- Date
- 1988-05-26
- Kind
- Occurrence
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- governmentsportstourismcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On May 26, 1988, Attorney General Frank Kelley, Michigan State football coach George Perles, and medical-school director Joseph Farrell visited Beaver Island. The June Beaver Beacon reports a tour of island landmarks and businesses, lunch at the Shamrock, and a community discussion with Kelley.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper account of a public visit, not an official itinerary, transcript, or state-government record.
Sources
- Reports the May 26 tour by Kelley, Perles, and Michigan State School of Medicine Director Joseph Farrell, including the lighthouse, Protar’s home and tomb, harbor, businesses, and lunch at the Shamrock. 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 · 1988-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Attorney General Frank Kelley and George Perles visit Beaver Island, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-frank-kelley-george-perles-visit-1988/, accessed [date], citing “Frank Kelley, Attorney General, George Perles, Michigan State Football Coach, and Joseph Farrell Visit Beaver Island,” Beaver Beacon, June 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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