- Date
- 2001-07
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communityheritagecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In “The Wave,” former Beaver Beacon editor Phil Gregg describes waving to passing drivers as a deeply established Beaver Island custom. He presents it as an expression of friendliness that persists even as more newcomers arrive and vehicles become harder to recognize.
Evidence limits
This is a humorous cultural essay, not a measured comparison of greeting practices across islands or a complete social history of Beaver Island.
Sources
- Gregg presents waving from vehicles as a long-standing Beaver Island social custom, compares it with other northern islands, and describes how the practice persists despite newcomers and changing vehicles. 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 · 2001-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the essay and attribution.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2001-07_Beaver-Beacon
- Beaver Beacon, June 2008, "The Wave."Reprints or revisits Phil Gregg’s essay about Beaver Island’s distinctive waving custom, identifying it as an older piece that had been set aside and later rediscovered. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held June issue scan confirms the reprinted essay.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “Phil Gregg describes Beaver Island’s distinctive greeting custom in “The Wave” in 2001”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wave-greeting-custom-2001/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2001, “The Wave,” by Phil Gregg. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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