Dates: 2000s

2010.11.1

Email about completion of “Donald the Pilot” project

Printed email to An Iodhlann about the completion and online publication of the “Donald the Pilot” project. Donald MacLean of Ruaig piloted the ship taking the escaping Bonnie Prince Charlie to France after the ill-fated Uprising of 1745. Contains links to the genealogy of Donald the Pilot (ancestors and descendants), the database, and story.

2010.8.1

Biography of A.K.Coomaraswamy (1877-1947)

Biography of Sri Lankan geologist A.K.Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) who conducted a survey of the pink and green marble deposits at Balephetrish in 1902. Tiree is mentioned in the list of his published papers in Table 2 (see 2003.16.7 for his survey report).

2010.8.2

Email from Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, re geological survey of Tiree marble by A K Coomaraswamy in 1902

Printout of emails between Dr John Faithfull, Curator of Mineralogy & Petrology, Hunterian Museum, Glasgow and An Iodhlann about the work of A.K.Coomaraswamy, the Sri Lankan geologist who surveyed the green and pink Balephetrish marble deposits in 1902. Includes printouts from the website of the British Geological Survey “GeoScenic” showing photographs of Tiree marble taken by Coomaraswamy.

2010.7.1

MacKinnon (Vaul) family tree 1708-2009

Photocopy of handwritten family tree of Archie Johnstone (Kent) whose grandmother was Mary Flora MacKinnon of Vaul. Goes back 6 generations to Archibald MacKinnon & Anna McQuarry of Isle of Muck (b1710) and Hector MacKinnon & Christina MacLean of Isle of Rhum (b1708).

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2010.2.1

Postcard of a stained glass window depicting Gott Bay

Colour photo-card of a stained glass window depicting a house on Gott Bay commissioned by the Nurses` League in memory of Rachel Wylie (nee MacIntyre, Gott) who was the last Matron of Glasgow Royal Infirmary during 1975-1989. The photograph from which the window was made was taken looking towards Rachel`s home on Gott Bay from the beach.

2010.3.1

Book “So Foul and Fair a Day – a history of Scotland`s weather and climate” by Alastair Dawson

Softback book charting the history of Scotland`s weather and climate, and how they have shaped Scotland`s story since earliest times to the present day. Includes pointers to the future effects of climate change.

2010.3.3

Wall calendar 2009 by Bernard D. Smith & Son – general builders and contractors

Card wall calendar (2009) by Bernard D. Smith & Son – general builders and contractors, showing a colour photograph of the coal puffer boat “Cle?shira” in Scarinish Harbour ca 1960.