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Beaver Island Historical Society reviews the Marine Museum and Heritage Park, 1986

Also March 27 1986 Beaver Island Historical Society meeting

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TypeEvent
Date1986-03-27
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1986-03-27
Kind
Meeting
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Historical Society
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
heritagegovernancecommunitycommunicationexhibition
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

At its March 27, 1986 meeting, the Beaver Island Historical Society reviewed the donated BOB S fish tug, Heritage Park construction planning, Museum Week, possible loans and donations, exhibit development, seasonal labor, copying and printing equipment, a shipbuilding exhibit, and building repairs.

Evidence limits

These are published minutes and proposals, not completed moves, buildings, loans, exhibits, purchases, or restored windows.

Sources

  1. Reports the Society’s accounts, plans to move and shelter the donated fish tug BOB S, Heritage Park building materials and volunteer labor, July Museum Week dates and dance, a possible Smithsonian loan of the MARGARET MCCANN model, a generator donation, Native American exhibit expansion, CETA employment, copying-machine replacement, a shipbuilding exhibit, and Protar Room window work. These are minutes and proposals, not completed moves, buildings, loans, exhibits, purchases, or restored windows. 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 · 1986-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held nineteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the March 27 Historical Society minutes.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-05_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society reviews the Marine Museum and Heritage Park, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-march-27-1986-meeting/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Historical Society board minutes, Beaver Beacon, May 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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