Summary
P. J. Hoffmaster is named in two Beaver Island conservation orders reprinted in the October 9, 1942 Charlevoix County Herald. The 1938 deer order identifies him as Director of the Department of Conservation, and the 1941 sharp-tailed grouse and prairie-chicken order carries his countersignature in the same role.1
Evidence and limits
The matching initials, surname, and Department of Conservation role support one source-qualified record across the two orders. The held sources do not provide his full given name, biography, or a complete bridge to later conservation officials.
Open questions
- What was Hoffmaster’s full name and career record?
- Where are the Department of Conservation files and commission minutes behind these orders?
See also
- Michigan Conservation Commission Beaver Island Deer Closure Order (1938)
- Michigan Conservation Commission Beaver Island Sharp-Tailed Grouse Closure Order (1941)
- Michigan Conservation Commission (Beaver Island game orders)
Footnotes
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Charlevoix County Herald, October 9, 1942, reprinting the 1938 and 1941 State of Michigan Conservation Commission orders. ↩
Sources
- State of Michigan, Order of the Conservation Commission — Deer — Certain Area Beaver Island, September 9, 1938; reprinted in Charlevoix County Herald, October 9, 1942.Names P. J. Hoffmaster as Director, Department of Conservation, on the Beaver Island deer order.
- State of Michigan, Order of the Conservation Commission — Sharp-Tailed Grouse and Prairie Chicken — Beaver Island, July 14, 1941; reprinted in Charlevoix County Herald, October 9, 1942.Names P. J. Hoffmaster in the countersignature as Director.