- Date
- 2000-11-25
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagecommunitypublicationcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Jack Spanhak’s November 25, 2000 tribute celebrates Gerry LaFreniere’s work preserving island artifacts, photographs, and stories for the community. The January 2001 Beacon reprinted it after a computer-production error prevented its earlier appearance.
Evidence limits
The tribute is commemorative writing and does not inventory the collection or establish the dates and provenance of individual artifacts.
Sources
- The poem praises Gerry LaFreniere’s work with island artifacts, photographs, and stories of earlier islanders and shipwrecks; the editorial note dates the tribute November 25, 2000 and says it was reprinted after a production error. 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 · 2001-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the tribute and editorial note.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2001-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The February issue reprints the tribute in a two-column layout, again connecting Gerry LaFreniere with island artifacts, photographs, and stories of earlier islanders and shipwrecks. 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 · 2001-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the February reprint of the tribute.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2001-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Jack Spanhak publishes a tribute to Gerry LaFreniere’s island artifact collection in 2000”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-gerry-lafreniere-tribute-and-artifact-collection-2000/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2001, “A Toast,” by Jack Spanhak. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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