Photocopied extract from `A Voyage round the Coasts of Scotland and the Isles` by James Wilson, Vol I pp 108-115.
Account of a voyage around Scotland sailing past Skerryvore in the process of construction and visiting the lighthouse workshops at Hynish; description of Tiree`s landscape, stock and cultivation.
Black and white photograph of Druimfraoich, Kenovay.
Druimfraoich, Kenovay.
Photocopied newspaper cutting about local news on Tiree in 1912.
Local news about harvesting, teachers` examinations, the Rev. D. MacPherson, the death by drowning of Archibald MacDonald aged 25 of Balemartine and Tiree School Board.
Black and white photograph of Hillcrest Balephetrish.
Hillcrest and stackyard, Balephetrish.
Audio cassette recording of Hugh Archie MacCallum, Cornaigbeg, interviewed by Maggie Campbell on 17/2/2003.
Hugh Archie MacCallum of Cornaigbeg talks to Maggie Campbell about growing grain on Tiree in the past and how this process has changed, different soil types and their preparation, when and how to sow, ploughing and harrowing, harvesting and how grain was stored, the first horse-drawn mechanical reaper and the first combine harvester on Tiree in 1975, old and modern methods of agriculture and how life has changed as Tiree has become less self-sufficient. Eòghann Eairdsidh Mac Chaluim o Còrnaig Bheag a’ bruidhinn ri Mairead Caimbeul anns An Gearran 2003 mu dheidhinn seann dòighean àiteachas air Tiriodh, nuair a bha Tiriodh fèin-fhoghainteach, agus mar a tha na dòighean seo air atharrachadh. Tha e a’ bruidhinn mu dheidhinn a bhith a’ dèanamh an talamh ullaichte, a’ cuir an sìol, treabhadh agus cliathadh, mar a bha an coirce air a stòraidh agus a chiad inneal buanaiche agus inneal-fogharaidh a thàinig a Tiriodh.
Black and white photograph of the stackyard at Cnoc Gorm, Kenovay.
The stackyard at Cnoc Gorm, Kenovay, in the 1940s.
Report `Farm Study` by Julie MacInnes of Shawlands Academy.
Report by Julie MacInnes (part of the coursework for unknown qualification taken at Shawlands Academy) which examines the characteristics of crofting and how it is affected by the physical environment and distance from markets. Looks in details at two crofts – Donald Kennedy`s croft in Balevullin and Corrairigh in Cornaigbeg.
Black and white photograph of a stackyard by Eric Cregeen.
Stackyard at Balephuill photographed by Eric Cregeen in 1968. (The copy from the School of Scottish Studies is in Filing Cabinet 4 drawer 3)
Black and white photograph of John MacLean at Lochside Kilmoluaig in the 1930s.
John MacLean on a horse-drawn haycutter at Lochside Kilmoluaig in the 1930s.
Cutting hay at Cornaig in the 1920s
Photograph of hay-makers at Cornaig in 1920s.
Courtesy of Mrs Doris MacLean
Archibald MacLean, the last miller at Cornaig (on the extreme left), is pictured here with his family and neighbours cutting hay with a horse-drawn reaper in the 1920s. The reaper worked non-stop round the field until the patch of growing hay was all cut.
Alasdair MacLean from Kilmoluaig is sitting holding a scythe which was used to deal with problem patches. It was also used when work commenced to open up a pathway inside the gate for the reaper to begin.
The woman is the miller’s sister, Flora, who is using a three-pronged fork made in the local smiddy. She followed the reaper to keep the pathway clear for the next time it came round.
Black and white photograph of haycutters at Cornaig in the 1920s or 1930s.
Cutting hay at Cornaig in the 1920s or 30s. L-R: Archibald MacLean, the miller at Cornaig; the miller`s sister Flora (Floraidh Ruadh) who had a shop in Cornaig; (seated on the ground) Alasdair MacLean from Lochside; unknown; Donald MacLean, son of the miller. This is a reaper cutting hay. It worked non-stop round the field until the patch of growing hay disappeared. The seated worker is holding a scythe which was used to deal with problem patches. It was also used when work commenced to open up a pathway for the reaper to begin. The female used a three-pronged fork made in the smiddy. She followed the reaper to keep the pathway clear for the next time it came round.
