Name: Beaver Island Historical Society schedules 1970s oral-history sessions, 2019
Start: 2019-02-04
End: 2019-03-04
Location: Township of Saint James

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Event

Dates: 2019-02-04 – 2019-03-04
Kind: Meeting series
Where: Township of Saint James
Participants: person/ed-wojan
Carried out by: Beaver Island Historical Society
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: oral-historypublic-historycommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Historical Society’s 1950s–1970s oral-history program scheduled two February 2019 sessions on the island’s 1970s at St. James Township Hall. Icy conditions cancelled the February 4 meeting and moved it to February 11; a second session was announced for February 18. Ed Wojan was named as moderator, and the society said the sessions would be streamed and recorded.

The published agenda invited memories about businesses, zoning, transportation, utilities, subdivisions, construction, and the 1976 Beaver Island Journal.

Evidence limits

The forum archive preserves announcements and topic lists, not the sessions’ transcripts, recordings, attendance, or corroboration of the historical claims in the agenda. The February 18 reminder also records a simultaneous township meeting, which may have affected participation.

Sources

Beaver Island Historical Society, “TONIGHT'S ORAL HISTORY MEETING CANCELLED!,” Beaver Island Forum, February 3, 2019.
The society cancelled the February 4 session because of icy conditions and rescheduled it for February 11 at St. James Township Hall. The post supplied a rough 1970s agenda, but not a transcript, attendance, or confirmation of which topics were discussed.
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Beaver Island Historical Society, “ORAL HISTORY MEETING TONIGHT @ ST. JAMES TWP 7 PM,” Beaver Island Forum, February 11, 2019.
The reminder identified February 11 and 18 sessions about the 1970s, moderated by Ed Wojan, with live-stream and recording plans. The revised topic list includes island businesses, zoning, transport, utilities, subdivisions, construction, and the 1976 Beaver Island Journal. It is a program notice, not evidence that every item is historically verified.
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Pam Grassmick, “Peaine Township Meeting and BIHS Oral History,” Beaver Island Forum, February 17, 2019.
The reminder placed a Peaine Township Board meeting and the BIHS oral-history program at the same time on February 18. It documents a calendar conflict, not attendance or the meeting outcome.
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“Beaver Island Oral History Project: 1950s-1970s,” Beaver Island Forum, March 4, 2019.
A further reminder scheduled a March 4 session at St. James Township Hall. It confirms continuation of the project but provides no transcript, attendance, recording, or substantive oral-history result.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society schedules 1970s oral-history sessions, 2019”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-oral-history-project-1970s-sessions-2019/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Historical Society, “TONIGHT'S ORAL HISTORY MEETING CANCELLED!,” Beaver Island Forum, February 3, 2019. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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