Dates: 1920s

1999.245.12

Black and white photograph of Jessie Ann MacArthur and unknown friend.

L-R: Unknown friend and Jessie Ann MacDonald nee MacArthur taken in the 1920s.

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2000.22.4

Black and white photograph of the MacDonald sisters of Balemartine.

The MacDonald sisters from Balemartine with an unknown friend from Uist, photographed while they were in service in Glasgow in the 1920s. L-R: Unknown, Sarah MacDonald, Mary Jane MacDonald (m.s. MacLean), Chrissie MacDonald (m.s. MacDonald), Neilina MacDonald (m.s. MacCallum). (Mary Jane is the mother of the donor, Margaret Campbell of Kilmoluaig.)

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1997.225.1

Hardback book `Kelly`s Directory of Scotland, 1928`.

Information about Tiree on pp 128-9, giving brief description of the island, members of the Parish Council, places of worship, six private residents, a list of commercial establishments and farmers with over 150 acres.

2002.193.6

Paperback book `Old Skye tales` by William MacKenzie.

William Mackenzie (1851-1935) records local legends, folklore and superstition, the changes he saw in agriculture, education, the Church and emigration and recounts the history of Skye`s leading families and also the lives and experiences of crofters for whose rights he actively campaigned in the 1880s.