Glass fishing float
Large green glass ball. These were used as floats for fishing nets and lobster creels before plastic floats were made. The ball would have been encased in rope mesh.
2011.90.1
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Dates: 1860s
2011.75.2
Photograph of Anne MacPhail MacLean and her daughter Flora MacLean, ca. 1925
Black & white photograph of Anne MacLean (nee MacPhail, b. 1869), mother of Capt. John MacLean and Alexander Archiebald MacLean, Kilmoluaig, and her daughter Flora MacLean around 1925. Anne`s parents were Archie MacPhail and Christine MacKinnon (married Tiree 1894). The family is registered in the 1901 census, schedule no.79, Balevullin. See also 2011.75.4 Filing Cabinet 9, drawer 3 for birth/marriage/death certificates.
2011.75.4
Documents and notes relating to the family of Capt. John MacLean (1899-1962), Kilmoluaig.
Photocopies of birth, marriage and death certificates relating to Capt. John MacLean (1899-1962), Kilmoluaig, and his parents Anne MacPhail and Archibald MacLean. Includes notes by genealogist Duncan Grant and Christine (MacLean) Klein, great niece of John MacLean, in 2011. See also photographs P126-P128.
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2011.69.3
Letter by Rev. Archibald Farquharson, Tiree, printed in the Perthshire Advertiser in 1869
Typed transcript of a letter by Rev. Archibald Farquharson, Tiree, originally printed in the Perthshire Advertiser, 1869, about the disappearance of the Gaelic language.
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2011.65.1
Extract from “The Clipper Ship”
Extract from the book “The Clipper Ship” about the Great China Tea Race of 1866 which was won by the `Taeping`, skippered by Capt. Donald MacKinnon of Heanish,Tiree. Includes photographs, illustrations, newspaper extracts and a map of the route.
2011.40.1
Extract from “Annals of the Disruption” – Coll
Printed extract from the “Annals of the Disruption” by Thomas Brown (1811-1893) about the history of ministers and the Free Church on Coll during the Disruption of the Church in the mid-1800s.
2011.42.1
Information about Malcom Alexander MacLean of Tiree and Vancouver
Information and documents about the family history and life of Malcolm Alexander MacLean (1844-1895), who was born in Kilmoluaig/Cornaigbeg, emigrated to Canada with his family in 1848, and became the first mayor of Vancouver in 1886. Includes copy of his death certificate, ancestry, copy of article about the death of his wife`s mother, Mrs Donald Cattanach, and correspondence between Glenda Franklin, Louise MacDougall and An Iodhlann.
2011.21.1
Book extract from “The China Clippers” by Basil Lubbock, 1919
Extract from “The China Clippers” by Basil Lubbock, 1919. Captain Donald MacKinnon (1827-1867) of Heanish was commander of the `Taeping` when it won the 1866 Great China Tea Race.
2011.21.2
Book extract about the Great China Tea Race of 1866
Extract from the book “The Great Days of Sail” by Andrew Shewan, giving an account of the Great China Tea Race of 1866, won by the `Taeping` captained by Donald MacKinnon (1827-1867), Heanish.
2011.1.1
Information about Rev. Archibald Farquharson (1800-1878) of Tiree
Emailed information about Rev. Archibald Farquharson`s family and genealogy and a list of his publications of Gaelic hymns, poems, language, work, communities and travels in the Highlands and islands from the National Library of Scotland.