Black and white photograph of Alastair Alpine MacGregor and the MacLeod family from Ruaig around 1928.
Out for a walk around 1928. L-R (adults) author Alasdair Alpine MacGregor; Morag MacLeod (Mor Iain Lachainn) mother of Iain and Anneen; Joan MacLeod, related through marriage to the Brock MacLeods; joiner John MacLeod from Mosspark, Glasgow; (children) Iain and Anneen MacLeod.
Black and white group photograph taken at Milton around 1930.
The house at the foot of the dun at Milton harbour around 1930. L-R (adults) Captain John MacKinnon, Acarsaid, Milton, brother of Ann; Ann MacKenzie née MacKinnon, mother-in-law of Donald the Plumber; Isabel, Ann’s aunt; (children) Iain MacLeod of Ruaig; Alec MacKenzie, Ann’s son; Anneen Black née MacLeod (nighean Mòr Lachainn Iain), Iain’s sister.
Black and white photograph of a thatched house at Ruaig.
Taigh na Buaile, halfway between Brock and Cala na Sithe, Ruaig, where the great-grandmother of Anneen Black (nighean Mor Lachainn Iain) lived, probably photographed around 1930.
Two foot plates from Lady Victoria Campbell`s buckboard. The buckboard was a simple, open horse-drawn carriage. The foot plates hung at the sides of the carriage, to assist passengers stepping aboard.
Black and white photograph of Ann Lamont nee MacInnes of Ruaig and her daughter Mairi.
Ann Lamont nee MacInnes of Ruaig and her daughter Mairi Iain around 1923..
Book `Gazeteer of British Meteorological Stations`.
Information about the Met Station at Cornaigmore School in June 1929.
The Campbell-Stokes Heliograph sunshine recorder from Tiree Met Station.
Courtesy of Mr Ray Sharp
The Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder was invented in 1853 by John Francis Campbell, the editor of ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, and modified by Sir George Gabriel Stokes in 1879. It consists of a glass sphere, about ten centimetres in diameter, mounted on a metal stand.
Manufactured to Met Office specification, the glass sphere focuses the rays of the sun to an intense spot which chars a mark on a curved graduated card mounted concentrically with the sphere. As the earth rotates, the position of the spot moves across the card. The card is held in place by grooves, of which there are three overlapping sets, to allow for the height of the sun during different seasons of the year.
Its main advantage is its simplicity and ease of use. However, the results require interpretation by an observer and may differ from one person to another.
Woman`s skirt, blouse and bonnet.
Woman`s skirt, blouse and bonnet from Salum House and worn in the late 19th or early 20th century. All items are black. The skirt has a black netted overskirt, the blouse has black beadwork and a netted overlay and the bonnet is black crocheted wool.
Photocopied extracts from the County of Argyll Twenty-sixth Annual Report by the Medical Officer of Health Dr Roger MacNeill, pp 36-37.
Report about the provision of nursing in the district – Jessie MacNab in Tiree.
Audio cassette recording of Hugh MacLean of Barrapol talking to Maggie Campbell in October 1999.
Hugh MacLean of Barrapol talks to Maggie Campbell in October 1999 about his boyhood and schooling at Sgoil na Mòintich, his work on the farm, a spell in the Merchant Navy and 40 years as clerk to Tain Committee, old burial places, old farming methods using horses, harvesting, changes in the weather, planting potatoes, Tiree-made shoes, storms and tornadoes, New Year festivities, whisky, the Glassary and Curtis-Stanford. Tha Iain Aonghais a’ bruidhinn ri Magaidh Chaimbeul anns an Dàmhair 1999 mu na daoine agus àiteachan ann agus mun cuairt Cill Moluaig, feum crotail airson aodach a dhath gu dearg, diofrach thobhtaichean mun cuairt Loch Bhasapol far am b’ àbhaist bradan agus bric a bhi, mac fear-uasal Dhòmhnall ’IcIllEathain a bha na fhear-brathaidh airson an Ruis, mar a fhuair ‘An Green’ ainm, na cathaidhean gainmhaiche a b’ àbhaist a bhi ann, uisge air a tharraing a tobraichean, ag obair air na croitean le eich, a’ cur coirce, neipean agus buntàta, a’ toirt sìol don mhuilinn ann an Còrnaig agus cion nan daoine far an robh iad uaireigin gu math lìonmhor.
