Sepia photograph of Margaret MacDonald and members of her family.
Balemartine sliabh in the 1930s. L-R: Maggie MacDonald (Magaidh Dhòmhnaill ’ic Eòghainn), her sister Mrs MacPhee and her sister`s son, Neil Campbell astride the Clydesdale horse and Maggie`s brother, Donald MacDonald.
Black and white photograph of a mare and foal outside Lighthouse View (MacFadyen`s), Scarinish.
Unknown woman with a mare and foal outside Lighthouse View in Scarinish.
Audio cassette recording of Robert Beck of Ruaig talking to Maggie Campbell in January 2001.
Robert Beck of Ruaig talks to Maggie Campbell in January 2001 about his time as Tiree’s vet between 1959 and 1974, the changes he’s seen on the island since he first came and the improvements in housing, living standards and livestock.
Black and white photograph of a Clydesdale mare and foal at a Cattle Show in Scarinish.
A Clydesdale mare and foal at a Cattle Show in Scarinish, probably in the 1920s. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 3)
Black and white photograph of Alasdair MacDonald of Balephuil.
Alasdair MacDonald of Balephuil Sliabh harvesting with a Clydesdale horse.
Periodical `The Coll Magazine`, No. 2, 1984.
Articles about sheep and farming in Coll in 1764, livestock on the island between 1940 and 1981, peat-cutting, lazy beds, local man Neillie John MacLean, the Free Church in Coll, early travellers to Coll, bird-watching and gardening, carrrageen and wild flowers, and other local news.
Audio cassette recording of Angus Munn and Neil Johnston of Heanish talking to Dr John Holliday in November 1998.
Angus Munn and Neil Johnston of Heanish talk to Dr John Holliday in November 1998 about their schooling and teachers, delivering telegrams, the last trip of the Mary Stewart, the start of WWII, the police service during the war, the mine that damaged the Bank House, the Embarkation Unit and the Fighter Block at Heanish, Preston Potts, a trip to Scapa Flow, the police station at Heanish, shebeens, Clann Alasdair in Baugh, the Malve, horses, Cornaig police station, ceilidhs and the Reading Room.
Audio cassette recording of Donneil Kennedy talking to John Donald MacLean in June 1998.
Donneil Kennedy talks to John Donald MacLean (Teòn Dòmhnall a’ Mhuilinn) in June 1998 about the history of the knitwear factory, the sinking of the ferry Loch Seaforth in 1973, anecdotes about Hector Kennedy, Malcolm MacLean of Salum and John Kennedy of Crossapol, the pre-war shops on Tiree, the ghost at Island House, the appointment of vet Jimmy Wilson in 1973, the problems installing septic tanks, his uncle AndrewYoung’s war experiences, expeditions by horse and cart in the 1930s and his memories of Argyll County Council around 1970.
Colour panoramic photograph of pony trekkers in 2001.
Pony trekkers on the utraid at Brock in 2001.
Black and white photograph of John Brown of Cornaigbeg ploughing with a team of horses.
John Brown from Cornaigbeg, great-uncle of John Neil brown, ploughing with a team of horses, possibly in New Zealand. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer3)
