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Summary
Mary Blocksma was described by Beaver Island Net as an author who ran the island’s only bookstore at the Episcopal Church end of Back Highway. The profile says she sold books, art, posters, and cards, and describes earlier education, Peace Corps service, work directing the Laramie, Wyoming library system, and a later full-time writing career.
The link to Back Highway rests on the profile’s bookstore location, not on a claim that her residence or every activity was there.
Evidence and limits
The held profile does not provide a birth or death date, exact bookstore address, civil identity record, or independent employment documentation. Its biographical details remain source-qualified until corroborated.
Open questions
- Which books and art works can be linked to a complete author bibliography?
- When did the bookstore operate, and what was its exact building or parcel?
- Are civil, library, publisher, or obituary records available for a fuller biography?
Sources
- The profile says Blocksma, an author of several books, ran Beaver Island’s only bookstore at the Episcopal Church end of Back Highway; it also describes her books, art sales, education, Peace Corps service, former Laramie library-director role, and writing career. The page does not supply a birth date, death date, civil record, exact bookstore address, or independent employment records.
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Mary Blocksma”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/mary-blocksma/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Net, “Mary Blocksma,” retrieved 2026-08-02..
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