Plans of Heylipol relating to Land Settlement Schemes 1900-1934
Two maps of Heylipol Farm dated 1900 and 1913 indicating land use, and plans for a proposed dwelling house for No.1 holding at Heylipol signed by Mrs Catherine MacLean in 1934.
© National Archives of Scotland (all three images)
Iron heating brick for a taylor`s iron that has been drilled with a hole (by Angus MacLean), so that it can be used as a weight for chimney cleaning.
Photograph of Scarinish Harbour 1947
Black & white photograph of Scarinish Harbour from the air in 1947, probably taken from the platform of one of the five communications towers present at the time. The Mary Stewart is on the left. Note the lack of any building behind the pier. (original stored on CD in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
Photograph of houses on the shore at Scarinish harbour, 1947
Black & white photograph of house and fishing boat on the shore in Scarinish harbour in 1947, with a motor bike in the foreground. (original stored on CD in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
Photograph of the house on the shore at the north end of Caoles beach around 1950.
Black and white photograph of the MacFadyen`s house and outbuildings on the edge of the machair at the north end of the beach at Caoles around 1950. (original stored on CD in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
Front cover of a Bernard D Smith & Son calendar
Cardboard front cover of a calendar(? 2013?) made by and advertising Bernard D Smith & Son builders, West Hynish, showing a black & white photograph of the coal puffer `Anzac` unloading coal on Caoles beach in 1952. Photograph accessioned separately as U152.
Notes regarding audio recordings made on Tiree in 1972 and 1974
Two folders of handwritten notes made by Eric Cregeen while he was recording Tiree people speaking onto cassette tape during 1972 and 1974, plus a map of Balephuil, Balinoe and Barrapol annotated with the names of people living in each house. People recorded in notes: Donald Sinclair, Hector Kennedy – Balephuil, John Brown – Balephuil, John MacLean – Kilmoluaig, John MacLean – Cornaigbeg. Subjects covered include ancestry, Gaelic prose and songs, people living nearby, second sight, place names, shebeens, building construction, poverty, weather, schools, food, shops, water supplies, emigrants, rents, skeleton, confrontations, ferries and ships, literacy, crofts, Pairc na Coille, wars, Land Leagues, churches, illnesses.
Photograph of the barns at Druimfroaich, Kenovay, in deep snow in the 1990s
Colour photograph of the barns at Druimfroaich in deep snow in the 1990s. Original stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1.
Photograph of Taigh Catriona Beag, ca. 1950
Black and white photograph of Taigh Catriona Beag (Small Catriona`s house) around 1950. This house is unusual in that it has dormer windows in a hip-ended roof. Original stored in 2014.5.1 filing cabinet 10 drawer 1.
Photograph of Croft View, Balephuil, around 1950.
Black and white photograph of Croft View, Balephuil, when it still had a felt roof around 1950. The two women standing in the doorway are probably family of Ellen Kennedy (nee Eilidh MacNeill). Original stored in 2014.5.1 filing cabinet 10 drawer 1.
