Beaver Island District Library receives grants for oral history, Great Lakes collection, and storytellers, 1990

Event

Date: 1990-09-27
Kind: Announcement
Where: place/beaver-island-district-library
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: heritagehistoriographyeducationcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The September 27, 1990 Beaver Beacon reported that the Beaver Island District Library received three Library of Michigan grants. The grants funded preservation of Beaver Island oral history through recorded elder interviews, development of a Great Lakes collection expected to approach 1,000 volumes, and three professional storyteller visits.

Evidence limits

This is a grant and program announcement; it does not establish that the interviews, collection, or storyteller performances were completed as planned.

Sources

“What’s New at the Library,” Beaver Beacon, September 27, 1990.
Reports fall hours and grants for preserving Beaver Island oral history through recorded interviews, developing a Great Lakes collection expected to approach 1,000 volumes, and bringing three professional storytellers to the island. 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, September 1990, held issue PDF, source scan.
Paired held eighteen-page September issue PDF.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island District Library receives grants for oral history, Great Lakes collection, and storytellers, 1990”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-district-library-grants-oral-history-great-lakes-1990/, accessed [date], citing “What’s New at the Library,” Beaver Beacon, September 27, 1990. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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