Black and white photograph of the stackyard at Corrairigh, Cornaigbeg.
The stackyard and new steadings at Corrairigh, Cornaigbeg in the 1930s.
2004.6.3
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Dates: 1930s
2001.20.2
Poem by the Rev Hector Cameron.
Poem about Tiree by the Rev Hector Cameron and taught to the children of Cornaigmore around 1935.
2001.12.3
Photocopy of an Australian certificate of exemption from pilotage dues dated 1935.
Certificate of exemption from pilotage dues made out to James Campbell for the port of Cairns in Queensland, Australia dated 1935.
2001.12.8
Photocopied, short biography of Captain James Campbell (1900-1978), Tiree, and the sinking of the `MacDhui`.
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1998.305.1
Audio cassette recording of Hugh MacLeod of Cornaigbeg talking to Maggie Campbell in November 1998.
Hugh MacLeod of Cornaigbeg talks to Maggie Campbell in November 1998 about the ships he sailed on between 1935 and 1945, the ports he visited in Newfoundland, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, his time at sea during World War II, being attacked by bombs and torpedoes and the repair of his ship in Malta, the cargo ships he worked on after the war and his pay as a seaman. Eòghann Mac Leòid o Còrnaig Bheag a’ bruidhinn ri Mairead Chaimbeul anns an t-Samhain 1998 mu dheidhinn na bàtaichean air an do sheòl e eadar 1935 agus 1945, na puirt ann a Newfoundland, Afriga, Astràilia agus New Zealand, a’ bhith seòladh aig àm an Cogadh Mòr, agus an tide a chuir e seachad ann am Malta a’ feitheamh ris am bata aige, na bàtaichean luchd air an do sheòl e as dèidh an cogadh agus am pathadh a bha aige na sheòladair.
1998.278.1
Audio cassette recording of a BBC programme with Alasdair MacNeill interviewed by Kenneth MacQuarrie.
Kenneth MacQuarrie interviews Alasdair MacNeill of Balevullin who sings a song about the Crofters’ War, talks about his early days as a farm-hand in Ayrshire, his sea-faring days and transporting the first 3000 American soldiers to join World War I from New York to Liverpool, going to New Zealand in 1924 where he worked as a farm-hand, his experience aboard the sinking ship Ventura en route from New Zealand to America in 1931 and finally sings a song he remembers from his childhood. Tha Coinneach Mhic Guaire a’ còmhdhail ri Alasdair Mhic Nèill a Bail’ a’ Mhuilinn a tha a’ seinn òran mu Chogadh nan Croitearan agus a’ bruidhinn air mar a thòisich e air obair na fhear-oibre-fearainn ann an Àir, a làithean aig fairge agus a’ giùlain trì mìle saighdear a bha dol gun Cheud Chogadh bho New York gu Liverpool, dol don Seallainn Nuadh ann an 1924 far an robh e ag obair na fhear-oibre-fearainn a’ buain meuran nan cailleach marbh, mar a chaidh am bàta Ventura fodha air an rathad as an Seallainn Nuadh gu Ameireaga ann an 1931; tha e sin a’ seinn òran air an robh cuimhne aige bho làithean leanabais.
2000.234.1
Copy of information about a Luftwaffe map of Tiree, Coll and the Ardnamurchan peninsula.
Information about a Luftwaffe map of Tiree, Coll and the Ardnamurchan peninsula, one of a set of 37 maps covering the whole of Scotland found in a Danish airfield.
2000.234.2
Copy of a Luftwaffe map of Tiree dating from around 1938.
Luftwaffe map of Tiree dating from around 1938 with key to symbols.
2000.215.9
Hardback book `Alistair MacLean` by Jack Webster.
Biography of the novellist Alistair MacLean (1922-1987).
2003.194.6
Five photographs of houses on Cornaigmore machair.
Five photographs of houses on Cornaigmore machair with information on reverse. (W37- W41 – not indexed)