Photograph of a heap of dry tangles at Balevullin in 2000.
Colour photograph of a heap of dried tangles on Neil MacKinnon`s croft at Balevullin, ready for export to the mainland in 2000.
2013.110.19
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2013.110.20
Photograph of tangle being weighed at Balevullin in 2000.
Colour photograph of tangles being weighed at Neil MacKinnon`s croft at Balevullin in July 2000, before being loaded onto lorries destined for the mainland.
2013.110.21
Photograph of a tractor adapted for loading tangles in 2000
Colour photograph of a tractor at Neil MacKinnon`s croft at Balevullin in 2000, with its bucket replaced by two wooden palettes for loading dried tangles onto waiting lorries.
2013.110.22
Photograph of loading dried tangles onto a lorry in 2000
Colour photograph of a specially adapted tractor loading dried tangles (kelp seaweed stalks) onto a waiting lorry at Neil MacKinnon`s croft at Balevullin in 2000.
2013.110.6
Photograph of the old tangle store at Craignis, Hough, in 2000
Colour photograph of the ruins of Seada Haingeis, the old tangle store at Craignis, Hough, last used in 1800.
2013.110.23
Photograph of a lorry loaded with tangles in 1976 (?)
Colour photograph of Alan Worsley`s lorry loaded up with dried tangles at Neil MacKinnon`s croft at Balevullin, possibly in 1976, ready for export to the mainland.
2013.104.5
Typed copy of Edward Curtis-Stanford`s journal 1864
Copy of hand-typed transcript of the journal of Edward Charles Cortis-Stanford dated 3rd January 1864, about his seaweed processing factory at Middleton/Sandaig.
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2013.60.1
A history of Edward Curtis Standford on Tiree
Print-out of a talk about the history of chemist Edward Stanford and the kelp industry on Tiree in the late 1800s, presented at the 2013 Feis, plus accompanying lists, documents, papers, letters etc relevant to Stanford and seaweed processing industry in Scotland and Tiree.
2013.14.1
Booklet `Sìl an Eòrna – Children of the Barley` 2006
Booklet about the circumstances and fates of people who left Tiree en masse, sailing to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Patagonia and USA during the mid 1800s to early 1900s. Researched by Dr John Holliday for a summer exhibition at An Iodhlann.
2011.101.1
Academic papers about seaweed
Photocopies of 8 academic papers about seaweed with particular reference to ethnobotany, and a covering letter about the papers from Harry Powel to Nicola Pilkington 5/7/2011. (1) A study of certain British seaweed and their utilisation in the preparation of Agar. Marshall, Newton and Orr 1949; (2) Teachers` Notes – kelp burning. c. 1999; (3) The study of certain Red Seaweeds in relation to their use in Agar production. Newton 1947; (3b) A seaweed survey of Scotland – Fucaceae, 1945-1946. Walker 1947; (4) Distribution of Laminariaceae around Scotland. Walker 1954; (5) extract from Cast weed survey, Part 1. Survey of certain Orkney, Lewis, north Uist, Barra and Tiree beaches, 1945/1946. Scottish Seaweed Research Association 1947; (6) extract from Cast weed survey, Part 2. 1946-7. Walker 1948. (7) Seaweeds and rocky shores of the Outer Hebrides. Norton & Powell 1979.