Printed copies of the Beveridge Diaries 1896-1897: (1) scanned directly from Erskine Beveridge’s notebooks held in the Carnegie Library in Dunfermline, and (2) typed transcripts made by Lesley Ferguson, Head of Collections, RCAHMS. Beveridge travelled around Scotland in the second half of the 19th century, photographing and writing about the places he visited, including Tiree.
Pair of decorative collar stiffeners for inserting into a gentlman’s collar. Each is made of ivory with a glass(?) diamond held in a gold clasp at the end.
Painting by the wife of Duncan MacGregor Whyte
Framed watercolour painting of a Perthshire glen with Highland cattle, by Mary Barnard, the artist wife of artist Duncan MacGregor Whyte of Oban and Balephuil. They built `The Studio` in Balephuil.
Book `Ferries in Scotland`, 1988
Softback book `Ferries in Scotland` by Marie Weir about the development of communicaitons in Scotland, over 400 ferry sites, ferryman`s way of life, and difficulties faced. Tiree is mentioned on page 157, with regard to inducing the ferryman at Scarinish to provide a competitive service.
Notes and information about the Balephuil fishing disaster of 1856
Three pages of typed notes about the Balephuil fishing disaster of 1856, compiled by Alan Boyd in 2014.
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Photograph of a piece of hexagonal basalt at Baugh, 2014
Colour photograph of a piece of basalt rock found on the beach at Baugh in 2014. Although the edges are now worn, it appears similar to the hexagonal rocks of Staffa (see V128), from where it may have originated.
Photograph of hexagonal columns of rock at Staffa
Colour photograph of hexagonal columns of basalt rock at Staffa (see V127).
Tiree Association souvenir programme for their Jubilee Gathering, 1950
Small card-covered souvenir programme of events by the Tiree Association to celebrate the Jubilee anniversary of the association in 1950. Includes a notice about the Jubilee Gathering concert and dance, a word from the event Chairman – the Duke of Argyll, articles about the association, emminent members of the association, the committee (including photos) and memories of Tiree by the diaspora, and adverts. Signed inside by Flora MacKinnon, Ardnafuaran.
Book `Atlantic Hazel`, 2012
Softback book about the history, ecology and conservation of native hazel woodland on the Atlantic fringes of Britain and Ireland. Hazel woodland is thought to have existed on Tiree and Coll around 9,000 years ago. The nuts were probably an important food source for seasonal foragers around the sea kingdom.
Photograph of Crossapol Bay with Beinn Hough in the background, ca 1910
Card-mounted, black & white photograph across Crossapol Bay with Beinn Hough in the backround. Taken from An Àird, Tràigh Bhàigh, by well-known art photographer Andrew Swan Watson around 1910. Watson worked in photography from at least as early as 1884 until around 1930, had a studio in Edinburgh, was the President of the Edinburgh Professional Photographers Society, won several European awards, and was noted for his photographs of clouds. This landscape shot may be one of the earliest ever taken. Information about Watson and his studio on label on reverse.
