Beaver Island Quilt Retreat reports fifth-session attendance, 1989

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Event

Date: 1988-09
Kind: Education
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: crafteducationtourismcommercecommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1989 Beaver Beacon reported that the fifth Beaver Island Quilt Retreat held three sessions in September 1988 for 78 participants.

Evidence limits

This is a retrospective program report, not a registration ledger, financial statement, or complete account of the retreat’s craft instruction.

Sources

“Beaver Island Quilts,” Beaver Beacon, January 1989.
Reports the fifth retreat’s three sessions, 78 participants, open houses and museum visits, mailing lists, and plans for four sessions the following year. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, January 1989, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twenty-page January issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Quilt Retreat reports fifth-session attendance, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-quilt-retreat-fifth-session-report-1989/, accessed [date], citing “Beaver Island Quilts,” Beaver Beacon, January 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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