Photocopied letter from estate factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 13/7/1905 about a soup kitchen in Moss.
Letter from estate factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 13/7/1905 to Donald MacDonald, teacher at Heylipol School, about a soup kitchen in Moss started by Lady Victoria Campbell for the benefit of scholars
Three handwritten letters about the burning of a shepherd`s cottage on the Reef, 1899
Copies of three letters: (1) from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 31/3/1899 about the burning of a shepherd`s cottage on the Reef, Tom Barr`s involvement and the decoration of the Lodge, (2) private postscript attached to letter from factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 31/3/1899 about Tom Barr whom he finds `a violent tempered man`, (3) from solicitors Lindsay Howe & Co of Edinburgh dated 14/3/1899 re the burning of a shepherd`s cottage on the Reef and who is responsible for its restoration.
Letters regarding a disputed right of way through the commons of Kilmoluaig and Upper Cornaigmore, 1895
Copies of two letters: (1) from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 24/7/1895 to the Duke`s chamberlain about a right of way through the commons of Kilmoluaig and Upper Carnaigmore claimed by a merchant Charles MacLean and a crofter John Cameron in Moss, and the breaking of the march dykes to effect the right of way, (2) to William Sproat dated 26/8/1895 from John Cameron of Moss about the disputed right of way through the march dykes of Kilmoluaig and Upper Cornaigmore farms.
Black and white photograph of a group of picnicking children in the 1910s or 1920s.
Group of children having a picnic, probably at Island House in the 1910s or 1920s (see photo J197). The Tiree factor, Hugh MacDiarmid, is standing behind the children with his back to the camera.