Valuation Roll for the Parish of Coll and Tyree 1860-61 and 1861-62.
Valuation Roll for the Parish of Coll and Tyree 1860-61 and 1861-62.
1997.197.1
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1997.196.1
Red ensign flag from the MV Loch Seaforth.
Red ensign from the CalMac ferry, MV Loch Seaforth, which sank at Tiree pier in the 1970s after scraping the rocks in Gunna Sound.
1997.195.1
Knickers made from a flour sack
Photograph of a pair of knickers made from a flour sack.
These women’s knickers were made in Tiree from a flour sack in the first quarter of the 20th century. The isolation of the crofting community on Tiree made it necessary to make do with the materials to hand.
The knickers were sewn by machine with flat seams and decorated with hand-made tatting round the legs. The waist may have been elasticated or tightened with a drawstring.
Flour was purchased in 140 lb (65 kg) sacks made from closely woven cotton. The seams would have been unpicked and the material plastered with black soap (‘siaban dubh’) to remove the printing before putting it outside to bleach in the sun. The flour producer’s name, Harter, is still visible.
1997.194.1
Off-white damask tablecloth with fringed edges said to have been made from spun bog cotton.
The fibres of bog cotton, or Common Cottongrass Eriophorum augustifolium, were used to stuff pillows and children’s mattresses, for wound dressings during the First World War, and in wicks for candles. The short, fragile fibres are, however, almost impossible to spin pure. A tradition collected by Alexander Carmichael in the nineteenth century set the task: “Canach an t-slèibhe/No maiden could get a man of old till she had spun and wove and sewn with her own hands a shirt of the canach. This was the marriage test!” (CW89/112 f.23v). There are a pair of stockings in the Orkney Museum in Kirkwall that are labelled: “made from bog cotton”. This reflects another tradition that a bride should wear bog cotton stockings on her wedding night. In the 1851 Great Exhibition catalogue (page 82) there is an entry from Inverness: “Linsey-woolsey made of cheviot wool and bog cotton. Bog cotton fibres can be spun if combined with other, longer, fibres like wool, linen or cotton.”
1997.193.1
Box of slate pencils.
Plywood box covered with purple paper except on the lid which is illustrated in colour with a Union Jack and scenes from the battles of Trafalgar and Waterloo. Contains four slate pencils. Trademark `The Box`, made in Germany.
1997.192.2
Photocopied newspaper article about brothers A. and R. MacCallum from Cornaigbeg.
Obituaries for two brothers from Cornaigbeg, Private A. MacCallum who was killed by gunshot in France on 12/3/1916 at the age of 30 and Seargeant Robert MacCallum who died in action as Beaumont Hamel on 13/11/1915 at the age of 32.
1997.192.1
Photocopied newspaper article about Private John MacFadyen from Balemartine.
Article and photograph of Private John MacFadyen who was fatally wounded in action in Italy and died on 20 August 1944 aged 20. He was the son of John MacFadyen, Balemartine.
1997.191.4
Bound source material for WEA Scotland Coll and Tiree Summer School 1994.
Source material about the geology and ornithology of Coll and Tiree for a WEA Scotland Summer School held in May 1994.
1997.191.3
Colour leaflet for the Hebridean Trust.
Leaflet for the Hebridean Trust with a colour aerial photograph of Hynish on the front and information about the Sandaig Museum, the Skerryvore Museum, Alan Stevenson House, Hynish Lower Square and Ruaig Church Museum.
1997.191.2
Scottish Office information about the Argyll Islands Environmentally Sensitive Area.
Scottish Office explanatory leaflet for crofters, farmers, and common grazings committees in the Argyll Islands Environmentally Sensitive Area, with maps.