Photocopy of Signal Card, 1908-1914
Colour copied cover and pages of a card notebook of Naval flag, semaphore and morse code signals produced in 1908 and reprinted in 1914. Belonged to Neil MacLean (Niall a` Mhuilinn), Millhouse, Cornaig, and used in 1917 during WW1. On the inside cover, Neil has written his name and addresses, as well as doodled, in pencil and ink. Accession includes another copy on card mocked-up into a replica notebook for display.
Magazine booklet `Gairm`no. 15, 1956
Booklet of news from the Gaelic-speaking world, including and article on Tiree (pg 270-275). Includes photographs of the mill at Cornaigmore, calves on a beach, Calum MacLean (Calum Salum) and his mother Kirsty Munn (Ciorstaidh Mhunn), Salum, and one of a boat at the Scarinish regatta containing Donald Archie Cameron.
School book `Three Musketeers`, 1930
Hardback book used for teaching in Cornaigmore High School in the 1930s.
Aerial photograph of Tiree High School in 1995
Colour aerial photograph of Tiree High School taken in 1995. Original stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1 along with a note about Calum MacKinnon of Perth, Australia (who donated/took the photo?).
Photograph of Balevullin Mill in 1962
Black & white photograph of the exterior of the remains of Cornaigmore Mill with the water-wheel and lade still intact in 1962. By 2000, all the machinery had gone.
Photograph of Cornaigmore Mill in 1962
Black & white photograph of the interior of the remains of Cornaigmore Mill in 1962 with a dismantled grinding stone and cartwheel still inside. By 2000, all the machinery had disappeared.
Photograph of Cornaig Mill around 1930.
Sepia photograph of Cornaig Mill from a postcard marked 1932.
Notice from the Edinburgh Gazette 1930 regarding ceasation of the Cornaig Agricultural Cooperative Society
Printed transcript of a notice from the Edinburgh Gazette 1930 regarding forced cancellation of the Registry of the Cornaig Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd due to the lack of provision of Annual Returns.
Letter about the Cornaigmore Mill and Tiree doctors, 1997
Photocopy of a letter from the Argyll & Bute archivist, Murdo MacDonald, to Hector MacPail, Ruaig, dated 26 March 1997, regarding information about millers at the Cornaigmore meal mill from 1864 to the 1920s, and doctors between 1911 and 1929.
Maps regarding the weather station at Cornaigmore, 1926
Photocopies of two maps pertaining to the installation of the weather station at Cornaigmore School in the 1920s. One is a plan of the location of the weather station at the school hand-drawn by Argyll Estates with reference to the Feu Contract. The other is a hand-annotated Ordnance Survey map showing the location in the context of Tiree. From Kew National Archives. Also see 2013.72.1 for accompanying letters.
