Newspaper cutting showing children using a round glass butter churn
Colour photograph with caption about children making butter by traditional methods. The glass butter churn pictured is similar to the one donated to An Iodhlann by Mairi Campbell, except that it is round whereas hers is square. Includes laminated photocopy.
Newspaper tributes to Duncan MacGregor Whyte and his wife and daughter-in-law.
Photocopied newspaper articles about the MacGregor Whyte family of Oban and Balephuil: (1) obituary for Duncan MacGregor Whyte (1866-1953) the artist who stayed at The Studio, Balephuil, (2) obituary for his wife Mary Barnard, (3) D.MacGregor Whyte honoured, and (4) obituary for Ena MacGregor Whyte (d. 1987), the wife of his son Tearlach.
Old glass `Schweppe` bottle
Tall, round-bottomed glass bottle found in the dump behind Baugh Surgey in 2012. Pale clear glass with large raised lettering all around bottle reading “J.Schweppe & Co., 51 Berners Street, Oxford Street, genuine superior, aerated waters”. Probably used for administering medicines.
Extract from the `New Journal of Botany` about Coll`s flora and fauna, 2012
Photocopies extract from the New Journal of Botany about Coll`s flora and fauna, by Pearman, Preston and Bland.
Various photographs and information about Tiree ancestors of Gordon McConnell, New Zealand
Various photographs and information printed from ancestry websites regarding the Tiree ancestors of Gordon McConnell of New Zealand. Includes: Donald MacLean (his uncle, drowned Bay of Biscay 1928), Hector MacLean, Kenovay (1858-1929, Tobermory), Mary MacLean (b. 1906 Tobermory, d 1983 Wales), Hugh MacKinnon, New Zealand (1916-1943), Charles MacLean, West Lothian (d 1941 France), John McConnell (b. 1903, Mary MacLean`s husband), Margaret MacLean, Ardbeg (b. ca 1860). (individual photos not high enough quality to accession separately)
Pewter tankard awarded in 1884
Pewter tankard inscribed “10th LRV Sports 1884 Tug-o-War won by N. McIntyre”. Found on a beach on Tiree and given to the donor`s mother around 1980. N. McIntyre may have been Neil McIntyre, Balevullin/Kilkenneth (b. ca. 1840), the donor`s gt-gt-gt-gt-grandfather`s brother (see 2012.116.2).
Information relating to the MacIntyres and Kennedys of Tiree ca. 1730-1980.
Photocopies of handwritten ancestral lineages of donor. Includes Alexander MacIntyre (b. ca. 1730 Tiree), Donald MacIntyre (b. 1768, “Queyish” Tiree), Murdoch MacIntyre (d. 1871 Kilkenneth), Donald MacIntyre (1838-1913 Heylipol), Murdoch MacIntyre (1875-1928 Greenhill & Govan), Sarah McLean MacIntyre (1905-1964 Glasgow and Ontario), Irene Naismith (Canada), Sheila Kennedy Naismith Ramsay (Ontario), Ross Naismith (California). Donald Kennedy (b. 1763 Kilkennethmore), Neil Kennedy (1797-1881 Kilkennethmore/Balevullin), Donald Kennedy (b. 1822 Balevullin), Archibald Kennedy (1863-1951 Moss and Glasgow), Donald Kennedy (1893-1950 Glasgow), Irene Kennedy (b. 1926 Glasgow), Sheila Kennedy Naismith Ramsay (b. 1956 Ontario), Ross Naismith (b. 1986 California).
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Information about a tankard inscribed in 1884
Typed letter and emails to An Iodhlann regarding the provenance of a tankard awarded to N. McIntyre, Kilkenneth (b. ca. 1840), in 1884 (see 2012.116.1).
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Book “The Catholic Knight of Crofting” by Donald Meek 1993
Softback book about Donald MacFarlane (1830-1904), defender of croft land and crofters` rights, written as an academic study by Prof. Donald E Meek, Caoles, in 1993, and reprinted from the transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness (1995). Includes songs that were written about Donald MacFarlane and recited on Tiree and Mull into the 1980s.
Land Grant map for Whycocomagh area of Cape Breton Island, Canada, 1950
OS-style map of the Whycocmagh area of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, showing the boundaries of land granted to Scottish immigrants during the 19th century. Those known to belong to Tiree emmigrants have been marked by the donor. Index sheet 116; scale “one inch to forty chains”. Also included is a modern touring map of Cape Breton Island on which the donor has marked the Whycocomagh area for reference. See also a covering letter from the donor – 2012.102.2
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