Memorial card for the funeral of Archibald Brown, Balephuil, 1820-1895. Amongst the belongings of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal House.
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2016.2.29
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2016.2.28
Royal Navy and Royal Marines next of kin casualty card used by relatives of Navy personnel during WWII to notify them of their injury or death during an air raid. The next of kin is listed as niece Mary Brown McDonald of Mannal who was a Wren on board HMS Lochailort. HMS Lochailort, formerly Lochailort House, was requisitioned by the Navy in 1942. Found amongst the belongings of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal House.
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2016.2.27
Christmas card from Mr & Mrs James D MacTaggart, Glenmore Farm, Oban, around 1900, with a photograph of the farmhouse. Amongst the belongings of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal House.
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2016.2.26
Christmas card made in Canada from “Nonnie Maclean” around 1900. Amongst the belongings of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal House.
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2016.2.25
Cairt Phostail / Postcard showing a photograph of three women with a spinning wheel next to Iona Cross, produced for the Highland Clachan Scottish Exhibition in Glasgow in 1911. Addressed to Miss Campbell, Fairview, Mannal, from UMG(?). Amongst the belongings of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal House.
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2016.2.24
Greetings card titled “Compliments of the Season” showing a photograph of a steam ship “Loading produce, West Devonport” from around 1900. Amongst the belongings of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal House.
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2016.2.4
Studio portrait photograph of two unidentified women, probably sisters, from the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal, taken between 1880 and 1920. From a collection from Mannal House.
2016.2.3
Studio portrait photograph of an unidentified young man from the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal, taken between 1880 and 1920. From a collection from Mannal House.
2016.2.2
Studio portrait photograph of an unidentified young woman from the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal, taken between 1880 and 1920. Signed “Yours sincerely Katie”. From a collection from Mannal House.
2016.1.1
Possible photograph of the Rev. Alexander MacLean Sinclair, from the front cover of one of his books ‘The Clan Gillean, 1899’. He became the Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1857. His father, the Rev. John C Sinclair (Iain Mac Phàdruig; Iain son of Peter, son of Donald, son of Donald), was born on Tiree in 1800, attending school in Gott, and University in Edinburgh and Glasgow, before emigrating to Canada in 1838, and then on to North Carolina with his family in 1852. See 1997.60.1 for further biographical information.
