Letter to Miss Elsie MacKinnon from Mr. Talyor, Baptist Minister on Tiree
Letter of condolence from Mr. Taylor, Baptist Minister to Miss Elsie MacKinnon upon the death of her adopted mother, Miss Kate MacKinnon`s death. The letter is dated 13th of March 1950.
Audio cassette recording of Elsie MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol talking to her daughter Fiona MacKinnon in June 1998.
Elsie MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol talks to her daughter Fiona in June 1998 about her adoption by Katie MacKinnon in 1925 when aged 9, the differences between Ashford in Middlesex where she came from and Tiree, her schooldays in Scarinish and Kirkapol, the work she did on Saturdays, toys and presents, Sundays on Tiree, the work on the croft, learning Gaelic, the population of the island, school sports, the work her aunt did and playing with friends, a school picnic at the Ringing Stone, the sense of community, fostering children, the people in Kirkapol, the construction of Ormer Cottage and the fire in the Scarinish shop.
Collection of Council Rateable Valuation Notices and Rate receipts for Lodge Farm, Kirkapol.
Three Council Rateable Valuation Notices for 1956 and 1961-2 for Lodge Farm, Kirkapol; collection of rates receipts from 1941 to 1968.
Collection of rent receipts for Lodge Farm, Kirkapol from 1956 to 1967.
Collection of rent receipts for Lodge Farm, Kirkapol paid by Elsie MacKinnon between 1956 and 1967.
Newspaper article about Elsie MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol.
Article about the re-union of Elsie MacKinnon, Lodge Farm, Kirkapol, with her family after 72 years.
Black and white photograph of Ruaig School around 1929.
Ruaig School around 1929. L-R: (front row) Alister Maclean, Salum; Lachie MacFadyen, Caoles; Willie MacIntosh, Caoles; John MacFadyen, Caoles; Ian MacLean, Croish, Caoles; James Graham, Vaul; (2nd front row) Margaret Graham, Vaul; Margaret MacArthur, Rosigil, Caoles; Mary B MacFadyen, Caoles; Effie MacArthur, Ruaig; Lizzie Barr, Ruaig; Isobel MacKinnon, Croish, Ruaig; Effie MacKinnon, Vaul; Jessie MacFadyen, Caoles ; Ruby MacDougall, Vaul; (2nd back row) Ena MacDonald, Brock; Ina Faulds, Ruaig; Flora Lamont, Sackhill; Lizzie MacGill, Ruaig; Mary MacKinnon, Vaul; Ann Hobbins, Vaul; Elsie MacKinnon, Kirkapol; Jessie MacGill, Ruaig; Chrissie MacKinnon, Primary Teacher; (back row) Robert MacLeod, Headteacher; John Faulds, Caoles; Archie MacFadyen, Brock; Donald MacDonald, Ruaig; Alfie Walker, Vaul; Lachie Maclean, Vaul; David Maclean, Ruaig.
Black and white photograph of sheep-shearing in the 1920s.
Sheep-shearing in the 1920s, probably at Lodge Farm, Kirkapol. On the left are Jessie Campbell and her niece Elsie MacKinnon.
Black and white photograph of Elsie MacKinnon, Lodge Farm, and others.
L-R: (back row) John MacKinnon; unknown airman; Kate MacKinnon; unknown airman; (front row) Hendry (Elsie`s adopted brother); Jimmy Sibbald of Glasgow; and Elsie MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, taken during WWII.
Black and white photograph of Elsie MacKinnon, Lodge Farm, and others.
L-R: unknown airman, Jimmy Sibbald of Glasgow, unknown airman, Elsie MacKinnon, Lodge Farm and Hendry, Elsie`s adopted brother, at the window, taken during WWII.
Black and white photograph of Elsie MacKinnon, Lodge Farm.
Elsie MacKinnon as a young girl. She was adopted by Catherine MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol (see photos M6 and T88) in the 1920s where she remained fostering children and working the croft.
