Books of Minutes of the Tiree Association April 2000 to October 2017
2025.5.1
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Dates: 2010s
2024.26.1
Softback book “‘Prospects Are Improving’ The Story of Francis Simpson and family, Manitoba Pioneers” by Francis Simpson
Francis Simpson emigrated from Lancashire, England to Manitoba, Canada in 1882. He wrote his life story which was found and published by his descendants.
There are numerous references to the Lamont family of Tiree and a chapter on a visit to Tiree in 1905.
2024.6.2
Photograph of Chrissie Murray 1924-2023, from Point, Lewis who came to work at Tiree NAAFI
2023.14.4
A notebook of competition results, two photo albums and a scrap book relating to the Tiree SWI handicraft competitions, dinners and excursions during 2010-2021.
2023.17.1
Collection of items washed up on Tiree’s beaches for a mini exhibition titled ‘The Sea’s Harvest‘, held in An Iodhlann in 2022, including lids and labels from seafood companies in Norway and Ireland, fishbox packaging tape, plastic ice tea bottle from China, plastic fishing buoy from Spain, plastic Listerine bottle from Spain, plastic sea-sickness tablets container from Russia, wave-smoothed remnant of a Mortise-and-Tenon carpentry joint, plastic drinks cans holder.
2023.14.3
Six folders and notebooks of Minutes, newsletters, bank statements and accounts pertaining to the Tiree Scottish Women’s Institute. These date from c2010 to 2021, when the organisation ceased to operate in Tiree.
2023.14.2
Silver-plated quaich inscribed with words ‘Tiree SWRI’. There are no individual name inscriptions.
Jennie Niven, the donor, was the final organiser for the last 15 year’s of the SWI’s organisational history in Tiree.
2023.14.1
Pewter quaich inscribed with the names of former Tiree Scottish Women’s Institute members, from 2000 to 2005. the names inscribed are: Mrs W. MacFadyen (2000), Mrs A. MacDonald (2001), Mrs A. MacKinnon (2002), Mrs A MacIntyre (2003), Mrs A. MacKinnon (2004), Mrs M. MacIntyre (2005).
Jennie Niven, the donor, was the final organiser for the last 15 year’s of the SWI’s organisational history in Tiree.
2022.27.1
Collection of articles, poems, photographs and illustrations by Alistair MacNeill of Hynish (b. 1940). Alistair recollects his experiences competing in the County Sports, Skerryvore Lighthouse, the Great China Tea Race of 1866, rock fishing with a bamboo rod, ‘The Wembly Wizards’ Scottish football team of 1928, gathering tangles (seaweed) for the kelp industry, Ben Nevis, a puffer coal boat at Hynish pier. Includes two covering letters with further information.
2022.24.1
Copy of the Scottish Islands Explorer magazine, Mar-Apr 2019, , with an article on pages 28-31 about Skerryvore Lighthouse by James Petre who outlines its construction and commends viewing it, even visiting it. Three colour photos.