Photocopied letter to Lady Victoria Campbell dated April 1907 from the Scotch Education Department, Whitehall, London.
Letter to Lady Victoria Campbell dated April 1907 from the Scotch Education Department, Whitehall, London about James MacKinnon (Neil MacKinnon`s father) of Balevullin who had been a pupil of Lady Victoria`s woodworking class at the Lodge. He had progressed to become an instructor and Lady Victoria had been looking for a grant so he could continue his education.
Copy of family history of the Hume brothers from 1869-1969 by Mary L. E. Guise.
Family history of the Hume brothers from 1869-1969.
Copy of family tree of Walter Adam Hume born 1829.
Family tree of Walter Adam Hume (born 1829), shepherd and illegitimate son of Douglas Earl of Hume and Elizabeth Jardine. Walter`s son John was manager of Heylipol farm.
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`Tooth` of a mechanical harvester
Hooked piece of iron thought to be one of a row of many `teeth` from the blade of a mechanical harvester (tractor- or horse-drawn). The teeth would have combed and separated the crop, while a blade running back and forth along the teeth would have cut the crop. Sold in pairs from Brown`s shop in Balemartine. Found in a fireplace in Kenovay.
Photopied lease of Cornaig Mill to Archibald MacLean dated September 1905
Minute lease between the Duke of Argyll and Archiblad MacLean for the meal mill at Cornaig, dated September 1905. (From the papers of the late Sandy MacKinnon, Crossapol.)
Information from the Scottish Records Office dated 1986 regarding crofter agitation on Tiree in 1886.
Letter from Murdo MacDonald, archivist at the Scottish Records Office, dated 24/2/1986 to Sandy MacKinnon of Crossapol about his query regarding crofter agitation on Tiree in 1886, detailing the action raised by the Duke of Argyll, the trial and verdict and the cost of copies of the High Court Minute Book.
Black and white photograph of the MacPhail in Cromarty, Ontario.
The MacPhail family who emigrated to Cromarty, Ontario in June 1903 on board the S.S. Sardinian.
L-R: (standing) Allan (1897-1968), Hector (1892-1984), Archie (1895-1963), Flora Ann or Flo (1891-1992), (seated) father John MacPhail (1867-1940), Catherine or Kate (1898-1972), Mary Catherine or Mary (1900-1987), mother Flora MacLean (1863-1934).
John was the son of Hector MacPhail and Catherine Lamont in Cornaigmore; Flora was the daughter of Archie MacLean and Mary Campbell in Kenovay (Flora had a twin brother Allan). John and Flora were married in Tobermory on 26th September 1889.
Audio cassette recording of Janet MacIntosh of Scarinish talking to Maggie Campbell on 21/5/2004.
Janet MacIntosh of Urvaig talks to Maggie Campbell in May 2004 about her schooldays in Balemartine, her childhood and wartime memories, Sunday customs, her travels round Scotland as a pilgrim, women’s clothing and work, baptisms in Tiree, the 19th century Baptist revival on the Ross of Mull, the Community Council, differences between the east and west of Tiree, self education, second sight and ghost stories, Tiree Bards, the hardness of life in the past with poverty, disease and the death of children; Janet finishes by singing a hymn composed by Neil MacDonald of Kilmoluaig
Black and white photograph of the girls in Cornaigmore School around 1900.
The girls in Cornaigmore School around 1900, including Christina MacLean (5th from left, back row) and her younger sister Margaret (far right, back row).
Black and white photograph of Scarinish.
View of Scarinish from outside the harbour. The building in the middle was originally a church, then used intermittently as a prison and latterly as a store by the owners of the Mary Stewart. It was pulled down to make roads during World War II. The Scarinish Hotel is on the extreme right.
