Label for a load of wood delivered to Kilmoluaig in the 1920s
Label attached to a load of wood addressed to Mr Archibald MacDonald of Kilmoluaig from MacKenzie & Moncur, Edinburgh via rail and the MacCallum Orme ferry SS `Dunara Castle`. The wood was for Archibald MacDonald`s house which was built around 1920.
Photocopied journal extract `The Birds of Tiree and Coll` by J. Morton Boyd.
Ecological descriptions of Tiree and Coll and list of species sighted.
Audio cassette recording of Annie Ellen MacQuarrie interviewed by Maggie Campbell in Coll on 10/7/2003.
Maggie Campbell talking to Annie Ellen MacQuarrie of Coll in July 2003 about her childhood and schooling in Coll in 1920s and 1930s, working in Tobermory and Glasgow, her return to Coll in the early 1950s to marry and raise a family and the changes she has seen in relation to farming, Gaelic and the schools. Maggie also talks to Bunty Kennedy about her childhood on Coll, recreation, the Coll Creamery, the Laird of Coll, farming, livestock sales and the transportation of animals by the cargo vessels `The Princess` and `The Loch Broom`. Tha Magaidh Chaimbeul a’ bruidhinn ri Anna Eilidh NicGuaire agus Bunty Cheannadach a Colla anns an Iuchar 2003 mu an leanabachd agus làithean-sgoile ann an Colla anns na 1920an ’s na 1930an, obair ann an Tobar Mhoire agus Glaschu, tilleadh gu Colla anns na 1950an airson pòsaidh agus togail chloinne, an croitearachd, an spòrs, an Taigh-bainne Cholla, Tighearna Cholla, tuathanachd, na margaidhean-sprèidh agus giùlan beathaichean anns na bàtaichean The Princess agus The Loch Broom.
Audio cassette recording of Morag Kennedy interviewed by Maggie Campbell in Coll on 10/7/2003
Maggie Campbell talks to Morag Kennedy of Arinagour, Coll in July 2003 about her life in service at Breachacha Castle from the age of 16 – the daily routine, the uniforms and days off, the changes she’s seen since she was a young girl especially for children, the Arinagour shop, the local doctor and his pony and cart. Morag Cheannadach a’ bruidhinn ri Mairead Caimbeul air Eilean Cholla anns an t-Iuchair 2003 mu deidhinn a bhith ag obair aig seirbheis anns an caisteal Breachacha bho bha i 16, obair an latha, an trusgan a bhitheadh orra agus na rudan a’ bhitheadh i a’ deànamh nuair bha la saoir aice. Tha Morag cuideachd a’ bruidhinn mu dheidhinn na rudan a tha air atharrachadh ann a Colla bho bha i na nighean òg, bùth Arinagobhar agus obair a lighiche.
4 lb jam crock or pige.
Beige and brown Cleland Pottery 4 lb jam crock with ‘Wm. Farmer & Sons Hillhead & Bearsden 6d.` on the front. Originally from Taigh a` Ghreusaiche, Am Bail` Ur, Balephuil.
Graphs of birth registration in Tiree from 1900 to 1988.
Graphs of birth registration in Tiree from 1900 to 1988.
Photocopied will dated 26/12/1923 of Alexander MacArthur residing at Balinoe.
Last will and testament of Alexander MacArthur, mason and crofter at Heylipol but residing in Balinoe, appointing his wife as his sole heir and executrix, dated 26/12/1923.
Black and white photograph of Archie MacEachern of Cornaigbeg.
Archie (Leaban) MacEachern, son of Archie MacEachern the blacksmith at Cornaigbeg and his wife Catherine MacLean. Archie was killed in an accident on the Reef during World War II.
Black and white photograph of Mary Margaret MacLean and Mary MacEachern of Cornaigbeg around 1920.
Mary Margaret MacLean (Alec Mor`s aunt) and Mary MacEachern, the blacksmith`s daughter, both of Cornaigbeg, taken at the shore around 1920.
Black and white photograph of Hugh Campbell and his daughter Flora.
Hugh Campbell with his daughter Flora outside the smiddie at Creag Mhor, Cornaigbeg in the 1920s or 1930s. Hugh worked as a chemist in Port Glasgow and was the son of John Campbell from Garaphail and his wife Flora MacEachern, the blacksmith`s sister.
