Crofters Commission report 1904 about croft enlargements at Cornaigbeg, Kenovay and Balinoe.
Photocopied extracts from the Report by The Crofters Commision (1905) regarding applications by six crofters of Cornaigbeg and Kenovay to enlarge their land holdings into parts of Crossapol Farm tenanted by Thomas Barr, and applications by five crofters of Balinoe to extend their holdings into Heylipol Farm tenanted by Hugh MacDiarmid.
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Notes regarding audio recordings made on Tiree in 1972 and 1974
Two folders of handwritten notes made by Eric Cregeen while he was recording Tiree people speaking onto cassette tape during 1972 and 1974, plus a map of Balephuil, Balinoe and Barrapol annotated with the names of people living in each house. People recorded in notes: Donald Sinclair, Hector Kennedy – Balephuil, John Brown – Balephuil, John MacLean – Kilmoluaig, John MacLean – Cornaigbeg. Subjects covered include ancestry, Gaelic prose and songs, people living nearby, second sight, place names, shebeens, building construction, poverty, weather, schools, food, shops, water supplies, emigrants, rents, skeleton, confrontations, ferries and ships, literacy, crofts, Pairc na Coille, wars, Land Leagues, churches, illnesses.
Book `Recovering from the Clearances`, 2013
Softback book based on the proceedings of a conference held on the Isle of Lewis in 2012, about the long and difficult process of land recovery by the descendents of the dispossessed and recent developments in Community Ownership.
Includes ‘Preaching the Land Gospel: The Rev. Donald MacCallum (1849-1929) in Skye, Tiree and Lochs, Lewis’ by Donald E. Meek. (Pages 77-107)
Journal extract about the politics of land ownership in the late 1800s
Printer paper from Victorian Studies 1978 by John W Mason about the politics and agitation over the 8th Duke of Argyll`s grip on land ownership. Two copies. Also held as pdf file on office computer.
Letter from the Duke of Argyll to the widow of John MacKinnon in 1931
Photocopies of an envelope and hand-written letter of condolence from the Duke of Argyll to Mrs John (Margaret) MacKinnon, whose late husband was “the faithful ground officer” to the Duke`s grandfather “during a troubled period on Tiree”. Dated 4 May 1931.
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Photograph of John MacKinnon, Balevullin, ca 1920
Sepia photograph of John MacKinnon of An Caladh, Balevullin, and an unknown woman, probably his wife Margaret (nee Kennedy), around 1920. John MacKinnon was the 8th Duke of Argyll`s “ground officer… during a troubled time” on Tiree. Original stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1.
Newspaper article about the transfer of livestock between Tiree and ferry in 1886
Printed scan of an article from The Glasgow Herald dated 1886, about the dangerous method of transferring livestock, particularly horses, between Tiree and the ferry SS Hebridean. Article also mentions four of the imprisoned crofters of the Land Agitation liberated on bail.
Notice from the Edinburgh Gazette 1895 regarding Kilkenneth crofters to appear in Court.
Printed transcription of a notice from the Edinburgh Gazette 1895 announcing that the tenant farmer of Greenhill, Lachlan MacNeil, and the Duke of Argyll, require six Kilkenneth crofters to appear in Oban Sheriff Court for examination (probably regarding their illegal occupation of the land at Greenhill during the Land League aggitation). Crofters named are Neil Brown, John Campbell, Widow Alexander Kennedy, Colin MacIntyre, John MacDonald and Widow Neil MacKinnon.
Book “The Catholic Knight of Crofting” by Donald Meek 1993
Softback book about Donald MacFarlane (1830-1904), defender of croft land and crofters` rights, written as an academic study by Prof. Donald E Meek, Caoles, in 1993, and reprinted from the transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness (1995). Includes songs that were written about Donald MacFarlane and recited on Tiree and Mull into the 1980s.
English translation of `Land Agitation in Tiree in 1886` by Donald Meek
Photocopy of a printed draft English translation of Prof. Donald Meek`s composition `Land Agitation in Tiree in 1886` about the crofters` war, with handwritten comments. Possibly translated by Alasdair Sinclair, Brock.
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