Colour photograph of Clachan, Cornaigmore in 1999.
Clachan, Cornaigmore in 1999. (Original in Filing Cabinet 4 drawer 3)
2000.66.1
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2000.70.1
Black and white photograph of Alasdair MacDonald of Balephuil.
Alasdair MacDonald of Balephuil Sliabh harvesting with a Clydesdale horse.
1999.284.1
Audio cassette recording of Donald MacArthur, Middleton talking to Maggie Campbell in December 1999.
Donald MacArthur of Middleton talks to Maggie Campbell in December 1999 about crofting today compared to how it was when he started, how the wetter weather, subsidies for late cutting and fewer people working the land have contributed to the change from hay-making to silage, about using fertilisers rather than seaweed, keeping cattle outside because of SEPA rules, the changes in cattle transportation and the paperwork involved, changing prices, the effects of BSE, a strong pound and subsidies; he gives his thoughts about the future of crofting in Tiree, diversification, the need for community spirit and religious faith.
1998.287.1
Audio cassette recording of Elsie MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol talking to her daughter Fiona MacKinnon in June 1998.
Elsie MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol talks to her daughter Fiona in June 1998 about her adoption by Katie MacKinnon in 1925 when aged 9, the differences between Ashford in Middlesex where she came from and Tiree, her schooldays in Scarinish and Kirkapol, the work she did on Saturdays, toys and presents, Sundays on Tiree, the work on the croft, learning Gaelic, the population of the island, school sports, the work her aunt did and playing with friends, a school picnic at the Ringing Stone, the sense of community, fostering children, the people in Kirkapol, the construction of Ormer Cottage and the fire in the Scarinish shop.
2004.134.6
Video recording of an unknown BBC programme about boarded out children broadcast in 1996.
Programme about children boarded out to Hebridean islands, the work they did on the crofts and how they were treated, featuring Hector MacPhail of Ruaig, Bernie Smith of West Hynish, Jean MacCallum of Balevullin, Robert Gray of Balemartine, Tommy Monaghan of Heanish and John Fletcher of Balemartine.
2004.79.1
`Tooth` of a mechanical harvester
Hooked piece of iron thought to be one of a row of many `teeth` from the blade of a mechanical harvester (tractor- or horse-drawn). The teeth would have combed and separated the crop, while a blade running back and forth along the teeth would have cut the crop. Sold in pairs from Brown`s shop in Balemartine. Found in a fireplace in Kenovay.
2001.63.6
Colour photograph of stooks at Cornaig in 2000.
Stooks on Hugh Archie MacCallum`s farm in 2000, with Whitehouse, Cornaigbeg in the left background.
2001.63.4
Colour photograph of the stackyard at Whitehouse, Cornaigbeg in 1999.
The stackyard at Whitehouse, Cornaigbeg in the autumn of 1999.
2001.63.3
Colour photograph of the stackyard at Whitehouse, Cornaigbeg in 1999.
The stackyard at Whitehouse, Cornaigbeg in the autumn of 1999.
2001.53.5
Black and white photograph of the building of a barley stack in Kilmoluaig in 1960.
Building a barley stack in Kilmoluaig in 1960. L-R: Douglas Ford of Inverary (nephew of Elsie Kennedy, Kilmolauig machair); Maggie Campbell, Kilmoluaig; her son Donald on ladder; her father Donald MacKechnie.
