Black and white photograph of John MacEachern and Catherine Campbell.
John MacEachern (b. 1765) and his wife Catherine Campbell (b.1769) who were married in Balephetrish on 10/12/1788. Their son John was a blacksmith in Balephuil who emigrated to Australia on the `Brilliant` in 1837.
Copy of family history of John and Flora MacEachern of Cornaigbeg.
Family history of John MacEachern (1801-1855) from Cornaigbeg and his wife Flora MacKinnon (1811-1897) who emigrated with their children to Australia on the `Brilliant` in 1837.
Photocopy of obituary for Rev. Duncan MacFarlane, with transcript.
Obituary for the Rev. Duncan MacFarlane, Baptist minister in Tiree from 1879 until his death (?) in 1908.
Newspaper article about Louis Albert Necker of Geneva.
Article about Necker who was a student at Edinburgh University in the early 1800s and produced the first geological map of Scotland. He visited Tiree between 1806-8 while engaged in geological field work.
Photocopied extract from `Oighreachd agus Gabhaltas`: `Aimhreit an Fhearainn an Tiriodh, 1886` by Prof. Donald Meek.
Paper about the land agitation on Tiree in the 1880s, in particular the disturbances centring on Greenhill, the arrival of the marines and the subsequent court case.
Includes unofficial translation ‘Land Agitation in Tiree in 1886’ by Donald Meek.
Audio cassette recording of 1985 BBC Reidio nan Gaidheal programme about the Balemartine bard by Donald Meek.
Professor Donald Meek talks on BBC Reidio nan Gaidheal in 1985 about the Balemartine bard, John MacLean (1827-1895), his songs and poetry including A’ Chailinn Mhaiseach Dhonn, Calum Beag, Di-moladh na Tea, Manitoba and Breacan Màiri Uisdean, the community he lived in, clearances, emigration and Land Leagues. Tha an Àrd-Ollamh Dòmhnall Meek a’ bruidhinn air Rèidio nan Gàidheal ann an 1985 mu Bhàrd Bhaile Mhartainn, Iain Mac ’Ill ’Leathain (1827-1895); na h-òrain ’s am bàrdachd aige nam measg A’ Chailinn Mhaiseach Dhonn, A’ Chaluim Bhig, Dì-Moladh na Tea, Manitoba agus Breacan Mairi Uisdein; a’ choimhearsnachd; eilthireachd; agus Tirisdich a shabaid an aghaidh nan uachdaranan.
Photocopy of letter, 17/1/1984, from Darrel E. Kennedy, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Description of researches into writer`s family history. His ancestors, Neil Kennedy and Flora McLean, emigrated to Canada on the `Conrad` in 1850.
Twelve colour photographs of the New Zealand gravestones of Sir Donald Maclean and his family.
New Zealand gravestones of Sir Donald MacLean, Alexander MacLean, Archibald and Catherine MacLean, Sir Robert Donald Douglas MacLean, Florence and Beatrice MacLean, and Algernon MacLean.
Photographs of William MacFarlane`s gravestone and the ruins of Balinoe House.
Three photocopied photographs of William MacFarlane`s gravestone in Sorobaigh and two of the ruins of Balinoe House.
Information from OPRs and 1851 Census re the MacFarlane family of ministers
Information from OPRs and 1851 Census re Duncan, William, Margaret, Donald, Robert Maxwell, Alexander and James MacFarlane.
