Photocopied article about the history of the seaweed industry by Ernest Booth.
Article about Edward Curtis-Stanford and the iodine industry.
2000.152.2
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Dates: 1880s
2003.177.8
Photocopied account of the discovery of alginic acid by Edward Curtis-Stanford.
Biography of Edward Curtis-Stanford, his discovery of alginic acid and an account of the processes used at the Middleton seaweed factory.
2003.177.10
Photocopied biography of Edward Curtis-Stanford.
An account of the life and work of Edward Curtis-Stanford.
2003.177.11
Photocopied extract from `The Clyde District of Dumbarton` by MacLeod in 1886.
Account of the North British Chemical Company`s works in Dumbarton which extracted the chemicals from the kelp charcoal produced in Tiree; photograph Curtis-Stanford with other Commissioners of the Burgh of Clydebank in 1886.
1998.176.7
Black and white photograph of John and Peggy MacEachern, Cornaigbeg.
Blacksmith John MacEachern of Cornaigbeg with his sister Peggy around in the 1880s or 1890s.
1998.176.28
Black and white photograph of Maggie MacEachern and Christina MacLean.
L-R: Maggie MacEachern of Cornaigbeg and her cousin Christina MacLean, probably taken at the end of the 19th century,
1998.225.1
Two foot plates from Lady Victoria Campbell`s buckboard. The buckboard was a simple, open horse-drawn carriage. The foot plates hung at the sides of the carriage, to assist passengers stepping aboard.
1998.156.17
Black and white photograph of Lachlan Lamont from Ruaig and his first wife Ann MacArthur.
Lachlan Lamont from Ruaig and his first wife Ann MacArthur, taken around 1890. (Anneen Black`s grandparents)
1998.248.13
Two smiddy-made nails from the Reading Room (now An Iodhlann), each approx. 135 mm long.
1999.254.20
Paperback booklet `The Catholic Knight of Crofting: Sir Donald Horne MacFarlane, MP for Argyll 1885-86, 1892-95` by Donald E. Meek.
Biographical sketch of Sir Donald Horne MacFarlane 1830-1904, a pro-crofter MP for Argyll who was honoured by Gaelic poets.