WWII course book about ammunitions, ca. 1940
Ring-binder file folder of typed text, diagrams and hand-written notes about the use and care of ammunitions during WWII. Used by trainees taking courses. Subjects include; pyrotechnics demolition, explosives, pistol revolver, rifle, cameras, workshops. Hand-written on inside front cover is “A.R. Rodger, 45 Course, 6 Squad.
List of prize-winners from the 1939 Tiree Show and Regatta from the Oban Times
Photocopy of a cutting from the Oban Times in 1939, listing the prize winners from the Tiree Agricultural Show and from the Tiree Regatta.
Tin container for waterproof plastic dressings ca 1930s
Small thin metal tin for Burdall`s waterproof plastic dressings (empty). Orange lid with black and white text. Probably manufactured around the 1930s.
Correspondence regarding the weather station at Cornaigmore in the 1920s
Photocopies of correspondence regarding the installation of the weather station at Cornaigmore School in the 1920s. From Kew National Archives. See 2013.72.2 for accompanying maps.
Maps regarding the weather station at Cornaigmore, 1926
Photocopies of two maps pertaining to the installation of the weather station at Cornaigmore School in the 1920s. One is a plan of the location of the weather station at the school hand-drawn by Argyll Estates with reference to the Feu Contract. The other is a hand-annotated Ordnance Survey map showing the location in the context of Tiree. From Kew National Archives. Also see 2013.72.1 for accompanying letters.
Book `Turus a` Chriosduidh` / ` Pilgrims progress` in Gaelic by John Bunyan, 1877.
Heavy, calf-skin bound, hardback book belonging to Lachlan MacKinnon, Hillcrest. On the inside cover is an ornately hand-drawn name plate `John McCallum` with the date cut from the top of a newspaper `Saturday, March 3, 1877`. John McCallum may have been the husband of Mrs McCallum (Monica Smith`s grandmother) that Lachlan MacKinnon drove to bible meetings. Includes a photocopy of a torn loose-leaf A3 drawing of `Bunyan`s Dream` that is stored separately in filing cabinet 9 drawer 4 (2013.61.2).
Gaelic hymn book belonging to Mrs John Lamont of Balevullin, 1935
Dark blue covered, hard-back Gaelic hynm book titled `An Laoidheadair` in gold embossed lettering, with “Mrs John Lamont, Balevullin, Isle of Tiree` written in pencil on the inside cover.
Four World War II medals
Four ribboned medals for services during World War II belonging to Lachlan `Lal` MacLean, Roadside, Balemartine: (1) brass The France and Germany Star, (2) brass The 1939-1945 Star, (3) silver The Defence Medal, (4) silver 1939-1945, bearing a lion overpowering a griffin.
Digital copy on CD-ROM of map R22 (2013.52.1) of the RAF Tiree aerodrome during WWII.
