Black and white photograph of Scarinish School 1912-13.
Scarinish School 1912-3. Roderick MacKinnon (`Loo`) of Heanish is 2nd left back row. Also in photo but not identified is Neil MacDonald of Scarinish. (Copy of photo and letter from donor, Roderick`s son, is in Filing Cabinet 7 drawer 3)
Black and white photograph of the Coastguard Hut in Balevullin with Mary MacLean and Maggie Richardson.
The Coastguard Hut in Balevullin in the 1930s or 40s. L-R: Sisters Mary and Maggie MacLean of Balevullin with Toby the dog.
Black and white photograph of teacher Maggie Richardson nee MacLean in the 1930s.
Maggie (Magaidh Dhòmhnaill ’ic Neilidh) Richardson née MacLean, 1907-1997, teacher at Ruaig School. She was the first woman in Tiree with a car.
Black and white photograph of vet Duncan MacLean with a pony and trap taken in the 1930s.
Veterinary Duncan MacLean of Balevullin driving a horse and trap in the 1930s.
Fireside bellows.
Wooden fireside bellows – bolg beag.
Strike-a-light.
Hand-held steel striker used to produce a spark from a flint which would hopefully ignite brown paper dampened with water and sprinkled with sulphur or saltpetre. Made in a local smiddy, it was used by pipe smokers in the 1940s when matches were scarce.
Photocopied copy of an agreement dated 22/3/1869 by the tenants of Gott with the tenant of Balephetrish, Tom Barr, about supplying him with seaweed from Saltaig.
Two lengths of straw rope, possibly made in the 1800s
Two lengths of twisted straw rope, one of sandy oats (490mm) and one of rye or wheat (780mm). Both were used to tie the cross cabers on to the main roof beams in a thatched house in Balevullin, possibly up to 200 years old.
Photocopied letter to Lord Archibald Campbell dated 22/9/1899 from Hugh MacDiarmid (Bundle 924).
Letter to Lord Archibald Campbell dated 22/9/1899 from Hugh MacDiarmid about a sword found by drainers several feet under the surface of a drained loch, Loch an Duin, in Moss, with attached photograph (poor).
Copy of prize label awarded to Donald Kennedy, Moss at the 1927 Mod.
Label on inside cover of book `Songs and Hymns of the Gael` awarded to Donald Kennedy of Moss as 1st prize for translation of Gaelic into English at the 1927 Mod.
