Leaflet about the book `Seann Taighean Tirisdeach` by Alan Boyd dated March 1986.
Leaflet about the book `Seann Taighean Tirisdeach` and Cairdean nan Taighean Tugha (Friends of the Thatched Houses) by Alan Boyd dated March 1986.
Black and white photograph of Calum MacKinnon of Kilmoluaig.
Calum MacKinnon (1890 – 1984) inside his thatched house at Kilmoluaig.
Colour photograph of Calum MacKinnon of Kilmoluaig.
Calum MacKinnon (1890 – 1984) outside his thatched house at Kilmoluaig.
Audio cassette recording of Alex MacLean of Cornaigbeg interviewed by John Donald MacLean in 1998.
Alex MacLean (Ailig Iain Alasdair) of Cornaigbeg talks to John Donald MacLean in 1998 about his ancestors, some of whom emigrated to New Zealand, a MacLean gathering there of 80 of his relatives, bulb growing on Tiree which was set up in 1958 by the Agricultural College, the MacEachern blacksmiths, one of whom was a lay preacher, the making of a harpoon for catching whales, the coal puffers which unloaded their cargo on different beaches and crofting in general. Tha Ailig MhicIllEathain (Ailig Iain Alasdair) a Còrnaig Bheag a’ bruidhinn ri Teòn Dòmhnall MhicIllEathain ann an 1998 mu a shloinntearachd, cuid dhuibh a chaidh don Seallainn Nuadh, cruinneachadh MhicIllEathain far an robh ceithir fichead da fhear-cinnidh, obair na meacain fluir a chaidh a chur air bonn ann an 1958 le Colaisde an Tuathanachais, na goibhnean Mhic Eacharna, aon dhuibh na shearmonaiche nach buin don chlèir, an dòigh air murghadh a’ dhèanamh airson glacadh na mucan mara, na bàtaichean guail a’ cur a mach an luchd air diofar thràighean agus croitearachd mar as cumanta.
Hardback book `Alistair MacLean` by Jack Webster.
Biography of the novellist Alistair MacLean (1922-1987).
Audio cassette recording of Jean MacCallum, Balevullin talking to Maggie Campbell in 2000.
Jean MacCallum of Balevullin talks to Maggie Campbell in 2000 about the people she knew as a child, including Nurse MacDonald, her friends and family and what she got up to, her schooling, her love of working outside with animals, meeting her mother and half-brothers and -sisters and of eventually meeting her sister, the people in Balevullin, the shops and the butcher’s, wartime rations and being sent back to Glasgow but returning to Tiree.
Audio cassette recording of Jean MacCallum, Balevullin talking to Maggie Campbell in 2000.
(Continued from AC238) Jean MacCallum of Balevullin talks to Maggie Campbell in 2000 about pilgrims preaching in Balevullin School and about going to church, the names and location of various rocks and cliffs near Balevullin, carrageen and fishing, how crofting now is not as close to nature, Easter and the different moons, potatoes and crops that used to be grown, natural fertilisers, the faster pace of life now, Cattle Shows, Clydesdale horses and knitting.
Children`s colouring-in book by Elaine Williams, 1986.
Colouuring-in story book for children.
Five photographs of houses on Cornaigmore machair.
Five photographs of houses on Cornaigmore machair with information on reverse. (W37- W41 – not indexed)
Photocopied journal extract `The Saltmarshes of Coll and Tiree` by S. J. Leach.
Results of plant surveys in 1989 and 1990 of the saltmarshes of Coll and Tiree.
