- Date
- 1959-07
- Kind
- Migration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- religionmigrationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The July 1959 Beaver Beacon farewell item says Father Alexis left Beaver Island after six months when his Franciscan superior reassigned him to the Franciscan Mission Band. He expressed a wish to return to the island.
Evidence limits
This is a first-person newspaper farewell, not a Franciscan personnel file, appointment letter, or travel record. The source does not give an exact date.
Sources
- The departing editor says his superior reassigned him to the Franciscan Mission Band six months after his arrival and that he hoped to return to Beaver Island. It does not provide an appointment letter, personnel file, or exact departure date. 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 · 1959-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held three-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the reassignment notice; the masthead reads "July 1952."data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Father Alexis leaves Beaver Island for the Franciscan Mission Band, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-franciscan-mission-band-departure-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1959 (printed masthead "July 1952"), "TOO SHORT TOO SHORT." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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