- Dates
- 1969-07 – 1969-09-01
- Kind
- Opening
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Historical Society
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagecommunityeducation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Historical Society Museum opened daily from July through Labor Day in 1969. The July Beaver Beacon described plans for a Malloy Room, new Irish-settler sketches, ship plaques, an 1836 Michigan map, volunteer needs, and free entry for life members showing their cards.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper museum-season report. It does not provide a complete accession register or attendance record.
Sources
- Announces daily museum hours from July through Labor Day, a planned Malloy Room for Lawrence Malloy's collection, Irish-settler sketches, ship plaques including a David Chase train-wreck marker, an 1836 Michigan map, volunteer needs, and a life-member entry policy; it does not provide a complete accession register or attendance record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published museum-season report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society opens its 1969 museum season”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-museum-season-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1969, “Beaver Island Historical Society.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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