- Date
- 2001-06
- Kind
- Construction
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Historical Society
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagehistoriographyconservationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Historical Society identified oral history as its most important 2001 project. Robert Cole had recorded six interviews with a digital camcorder, while the Society also planned This Was The Life books and an oral- history viewing alcove. Other priorities included Heritage Park displays and a protective fieldstone seawall for the Marine Museum and the Bob S.
Evidence limits
The report describes priorities and work in progress, not completed construction, grant awards, or a complete oral-history catalog.
Sources
- Reports six oral-history interviews recorded by Robert Cole, plans for This Was The Life books and an oral-history viewing alcove, Heritage Park display and thresher work, a Marine Museum seawall, and the Society membership and email drive. 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 · 2001-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Historical Society report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2001-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society sets oral-history, Heritage Park, and Marine Museum priorities in 2001”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-priorities-2001/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2001, “History in the News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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