Colour photograph of Kate MacDonald and Johnny MacKay in Bail` Ur.
Kate MacDonald (Ceit Chalein) and Johnny MacKay in Bail` Ur, Balephuil, photographed by Jean Irwin.
2003.18.6
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2003.18.14
Black and white photograph of Iain Neill an Drobhair Bhain in Barrapol.
Iain Neilidh Neill an Drobhair Bhain in Barrapol photographed by Morton Boyd in the 1940s or 50s.
2003.18.27
Black and white photograph of Taigh Ceit Chalein, Am Bail` Ur, Balephuil.
Taigh Ceit Chalein in Am Bail` Ur, Balephuil, photographed by Morton Boyd in the 1940s or 1950s.
2003.16.3
Newspaper cutting about a council flat for sale in Crossapol.
Description and photograph of No 9 Sruthan Terrace, Crossapol which is on the market.
1998.12.1
Account by George Holleyman of his life on Tiree 1941-43.
Account by amateur archaeologist George Holleyman of his time in the RAF Service Police on Tiree from September 1941 to June 1943
1998.15.1
Photocopied report by Argyll & Bute District about the thatched houses on Tiree, Coll and Mull.
Survey of thatched houses on Tiree, Coll and Mull giving the owner, its listing, rateable value, description, uses, remarks and analysis.
2003.8.17
Hardback book `A Different Country` by Michael Russell.
The photographs of Werner Kissling taken in the mainly in the Outer Hebrides between 1934 and 1959.
De-accessioned 26.2.2026.
2003.3.1
Audio cassette recording of Gordon Donald talking about thatched houses.
Gordon Donald talks about the thatched houses of Tiree, their construction and upkeep, how they withstand storms and differ from ‘black houses’; he lists all the thatched houses in Tiree and their owners and talks about people who can thatch, cutting marram grass, cottars’ houses and their legal rights, and the cost of renovating two thatched houses in Kilmoluaig.
2000.28.9
Black and white postcard of Scarinish.
Felt-roofed house in Scarinish.
1999.24.18
Black and white photograph of thatched house in Brock in 1925.
Thatched house in Brock, from a small photograph album titled ‘Tiree 1925’ thought to come originally from Silversands.
