Black and white photograph of a Clydesdale mare and foal at a Cattle Show in Scarinish.
A Clydesdale mare and foal at a Cattle Show in Scarinish, probably in the 1920s. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 3)
2005.9.4
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Dates: 1920s
2005.9.5
Black and white photograph of a Highland cow and calf at a Cattle Show in Scarinish.
A Highland cow and calf at a Cattle Show in Scarinish, probably in the 1920s. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 3)
2005.9.6
Black and white photograph of a Highland cow at a Cattle Show in Scarinish.
Prize-winning Highland cow at a Cattle Show in Scarinish, probably in the 1920s. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 3)
2005.9.7
Black and white photograph of a Highland cow at a Cattle Show in Scarinish.
Prize-winning Highland cow at a Cattle Show in Scarinish, probably in the 1920s. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 3)
2000.27.2
Black and white photograph of John MacKinnon and Catherine MacNeill on their wedding day in the 1920s.
John MacKinnon of Kilmoluaig (1885-1962) and Catherine MacNeill of Main Road Farm, Balephuil (1888-1953) on their wedding day in Glasgow around 1925. John was the son of Hector MacKinnon and his wife Mary Lamont. As an ex-service man in the Merchant Navy during World War I, he was allocated the croft at 34 Balephetrish where he and his wife built their home. They had no family. Both are buried in Soroby.
2004.179.3
Newspaper cutting about Neil MacDougall, son of Rev Allan MacDougall.
Article about Neil MacDougall, son of Rev. Allan MacDougall, who was appointed headmaster of Ruaig school in 1909.
2000.178.1
Black and white photograph of the Mary Stewart in the Gut at Scarinish.
The schooner Mary Stewart owned by the MacLean family of Scarinish moored in the Gut at Scarinish.
2000.229.1
Black and white photograph of the first plane in Tiree in 1929.
The first plane to land on Tiree at a Tiree Association Sports Day in 1929. Captain A. N. Kingwill was hired to fly the plane to the island, bringing with him the day’s newspapers. Short flights on the plane were on offer at 2/6d (12p) a time and Captain Kingwill gave a display of stunt-flying.
2001.57.3
Black and white photograph of James Buchanan.
James Buchanan, born in 1873, the twin son of Dr Alexander Buchanan, and died in Patagonia.
2000.31.4
Two articles in `Scottish Studies No. 32` regarding historian Eric Cregeen of Tiree, and another regarding John Francis Campbell, 1998.
Two articles in `Scottish Studies No. 32` regarding Eric Cregeen: (1) `Eric Radcliffe Cregeen 1921-1983` by Margaret MacKay, Director of the School of Scottish Studies, (2) `Oral Tradition and History in a Hebridean Island` – a critical assessment of oral history as a historical source by Eric Cregeen. (3) ‘Here I am in Another World: John Francis Campbell and Tiree’ by Margaret MacKay.