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2014.20.1

DVD of a tribute to Gordon Connell`s accordion teaching on Tiree, 2013

DVD of a tribute to accordion teachers made by MG Alba in Gaelic to be screened at Feis Thiriodh 2013, beginning with Gordon Connell, Crossapol, who has been teaching accordion at Tiree High School since the 1970s. Includes footage of Tiree landscapes, dancing in the old community hall, a photograph of Murray Omand, and interviews with Angus MacPhail, Ruaig, Flora MacPhail, Ruaig, Dr John Holliday, Balephuil, and Alastair MacLean (Billy the Box), Barrapol.

2013.177.1

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Audio recording of Mary MacKinnon and Rosemary Omand talking about banking on Tiree, 1949-2013

Mary MacKinnon, Parkhouse, and Rosemary Omand, Kenovay, are interviewed by Dr John Holliday at An Iodhlann on 9th Dec. 2013, about the history of banking on Tiree since its beginnings in 1949 in the Old Reading Room to Rosemary`s retirement in 2013. Topics include the layout of the building in the Reading Room, lack of infrastructure and sanitation, Mary`s exam for her job at the bank in 1951 and her contract, staffing, training, what happened before the bank, built by Hugh MacDonald, Rosemary`s start in 1970 and promotion to Manager in 1997, uniforms, balancing the cash, double keys, accounting, inspections, converting accounts, calculating interest etc, cheques, Mary`s retirement at age 55, bank managers, `Mobile` Banking, and cleaners.

2013.178.1

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Audio recording of Albert Gallier – survivor of HMS Sturdy wreck in 1940

Audio recording of Albert Gallier being interviewed by Dr John Holliday on 11 Oct 2012, about the fatal wrecking of the destroyer HMS Sturdy which ran onto rocks at Sandaig in 1940. Albert is one of the few surviving members of the crew that were on the ship that night, and recalls his memories of the event.

2013.169.1

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Aerial photo of Baugh House and the Surgery in 2013

Colour aerial photograph of Baugh House and the Surgery taken by Stuart Smith, Crossapol, from the Glasgow plane in 2013.

2013.160.1

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Book about the use of Gaelic in the landscape, 2013

Softback book by SNH in Gaelic and English about the origins and means of places names in the Lochaber area.

2013.156.3

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Photograph of John Campbell, owner of the Oceana, ca 2010

Black & white photograph of John D Campbell around 2010. He owned the yacht Oceana when it grounded and broke up on Crossapol beach in 1949.

2013.153.1

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Collection of songs by Louise MacDougall, Canada, 2013

Collection of five songs inspired by Tiree`s history of emigration by Tiree descendent Louise MacDougall of Canada: (1) Goodbye Ann McLean, (2) Made in Tiree, Talkin` Blues (descendents version), Manitoba Bound 1878, (4) Manitoba New Year 1880, (5) Shell River. Held on An Iodhlann computer and on the laptop computer in the exhibition area.

2013.141.2

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Phtograph of the remains of the yacht Oceana at Crossapol Beach in 2012

Colour close-up photograph of the remains of the hull of the yacht Oceana at the east end of Crossapol Beach. The yacht ran aground in 1949 amid mysterious circumstances, and broke up.

2013.125.1

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Newspaper article about author Andrew McCall Smith buying islands off Coll in 2013

Scanned and emailed newspaper article reporting that best-selling author Andrew McCall Smith (No. 1 Ladies` Detective Agency) has bought the Cairns of Coll, a cluster of small uninhabited islands off the north end of Coll.

2013.116.1

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Conference paper about sustainable use of a cultural landscape – machair, by William Welstead, Baugh, 2013

Draft paper about the relationship between culture, machair and conservation. Submitted to a symposium on `Literature and Sustainablility` on the mainland in 2013. Includes emailed comments on the draft by Dr John Bowler, RSPB Tiree, summary and biography of W Welstead, and the symposium timetable.

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