Black and white photograph of Margaret MacLean of Balevullin.
Margaret MacLean of Balevullin (m.s. Richardson) after graduating with an M.A. from Glasgow University around 1930.
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Dates: 1920s
2002.181.2
Oban High School 1925 dux medal.
Oban High School dux medal won in 1925 by Margaret MacLean of Balevullin.
1999.193.3
Morag Cameron of Moss
Photograph of Morag Cameron in the doorway of her thatched house in Moss.
Courtesy of Mr Angus Munn
Morag Cameron is pictured here standing in the doorway of her thatched house in Moss. The thatch is secured with coir rope and weighted down with stones. The rounded roof is characteristic of Tiree houses.
Inside would be a kitchen at one end and a best room at the other. The head of the house would occupy a small bedroom, a’ clòsaid, off the hall with the rest of the family sleeping in the loft. It was not uncommon for such houses to hold twelve people.
Traditionally the walls at the front of the house, the chimneys and around the windows were painted with white lime made by burning limpet shells. The walls inside were also given a coating of lime twice a year, in the summer and at New Year.
Black and white photograph of Morag Cameron, Moss, ca 1920s.
Morag Cameron outside her thatched house in Moss in the late 1920s. Note the thatch secured with coir rope weighted with stones. The ruin is opposite the `Greenbank` (with the post box). Morag was known as Mòr a` Phaal Aal because her father`s nickname was Phaal Aal / Pale Ale.
2000.21.1
Laundry day
Photograph of Flora Ann MacLean of Greenhill drying linen on the machair.
Courtesy of Ms Mary Brown
Flora Ann MacLean of Greenhill pictured drying sheets and blankets on the machair. Each summer a good day was chosen for the household to wash the bedclothes.
Black and white photograph of Flora Ann MacLean, Greenhill.
Flora Ann MacLean of Greenhill, grandmother of Mary, Donald Archie and Archie Brown, bleaching linen on the machair. (Died in 1934)
2000.21.2
Black and white photograph of Alex MacLean, Kilkenneth.
Alex MacLean of Kilkenneth, piper in the Glasgow Police Force.
2000.21.3
Black and white photograph of Alex MacLean, Kilkenneth.
Alex MacLean of Kilkenneth with his horse and gig.
2000.21.4
Black and white photograph of John MacLean, Hough.
John MacLean, Hough, uncle of Mary and Donald Archie Brown, Balevullin and Donald Archie MacLean, Kenovay.
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Black and white photograph of a family group in Balevullin.
L-R: (back row) Flora Ann Brown nee MacLean, mother of Mary, Donald Archie and Archie Brown; Katie Kennedy, brother of Donald Kennedy, Balevullin; Ellen MacLean, sister of Flora Ann; (front row) John MacLean, brother of Flora Ann and Ellen; Iain a Ghaffer; Alick MacLean, brother of John, Flora Ann and Ellen; Hector Kennedy, Balevullin, father of Katie and Donald Kennedy.
2000.21.6
Black and white photograph of cows on Balevullin beach.
Cows on Balevullin beach.
1997.233.1
Audio cassette recording of Iain MacDonald talking to Reg Knapman in Scarinish in 1982
Iain MacDonald (Iain Noan) talks to Reg Knapman in 1982 about the MacLeans in Cornaig and Scarinish and their relation to Rossdhu, his grandfather and the `Mary Stewart`, starting work, WWII, CalMac ships and the service years ago, Tiree working boats, Flora Campbell and her family, the MacLeans and MacDonalds of Kenovay, the Rev. James Curry, Dr Armstrong and Kenneth MacKenzie, the piermaster.