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Beaver Island eighth graders interview Doyle Fitzpatrick about King Strang, 1980

Also 1980 Doyle Fitzpatrick King Strang interview

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TypeEvent
Date1980-04
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1980-04
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Summary

Five eighth graders interviewed Doyle Fitzpatrick about King Strang and saw a door identified as coming from Strang’s house, according to Robin Delamater’s student account.

Evidence and limits

This is a student account and oral-history encounter, not an authenticated artifact or complete interview transcript.

Sources

  1. Publishes Robin Delamater’s account of five eighth graders meeting Doyle Fitzpatrick, hearing his written account about King Strang, discussing Strang, and seeing a door identified in the house as from King Strang’s home. It is a student account and oral-history encounter, not an authenticated artifact or complete interview transcript. 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 · 1980-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twelve-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the student interview account.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1980-04_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island eighth graders interview Doyle Fitzpatrick about King Strang, 1980”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-eighth-grade-strang-interview-1980/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1980, “Eighth Grade Class Interview.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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