Summary
The April 1960 Beaver Beacon records donations and display-case loans to the Beaver Island Historical Society museum. It credits the postmaster with a loaned case and Sherrill Smiths with mineral, fossil, butterfly, and moth cases, and describes limited access through an attendant.
Evidence and limits
The notice does not identify every donor, give accession numbers, document the flag’s date, or establish whether the cases remained with the museum.
Open questions
- Do Society minutes, accession ledgers, or museum inventories identify the donors and objects more precisely?
See also
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April 1960, “Historical Society.”Thanks donors to the museum, reports a flag flown over the Lansing capitol by Governor G. Mennen Williams, says the postmaster loaned a display case, and credits Sherrill Smiths with three mineral and fossil cases plus a butterfly and moth case. It says the museum was closed to the public except through an attendant at Harbor Hills Golf Course behind the Mormon Print Shop. The notice does not provide accession numbers, a donor ledger, or a flag certificate.