- Dates
- 1977-11-09 – 1977-11-16
- Kind
- Meeting
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Historical Society
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagegovernancepublicationeconomycommunicationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The October–November 1977 Beaver Beacon reports the November 9 Historical Society annual meeting: 23 attendees, membership growth from 103 to 149, reported cash on hand of $8,501.36 at year end, constitutional changes, a seven-member trustee election, and officer elections a week later.
Evidence and limits
These are newspaper-reported meeting outcomes and financial figures, not audited ledgers, minutes, deeds, or completed construction records.
Sources
- Reports 23 attendees, membership growth from 103 to 149, life members from 42 to 58, other members from 61 to 91, cash on hand rising from $3,857.59 to $8,501.36, book income and costs, Print Shop addition progress, plans for Volume II, Heritage Park and Protar Home committees, Marine Museum work, constitutional changes, election of seven trustees on November 9, and officer elections a week later. These are newspaper-reported figures and outcomes, not audited ledgers, minutes, deeds, or completed construction records. 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 · 1977-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page combined issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the annual-meeting report and figures.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1977-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society annual meeting reports membership growth and elects a board, 1977”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-annual-meeting-outcome-1977/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October–November 1977, “Beaver Island Historical Society News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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