Name: Beaver Island Historical Society launches a 1950s–1970s oral-history project, 2018
Start: 2018-12-28
End: 2019-01-08
Location: Township of Saint James

Locator map: Township of Saint James highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Township of Saint JamesLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Dates: 2018-12-28 – 2019-01-08
Kind: Oral history
Where: Township of Saint James
Carried out by: Beaver Island Historical Society
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: heritagecommunityeducation
Within: Township of Saint James

Summary

In late December 2018, the Beaver Island Historical Society announced a public oral-history project focused on island events in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. The sessions were to be moderated at St. James Township Hall, streamed, and recorded for possible future Society publications. The first January session was rescheduled and announced as being streamed on January 8, 2019.

Evidence limits

The forum thread documents the project launch, proposed topics, and recording plans. It does not establish the contents of the resulting interviews, transcripts, publication, or completeness of the historical record.

Sources

Beaver Island Historical Society, “BEAVER ISLAND ORAL HISTORY PROJECT: 1950s-1970s,” Beaver Island Forum, December 28, 2018–January 8, 2019.
The Society announced moderated public group sessions at St. James Township Hall, with live streaming and recording for future Society publications. The thread lists January discussion topics covering people, population, ferry service, economic change, businesses, facilities, tourism, and health care; it records a rescheduled and streamed January session, not the resulting interviews, transcripts, or publication.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 13 · t013824

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society launches a 1950s–1970s oral-history project, 2018”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-oral-history-project-launch-2018/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Historical Society, “BEAVER ISLAND ORAL HISTORY PROJECT: 1950s-1970s,” Beaver Island Forum, December 28, 2018–January 8, 2019..

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