Two black and white photographs of an unidentified man ploughing with two heavy horses, in a hilly location that is not Tiree. Probably taken in around the 1930s.
2015.57.7
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2016.51.1
Three original copies of Look and Learn magazine, 1967, containing an article about tea clippers ‘The Romance of the Clippers’, which includes reference to Captain Donald MacKinnon, Heanish, who sailed the ‘Taeping’ to victory in the Great China Tea Race of 1866. Accession includes an enlarged photocopy of the article.
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2016.50.1
Large wooden chest thought to belong to Captain Donald MacKinnon, Heanish, captain of the tea clipper ‘Taeping’, which sailed to victory in the Great Tea China Tea Race of 1866. Includes a note describing the link between the chest’s current owners, Mr & Mrs Brian Young, and the Captain. Brian Young’s mother, Irene MacKinnon Roxburgh, was a descendent of Captain Angus Lamont and Effie MacKinnon, who was Donald MacKinnon’s sister.
2016.49.1
Bound list of Tiree Merchant Seaman Records compiled by John MacLean, Clydebank, in May 2012. Includes (a) a printed extract from the Register of Seamen’s Tickets 1845-1854 (BT113) held at the National Archives in Kew, listing ticket numbers, seaman’s first and last names, place and date born, first date at sea and designation (post held), age, and ticket details, (b) a list of Tiree Mariners 1848-1920 including ship’s name, mariner’s first and last names, age, birth place, current address, designation, voyage, and previous ship. See also 2010.53.14
2016.32.3
Ensign 3 1/4 folding camera used by Angus MacLean, Scarinish, in the 1920s. badly damaged and non-functioning.
2016.48.2
Colour postcard photograph of Drover’s Cottage, Barrapol, shortly after renovation by the Atkins around 2000. On the reverse are the contact details of the owners and its ‘three-crowns’ and ‘commended’ ratings as a holiday let.
2016.48.1
Copy of the death certificate of James Smith, Kilmarnock, who died as a result of injuries sustained in an accident while working at Tiree airport in 1956.
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2016.47.1
Printed spreadsheet of births, marriages and deaths of the Henderson family of Moss, Greenhill, Balephetrish, Hough, Scarinish, Balemartine, Mannal, Kilmoluaig and Vaul, 1806-2002.
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2016.46.1
Bound manuscript ‘A History of Port Bàn, Isle of Tiree – Croft, Croft House and Crofters’ by Alice Renton, Port Bàn, Caoles, 2016.
2016.45.1
Photocopy of a typed transcript of a taped interview with sisters Margaret MacKinnon and Katie MacKinnon, Heanish, by Calum MacKinnon of Seattle (and Balinoe), in 1991 at Braeside, Heanish.
Extract: “Auntie Maggie and Auntie Katie agreed to do this tape interview with me on a cold April’s day in 1991. I had dropped by Braeside on the way back from a buisness trip in Europe. It was mostly Auntie Maggie who did the talking with Katie chipping in with the odd comment. They talked about their childhood living on the island and life during the war years.”
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