Black & white photograph of a map of Tiree from the Handbook to the Islands of Coll and Tiree, by MacDougall and Cameron, ca 1930. Re-photographed by archaeologist George Holleyman FSA when he was stationed at RAF Tiree during WWII. Scanned from one of his glass lantern slides now held at An Iodhlann (see 2017.54.4).
Black and white photograph of 13 members of the Tiree Association Committee around 1930. Named individuals are Ewen (Hugh) Cameron (back, left); Rev Hector Cameron, Cornaigmore (back, third from left); piper Hugh Kennedy, Kilmoluaig (back, right); wife of Rev Cameron (centre front).
A much used newspaper cutting ‘The Gaelic is so Expressive’, about Rev Hector Cameron (1880-1940), Cornaigmore. A series of photographs illustrating how Gaelic passages should have been delivered at the Gaelic Mod in Perthshire in 1937. See also 1999.117.19
Handwritten poem in praise of Rev Hector Cameron (1880-1940), Cornaigmore, by Hugh MacCowan, a worker in the slate quarry on Seil Island. Given to the donor by Hector Cameron’s son. The poem begins: In memory of the late Hector Cameron
“It’s Hector Cameron’s death we mourn / We lost a faithful friend / Our throbbing hearts with anquish torn / His fame we will defend.”
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Black & white photograph of Catherine Cameron, Corrairigh, Cornaigbeg, in the 1950s. Catherine was the sister of the Rev Hector Cameron, and the mother of Hector Campbell, Corrairigh.
Three handwritten Gaelic songs/poems by Rev Hector Cameron, Cornaigmore, around 1920. The first lin/title of each is (1) Air faillirinn o, ‘sna ho orinn o (title – Fear a’ bhata?), (2) Nach aithne shuit fhein?, (3) title – Naire graibh.
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Handwritten letter from Rev. Hector Cameron, Cornaigmore, to his daughter Edith around 1920 about his translation into English of a Gaelic song beginning ‘Fair my dear, my Highland laddie’, which he wrote on the reverse of the sheet. Includes some other news.
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Black and white portrait photograph of Reverend Hector Cameron, around 1915. Rev Cameron was born in Cornaigmore and became a Gaelic scholar, the editor of the book `Tiree Bards’, co-author of `The Handbook to the Islands of Coll and Tiree`, and writer of Gaelic poetry.
Book “Handbook to the Islands of Coll and Tiree”, ca 1930
Softback book describing the topography of Tiree and Coll, with some history, stories and photographs. By Hector MacDougall and Rev. Hector Cameron, Cornaigmore, ca 1930.
Poem by Rev. Hector Cameron, ca 1933
Typed transcript of a poem in English written around 1933 by the Rev. Hector Cameron for the children at Cornaigmore about summers spent on the beach. Four 4-line verses beginning “When I was a laddie I often did stray”, with each verse ending “bonnie Traigh Mhor”.
