- Dates
- circa 1976-07 – circa 1976-08
- Kind
- Property transfer
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Historical Society
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagecommunicationpublicationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In July and August 1976 the Beaver Island Historical Society reported acquiring an original December 3, 1856 issue of the Northern Islander, the island publication associated with the Strang era. The August notice repeats the July acquisition account rather than documenting a second copy.
Evidence and limits
The notice records an acquisition, not the item’s complete provenance, price, accession record, or present availability.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Reports that the Society acquired an original copy of the Northern Islander dated December 3, 1856, through purchase from an antiquarian dealer in Los Angeles. It does not provide the item’s price, provenance chain, physical description, or accession number. 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 · 1976-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held Bicentennial issue confirms the newspaper-acquisition notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1976-07_Beaver-Beacon
- Repeats that the Society acquired an original December 3, 1856 Northern Islander through purchase from an antiquarian dealer in Los Angeles. It does not add price, provenance, physical description, or accession number. 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 · 1976-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue independently confirms the repeated acquisition notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1976-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Historical Society acquires an 1856 Northern Islander, 1976”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-acquires-1856-northern-islander-1976/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1976, “Historical Society Notes.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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