Summary
The August 1961 museum notice records several donations and preservation actions: a Garden Island sweet-grass basket, a Gettysburg deed, a flag and flagpole, the mast of the Freebooter, and foundation and door work on the old jail.
Evidence and limits
The newspaper account does not provide accession records, deed copies, object provenance, or a measured construction report.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, August 1961, “Beaver Island Historical Society.”Reports Ila Adams donating a Garden Island sweet-grass basket and a Gettysburg deed, Senator Wm. Bloomfield donating a flag, Vern Fitzpatrick donating a flagpole and the mast of the wrecked Freebooter, Walt Wojan and others putting the old jail on a foundation, and Jewell Gillespie straightening its doors. It does not provide deeds, accession records, provenance, or construction measurements.