Dates: 1930s

2003.43.1

Audio cassette recording of Hugh MacLeod, Cornaigbeg, interviewed by Maggie Campbell on 1/3/2003.

Hugh MacLeod (Eòghann Charrachan) of Cornaigbeg talks to Maggie Campbell about predicting the weather from the direction of the wind, the moon, stars, tides and rainbows, the behaviour of birds, the view of the islands, how these predictions regulated the crofting year in his younger days and how the weather has changed since then. Tha Eòghann Mhic Leòid a Cornaig Bheag a’ bruidhinn ri Magaidh Chaimbeul mu chomharradh na side a rèir na gaoithe, a’ gealach, na rionnagan, an tràghadh ’s an lìonadh, na boghachan-frois, cleachdadh nan eòin, sealladh nan eileanan agus mar a bha comharradh a riaghail bliadhna croitearachd ann an laithean òige.

1998.122.1

Booklet titled `The Tiree Crofter`s Struggle 1886-1986` produced by Alex MacArthur in 1986.

Booklet produced to mark the centenary of the Tiree crofters` struggle for security of tenure.

1998.83.1

Photocopied newspaper article about Tiree (incomplete).

Incomplete copy of an article by George E. Meston about a visit to Tiree in the 1930s, includes paragraphs about the air and ferry services, Gott pier, the wild flowersand lochans, Mr Sinclair in Balemartine and his gramophone and wireless sets, St Columba and Skerryvore.