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Beaver Island Historical Society annual meeting reviews its first museum season, 1980

Also 1980 Beaver Island Historical Society annual report

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TypeEvent
Date1980-11-13
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1980-11-13
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Summary

At its November 13 annual meeting, the Beaver Island Historical Society reviewed a year that included opening both museums, stabilizing the Protar Home, publishing Volume II, expanding membership, and using CETA workers for museum and community work.

Evidence and limits

This is a published annual report, not minutes, an audited account, or a complete building or collection register.

Sources

  1. Publishes the President’s, membership, buildings, Marine Museum, CETA, Curator-Director, and financial reports presented at the November 13 annual meeting. The report says the museums opened June 15, the Marine Museum and Protar Home were stabilized, Volume II was published, membership reached 254, and the Society planned exhibit, budgeting, bookkeeping, and publication work. It is a published annual report, not minutes, an audited account, or a complete building or collection register. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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  2. The held six-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the annual report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1980-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society annual meeting reviews its first museum season, 1980”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-annual-report-1980/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1980, “Annual Report.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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