anne Ettawageshik; a screening of the film "Wreck and Rescue." Saturday: Protar Home open again; an evening of "Drama, Legends and Poetry" including readings by David Gladish, Frank Ettawageshik, the Josh Broder theater-improvisation group, Celilia Parker and Robert Cole. 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 · 1989-08_Beaver-Beacon
  6. The held twenty-four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-08_Beaver-Beacon
  7. The director "remarked that we had had a good museum week"; the meeting otherwise concerns Protar House repairs and the island stone circle. 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 · 1989-09_Beaver-Beacon
  8. The held twenty-four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Museum Week, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-museum-week-1989/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Historical Society notice, Beaver Beacon, March 1989. (and 7 further sources listed on the page).

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