Beaver Island quilters plan Sweden and Finland trip, 1989

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Event

Date: 1989-01-15
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: craftmigrationgeographycommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1989 Beaver Beacon announced Gwen Marston and Joe Cunningham’s planned trip from Beaver Island to Stockholm and Helsinki to study museums and quilting.

Evidence limits

This is an advance travel notice and does not verify departure, itinerary, or return.

Sources

Stockholm and Helsinki travel notice, Beaver Beacon, January 1989.
Reports Gwen Marston and Joe Cunningham’s planned January 15 departure for Stockholm and day trip to Helsinki to visit museums and quilting examples. 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; this is a planned trip, not a verified itinerary.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island quilters plan Sweden and Finland trip, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-stockholm-helsinki-trip-1989/, accessed [date], citing Stockholm and Helsinki travel notice, Beaver Beacon, January 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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