Photograph of Princess Anne at the Continuing Care Unit, 1991
Colour photograph of Princess Anne and others opening the `Continuing Care` Unit at Taigh a` Rudha, Heanish in 1991. (original stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
Photograph of Princess Anne at Taigh a` Rudha in 1991
Colour photograph of Princess Anne with Barbara MacDonald, Cornaig, at the opening of the Continuing Care Unit at Taigh a` Rudha, Heanish, in 1991. Barbara was the Unit Manger of Taigh a’ Rudha . (original stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
Photograph of Tiree District Nurses ca 1995
Colour photograph of the Tiree District Nurses at a dinner at the Lodge Hotel around 1995. L-R: Mairi MacLean, Flora MacKinnon, Jane Williams, Cairin MacLeod, Anne MacKinnon, Kate Brown, Storm Kemp, Sylvia Pearson, Netty MacKinnon (seated).
Photograph of Tiree District Nurses around 1995
Colour photograph of Tiree District Nurses at a dinner at the Lodge Hotel around 1995. L-R: Flora MacKinnon, Sylvia Pearson, Storm Kemp, Kate Brown.
Photograph of Tiree District Nurses around 1995
Colour photograph of Tiree District Nurses at a dinner at the Lodge Hotel around 1995. L-R: Netty MacKinnon, Anne MacKinnon, Jane Williams, Mairi MacLean.
Photograph of two women lying in hospital beds outside in the sun ca 1950
Black & white photograph of two women lying in hospital beds that have been wheeled outside into the sun. Possibly from the MacNeil / Kennedy family of Balevullin/Balephuil. From a collection of photographs from the house of Ellen Kennedy (nee Eilidh MacNeil), Balevullin.
Photograph of a nurse in uniform around 1950.
Black & white photograph of Ellen MacDonald of Balephuil (1886-1988), in her nurse’s uniform in the backyard of the family home in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in the 1950s. Written on the reverse of the photo: “This is myself taken two months ago”, probably written for Ellen Kennedy, a first cousin of Ellen MacDonald. From a collection of photographs from the house of Ellen Kennedy (nee Eilidh MacNeil), Balevullin.
Urine testing kit from the 1960s.
Urine testing kit used in the Eventide Home in the 1960s. Includes a wooden stand, four stoppered bottles, a glass tube, three labelled sample containers, a burner and a urinometer for measuring urine specific gravity.
Full unbound text for `Water from the Seventh Wave` exhibition
Full printed text (without photographs) on loose sheets from the summer 2001 exhibition at An Iodhlann about Tiree`s doctors, healers, health and remedies. Written by Dr John Holliday.
Booklet `Water from the Seventh Wave` 2001
Booklet about the history of health and healing on Tiree, from superstitions and traditional remedies to lay doctors, diseases, dentists, appointed GPs, nurses and ambulance services. Researched by Dr John Holliday for a summer exhibition at An Iodhlann.
