Organizations Filed Purposes:
PRESERVING AND SHARING THE UNIQUE HISTORY OF BEAVER ISLAND AND THE ARCHIPELAGO. THE BEAVER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY WAS FOUNDED IN 1957 TO COLLECT AND SHARE THE FASCINATING HISTORY OF BEAVER ISLAND. A REMOTE ISLAND IN LAKE MICHIGAN, IT HAS WITNESSED MANY INTERESTING AND UNIQUE HISTORICAL EVENTS,AND HAS BEEN HOME TO VARIOUS GROUPS INCLUDING NATIVE AMERICANS, A MORMON BRANCH KNOWN AS THE STRANGITES, IRISH IMMIGRANTS, FISHERMAN, LUMBERJACKS,AND MANY MORE. THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY CURRENTLY OPERATES TWO MUSEUMS ON THE ISLAND, THE PRINT SHOP MUSEUM AND THE MARINE MUSEUM, AS WELL AS TWO ADDITIONAL HISTORICAL SITES, HERITAGE PARK AND THE PROTAR HOME. WE OFFER SEVERAL RESOURCES AND SERVICES TO OUR VISITORS, INCLUDING GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH, COPIES OF ARCHIVAL PHOTOS, AND A SERIES OF HISTORICAL JOURNALS AND OTHER BOOKS FOR PURCHASE. ADDITIONALLY, WE HOST MANY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO PROMOTE THE ISLANDS HISTORY.
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY CURRENTLY OPERATES TWO MUSEUMS ON THE ISLAND, THE PRINT SHOP MUSEUM AND THE MARINE MUSEUM, AS WELL AS TWO ADDITIONAL HISTORICAL SITES, HERITAGE PARK AND THE PROTAR HOME. WE OFFER SEVERAL RESOURCES AND SERVICES TO OUR VISITORS, INCLUDING GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH, COPIES OF ARCHIVAL PHOTOS, AND A SERIES OF HISTORICAL JOURNALS AND OTHER BOOKS FOR PURCHASE. ADDITIONALLY, WE HOST MANY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO PROMOTE THE ISLANDS HISTORY.
THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FUND PLANNED FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE PRINT SHOP MUSEUM WHICH WILL HAVE MORE SPACE AND NEW EXHIBITS TO BETTER TELL THE FASCINATING STORIES OF BEAVER ISLAND'S COLORFUL PAST. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS NEW MODERN ADDITION BEGAN IN THE FALL OF 2019 WITH FINAL WORK PLANNED FOR THE SPRING OF 2021. THE PANDEMIC SLOWED THE CONSTRUCTION AND EXHIBIT WORK THROUGHOUT 2020. THE ADDITION BECAME OPERATIONAL TO STAFF ONLY - NOT TO THE PUBLIC - IN SEPTEMBER 2020 AT WHICH TIME THE FURNITURE WAS INSTALLED, ORIGINAL ARTIFACTS STORED, AND SOME OF THE NEW EXHIBITS WERE INSTALLED. A WPA MURAL WORTH 150,000 WAS RESTORED OVER THE SUMMER AND RETURNED TO THE NEW ADDITION IN SEPTEMBER 2020 TO FUNCTION AS THE ANCHORING EXHIBIT. THROUGHOUT THE WINTER OF 2020/2021, EXHIBITS CONTINUED TO BE DEVELOPED, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BE INSTALLED THROUGHOUT 2021. THE ADDITION WILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN JUNE OR JULY 2021. (MID-JUNE IS THE TRADITIONAL START OF MUSEUM OPERATIONS ON BEAVER ISLAND.) THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FUND CONSISTED OF A VARIETY OF FUNDRAISING EFFORTS, SUCH AS A LETTER CAMPAIGN TITLED, "THIS PLACE MATTERS" WHICH RAISED MONIES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MURAL RESTORATION IN THE AMOUNT OF 31,419. A SECOND-GENERATION ISLAND COOKBOOK WAS WRITTEN AND SOLD WITH THE PROCEEDS DEDICATED TO THE BUILDING COST, SO FAR, THE SALES AMOUNT TO 4,786. OTHER FUNDRAISING EFFORTS, DONATIONS, AND GRANTS RAISED MONIES FOR THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND/OR THE EXHIBITS. MUCH OF THESE MONIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN EXPENDED AND THE REMAINING FUNDS WILL BE EXPENDED THROUGHOUT 2021.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Jacque Lafreniere | TRUSTEE | 5 | $0 |
| Richard Mulvihill | TRUSTEE | 5 | $0 |
| Joe Cailan | TRUSTEE | 2 | $0 |
| Doug Hartle | HONORARY TRU | 5 | $0 |
| Alvin Lafreniere | HONORARY TRU | 5 | $0 |
| Craig Turnbull | TRUSTEE | 5 | $0 |
| Tracy Paquin | VICE-CHAIR | 5 | $0 |
| Angela Welke | CHAIR | 5 | $0 |
| Sheri Timsak | TRUSTEE | 5 | $0 |
| Larissa Mcginnity | TRUSTEE | 5 | $0 |
| Alan Vicstein | TRUSTEE | 5 | $0 |
| Vincent Ebersoldt | TRUSTEE | 2 | $0 |
| Maeve Green | SECRETARY | 5 | $0 |
| Roberta Welke | TREASURER | 7 | $0 |
| Mark Engelsman | TRUSTEE | 2 | $0 |
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