Invoice/receipt from W. Shepherd & Son, General Ironmongers, Greenock, 1906. Amongst the belongings of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal House.
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2016.2.34
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2016.2.28
Royal Navy and Royal Marines next of kin casualty card used by relatives of Navy personnel during WWII to notify them of their injury or death during an air raid. The next of kin is listed as niece Mary Brown McDonald of Mannal who was a Wren on board HMS Lochailort. HMS Lochailort, formerly Lochailort House, was requisitioned by the Navy in 1942. Found amongst the belongings of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal House.
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2015.56.1
Softback book ‘Tiree Kirk Session Minutes, Vol. 1, 1775-1806’ by Archie Henderson, Glasgow, 2015. First volume of published transcriptions of the original minutes of the Tiree Kirk Session. Signed by the author.
2015.55.1
Large framed certificate from The Royal Humane Society, London, in 1869, belonging to Captain Archibald Brown, Mannal, for his actions and those of his crew in the rescue of the the surviving crew of a stricken schooner off Kenavara in Balephuil Bay in 1868. The vessel was the ‘Maria and Fanny’ of Milford, Wales, which was on its way between Ayr and Limerick with a load of coal. It was blown off course by a gale north of Ireland. The rescue was carried out at great risk to the captain and his crew. Captain Archibald and his crew were awarded medals of the Society.
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2015.53.3
Photocopied extract from handwritten ledgers containing the Minutes of the Presbytery of Mull, 27 January 1842 to 2 December 1845, pertaining to the planning, funding and building of the churches at Kirkapol and Heylipol.
2015.53.2
Photocopied extract from handwritten ledgers containing the Minutes of the Presbytery of Mull, 12 December 1839 to 25 November 1841, pertaining to the planning, funding and building of the churches at Kirkapol and Heylipol.
2015.53.1
Photocopied extract from handwritten ledgers containing the Minutes of the Provincial Synod of Argyll, August 1839 to August 1841. Relates to a report to the Synod in August 1840, which expressed concern about the spiritual state of Tyree, As a result, the Presbytery of Mull convened an investigation on the island.
2015.38.2
Ration book for clothing 1947-48 containing coupons for use in shops. Belonged to Helen McNeill, Glasgow.
2015.1.1
Two piping certificates belonging to Robert Beck, Ruaig, 1985/86
Two piping certificates from the Institute of Piping awarded to Tiree vet and piper Robert Beck (1926-2014), Ruaig, in 1985 (Senior Certificate for piping profeciency), and in 1986 (Teacher`s Certificate).
2014.104.3
Paper and balance sheet for the Tiree Community Council, 1990s
One sheet of headed A4 notepaper of Comhairle Thiriodh / Tiree Community Council from the 1990s, and a balance sheet for the account year ending March 2001.