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National Review publishes Russell Kirk’s article about Beaver Island School, 1957

Also 1957 Russell Kirk Beaver Island School article

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Date1957-02
WithinBeaver Island
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1957-02
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Summary

The February 1957 Beaver Beacon reported that National Review had published Russell Kirk’s article about Beaver Island School and that parents were asking teachers for educational materials and methods.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper account of a publication and response, not the article, correspondence file, or independent school assessment. It does not provide the National Review issue or a complete account of the school.

Sources

  1. Reports that a recent National Review issue published Russell Kirk’s article about Beaver Island School, praising the faculty’s stand for academic education, and says parents had written teachers asking for lesson plans, textbook names, and disciplinary methods. It does not provide the National Review issue, the article text, a complete correspondence file, or an independent assessment of the school. 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 · 1957-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held three-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the publication and parent-response report; it does not expand the school, publication, or correspondence record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1957-02_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “National Review publishes Russell Kirk’s article about Beaver Island School, 1957”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-profile-national-review-1957/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1957, “School News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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