Tiree High School magazine `Sheaves – Sguaban` 1980.
Tiree High School magazine `Sheaves – Sguaban` 1980.
1999.211.2
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1999.211.4
Series of photocopied letters dated 17th May 1982 to 6th October 1982 between Christina MacGregor Whyte and Mr Colin O`Brien, the headmaster of Tiree High School, regarding a large bequest from the estate of Duncan MacGregor Whyte for school equipment. Duncan MacGregor Whyte was a renowned artist who built ‘The Studio’ at Balephuil, and who painted many portrait’s of Tiree people. Christina (Ena) MacGregor Whyte was his son’s wife.
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1999.173.60
Black and white photograph of Margaret Bennett in An Iodhlann in 1999.
Margaret Bennett giving a talk in An Iodhlann in 1999 with Bill Innes in the background. (Original in Filing Cabinet 4 drawer 2)
1999.173.61
Black and white photograph of Margaret Bennett in An Iodhlann in 1999.
Margaret Bennett giving a talk in An Iodhlann in 1999. (Original in Filing Cabinet 4 drawer 2)
1999.173.63
Black and white photograph of Margaret Bennett and Dr John Holliday in An Iodhlann in 1999.
Margaret Bennett and Dr John Holliday in An Iodhlann in 1999. (Original in Filing Cabinet 4 drawer 2)
1999.98.11
Black and white photograph of Balemartine School in 1948-49.
Balemartine School in 1948-49.
Jean Fletcher (3rd L),Alasdair MacDonald (4th L), Jannette Hendry (5th L), Hughie Ferguson MacDonald (6th L), Jenny Penman (next L at front), Joan Kennedy (next L at front), Ellen Penman (next L at front), Margaret Sinclair (next L at front), Helen Montgomery (next L at front), Jean Whitelaw (next L at front), teacher Mrs Mary MacArthur, Jemima Montgomery (6th R), Donald J. Kennedy (5th R), Margo MacKinnon (4th R), Archie MacArthur (3rd R), Kenny Stewart (2nd R front), Isabella MacArthur (1st R back).
1999.167.11
Photocopied feu charter by the Duke of Argyll in favour of the Tiree School Board dated 1886.
Feu charter dated 1886 by the Duke of Argyll in favour of the Tiree School Board for a piece of ground in Balemartine. (Bundle 2501)
1999.167.1
Photocopied report on Heylipol Public School, August 1873.
Report on Heylipol Public School by Schoolmaster John MacFarlane dated 13/9/1873, giving attendance, subjects taught and extensive notes. (Bundle 931)
1999.167.2
Photocopied account of the annual salaries and allowances to teachers on the Argyll estates of Mull and Tiree.
Account of the annual salaries and allowances to teachers on the Argyll estates of Mull and Tiree (no date), listing teachers, schools and salaries. (Bundle 1539)
1999.167.3
Schools in Tyree 1863
Transcription of John Ramsay’s report on Tiree schools in 1863.
Courtesy of His Grace the Duke of Argyll
In 1863, John Ramsay, MP for Falkirk Burghs, reported on the state of Tiree schools to the Royal Commission on Education in Scotland chaired by the 8th Duke of Argyll. Ramsay assessed the condition of the buildings, the quality of the teaching, the progress of the scholars and their attendance at school.
At the time of the report, there were eight schools on Tiree, two supported by the Church of Scotland, four by the Free Church Ladies Society and one each by the General Assembly and the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge. Only three made a good impression.
The recommendations of the Argyll Commission were put into effect by the Education Act of 1872. Primary education was made compulsory for children aged five to thirteen and the control of schools placed in the hands of popularly elected school boards.