Photograph of Catherine MacFadyen, Scarinish, ca. 1857
Sepia photograph of Catherine MacFadyen (1837-1928), daughter of Allan & Amelia MacFadyen, Scarinish.
2011.113.6
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2011.113.7
Photograph of Margarent MacFadyen, Scarinish, ca. 1870
Sepia photograph of Margaret MacFadyen (1850-1935), daughter of Allan & Amelia MacFadyen, Scarinish.
2011.77.5
Photograph of “Taigh Bean an Sgiobar”, Mannal, ca 1900.
Black & white photograph of “Taigh Bean an Sgiobar”, Mannal, taken by Erskine Beveridge during 1896-1901. A later photograph of P133. Note that the gable wall has been painted and the garden and surrounding vegetation has grown. The figure is probably the wife of the skipper, Sinclair, who came from Orkney to work on the Skerryvore lighthouse.
2011.63.1
Composition “The Story of Elizabeth Crow and Murdoch McQuarie”
Composition about the life and family history of Elizabeth Crow (1860-1883) who came to live at Hynish with her lighthouse-keeper father and mother, at the age of 15. In 1880, she had an illegitimate daughter by Murdoch McQuarie, the eldest son of Lachlan McQuarie, tacksman of Hynish Farm. The McQuarie family would not allow their son to marry Elizabeth. Written by her great niece in 2011.
2010.75.5
Photograph of old lighthouse at Scarinish
Black & white photograph of the old lighthouse at Scarinish Harbour, taken from outside the Scarinish Hotel in the 1950s-60s. Original photo stored with 2010.75.1.
2010.16.5
Archive film from 1972 about Round `The Mull`
DVD film from the Scottish Screen Archive about `Round `The Mull“. Filmed in 1972, colour, sound. A tour of the western isles on board the “Loch Carron” ferry in June 1972. Starting at Kingston Bridge, Glasgow then down the Clyde under the Erskine Bridge, Dumbarton Rock and Greenock. On to Arran, Fladda lighthouse and round the Mull of Kintyre. Then Tobermory, Coll and Tiree. A walk around Tiree includes footage of An Iodhlann when it was used as a dental surgery by dentist W.R.Weatherston. Then Barra, Lochboisdale and back to Oban.
2009.90.1
Charts and plans for the construction of Skerryvore lighthouse
Photocopied pages of charts and plans from Stevenson`s account of Skerryvore lighthouse, published in 1843. Includes: map of Britain showing location of Tiree and Skerryvore, plan of Hynish showing pier, dock reservoir, lightkeepers and seamens houses etc., charts of Skerryvore rocks and minor skerries, plans of Skerryvore rocks showing during low and high tides, plans of the curves for the lighthouse towers, engineers sketch of the marine dynamometer, plans of the temporary barrack, scaled elevation of completed lighthouse, longitudinal and transverse sections of the lighthouse, engineers sketches of the balance crane used and Hynish dock. An online version can be viewed at https://archive.org/details/accountofskerryv1848stev
2009.92.4
Report on “The Repair of Fire Damage at Skerryvore Lighthouse”, 1958
Photocopied report about (1) the fire at Skerryvore Lighthouse in 1954, the subsequent survey to asses the damage survey and plans for repair, and (2) structural repairs to the tower. Includes appendices of contractors & suppliers, and costs. Five black and white photos.
2008.46.5
Black and white photograph of the lighthouse at the east end of Pictou Island at the end of the 19th century.
The lighthouse at the east end of Pictou Island at the end of the 19th century, with lightkeeper Andrew MacFarlane (1855-1927), his wife Flora MacPherson (1862-1931) and their children. The fathers of Andrew and Flora both came from Mull.
2006.166.1
Copied photograph of Catriona MacLean (Catriona Sheumais) of Vaul standing outside the original Scarinish lighthouse in the 1940s, before its renovation.
