Collection of assorted croft and household receipts paid by John MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol.
Assorted croft and household receipts paid by John MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol including a 1940 bill from J. H. MacDonald for a coffin, a 1940 bill from D. & H. MacArthur Stores in Scarinish a 1934 bill from joiner and contractor Hugh MacDonald of Kenovay, a 1949 wireless licence and a 1975 bill from Andrew Irvine, Tighnabruaich.
Collection of rent receipts for Lodge Farm, Kirkapol from 1928 to 1955.
Collection of rent receipts for Lodge Farm, Kirkapol paid by John MacKinnon between 1928 and 1955; notice of a rent increase in 1954.
Paperback book `Survival against the Odds` by Donald J. MacLeod.
The story of petty Officer Donald MacKinnon, a Russian Convoy survivor in WWII.
Hardback book `Fit for Heroes?` by Leah Leneman.
Land settlement in post-World War I Scotland.
Audio cassette recording of Margaret Green of Mannal talking to Maggie Campbell in 2000.
Margaret Green of Mannal talks to Maggie Campbell in 2000 about her childhood holidays in Mannal and playing with the other children on the shore, the people who lived in Mannal, the fishing boats and sharing the catch, fishing for sea-bream in June, her blind great-grandfather whose house was set on fire during the Clearances, a story about the curse put on the factor of the time, visiting relatives and friends, and returning to Glasgow laden with parcels of eggs, butter, cheese, potatoes and sometimes a chicken.
Maggie MacLean (1907 -1997)
Photograph of Maggie MacLean of Balevullin.
Courtesy of Mrs Flora MacKinnon
Maggie MacLean of Balevullin was the Dux of Oban High School in 1925 and later graduated as a teacher. She taught locally in Ruaig School and then moved to Glasgow where she married Ernest Richardson.
Black and white photograph of siblings Maggie MacLean of Balevullin in the 1910s.
Maggie MacLean (1907-1997) of Balevullin on the day she graduated as a teacher in the late 1920s. Maggie was Dux of Oban High School in 1925, taught in Ruaig School then moved to Glasgow and married Ernest Richardson.
Black and white photograph of vet Duncan MacLean of Balevullin with an unknown man.
Vet Duncan MacLean (1904-1958) of Balevullin on the left with an unknown man, possibly his father, taken in the 1920s or 30s.
Vet Duncan MacLean of Balevullin with his mother
Photograph of vet Duncan MacLean of Balevullin with his mother.
Courtesy of Mrs Flora MacKinnon
Duncan MacLean of Balevullin was the first veterinary surgeon on Tiree. Educated at Cornaig School, the headmaster of the time, Donald O. MacLean, recognised his potential and recommended to his family that he study at Glasgow University.
Back on Tiree after qualifying, he worked from a surgery next to the family thatched house in Balevullin. He was the first to do TB testing on the island and he introduced cobalt licks to prevent ‘pine’ in sheep grazing on the sandy, mineral-deficient machair.
He is remembered as a brilliant vet and a character. Many patients would prefer to see him than the doctor! Duncan never married and is pictured here with his mother. He died in 1955.
Black and white photograph of vet Duncan MacLean of Balevullin with an unknown woman.
Vet Duncan MacLean (1904-1958) of Balevullin on the right with an unknown woman, possibly his mother, taken in the 1930s.
Black and white photograph of mounted policeman Neil MacLean of Balevullin.
Mounted policemen Neil MacLean (1893-1961) of Balevullin, father of nurse Flora MacKinnon, taken in Glasgow probably in the 1930s.
Black and white photograph of teacher Maggie Richardson nee MacLean in the 1920s or 30s.
Teacher Maggie Richardson (1907-1997) nee MacLean outside Sackhill, Ruaig in the 1920s or 30s.
