Folder titled `Tiree Ward Minutes` containing District Council papers dated from 1952 to 1964.
Folder titled `Tiree Ward Minutes` containing minutes of Tiree Ward meetings and Coll Ward meetings from 1952 to 1964 and some correspondence with Argyll County Council.
Copy of letter dated 8/3/2004 to Katinka Stentoft from Alasdair Sinclair of Brock.
Information about Norse settlements of Tiree and difficulties in identifying them: the effects of wind-blown sand on the landscape, the scarcity of stone for building, the frequent winter flooding and the need for ditching, and the road-building programme during World War II (with three pages of photocopied photos). (For Katinka Stentoft`s settlement survey see 2004.40.1)
Audio cassette recording of Donald Kennedy, Balevullin talking to Maggie Campebll in 2000.
Donald Kennedy (Dòmhnall Eachainn) of Balevullin talks to Maggie Campbell in 2000 about the people who used to live in Balevullin, the mill and sawmill, shipwrecks, carrageen, the shops, the roads in the area, where they went and who lived there, sea captains, his own time at sea and the changes he’s seen.
Audio cassette recording of Hector MacKinnon, Kilkenneth talking to Maggie Campbell in May 2000.
Hector MacKinnon of Kilkenneth talks to Maggie Campbell in May 2000 about the people who used to live in Kilkenneth, their relations and employment, how the roads used to be and the large numbers of horses, the self-sufficiency of people in his young days, Land Leagues, wells, leaving Kilkenneth aged 18, the emigration to Canada after the Glassary closed, the fall in the population of Moss, the Tiree bards and the size of families.Tha Eachann Mhic Fhiongain a Cille Choinneach a’ bruidhinn ri Magaidh Chaimbeul anns a’ Mhàigh 2000 mu na daoine a b’ àbhaist a bhi fuireach ann an Cille Choinneach, an càirdean agus an dreuchd aca, staid na rathaidean o chionn fhada agus an àireamh mhòr eich a bh’ ann, cho fèin-bhith ’s bha daoine ann an làithean òige, ‘Land Leagues’, tobraichean, a’ fàgail Cille Choinneach mar a bha e ochd bliadhna deug a dh’ aois, daoine fàgail an dùthaich a’ dol gu Canada an dèidh do ’n Glasairidh dùnadh, cho beag de dhaoine a th’ anns a’ Mhòinteach, na bàird Thirisdich agus meud na teaghlaichean.
Audio cassette recording of Neil MacArthur of Moss talking to Maggie Campbell in October 1999.
Neil MacArthur (Niall Sheumais Alasdair) of Moss talks to Maggie Campbell in October 1999 about his schooling at Heylipol and Cornaig, working on the croft with his uncle, the people who used to live in Moss and the ruins that are left, the many cartwrights who used work on the island, the shops, illicit whiskey stills, the wells in Moss, cutting turf to burn instead of peat, singers and songs, people from Mull, the roads, the new church at Heylipol built in 1903-4 and a bad storm in the 1930s on the night of a wedding.
Photocopied newspaper article about Tiree.
Local news about the resignation of postman Peter MacArthur of Ruaig and his replacement Hugh Lamont of Ruaig, medical student Wiiliam MacDiarmid, repairs to the mission hall at Balevullin, the resurfacing of the Baugh to Gott road and the successful harvest.
Photocopied newspaper article about the nursery mini road system.
Article about the mini road road system designed to teach nursey children about the dangers of two-way ytraffic.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, Autumn 1985 (2 copies).
Local news including the arrival of BT engineer Jim MacNaughton and family, also Malcolm O`Dea (Radar Station) and family, the upgrading of townships roads, the deterioration of the mains water, information on AI, sheep fecundity and unltrasonic scanning by vet Pat Boyd, RAF 518 Squadron reunion, article by Argyll & Bute Archivist Murdo MacDonald, school news, unemployment benefit, article about Rev. Donald MacCallum and a poem both in Gaelic by Neil Brownlie, Tiree Association, the history of Cornaig mill and a contribution from Rev George Donaldson.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 14, 14/11/1990.
Local news including safety fears over the road to the Hynish, fire alarms at Taigh a` Ruadh, the crisis in crofting as sheep and cattle prices plummet, news from the school and from MP Ray Michie.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, Free supplement, 30/9/1992.
Local news including the need for the appointment of a Returning Officer so that the Community Council election can proceed, the state of the roads and the question of school uniforms.
