Black and white photograph of Neil MacKinnon, Heanish.
Neil MacKinnon of Heanish who was awarded the DSM or DSC for services with the Merchant Navy at Dunkirk. Uncle of Neil and Iain Johnston, died around 1945. (Check rank ? Chief Engineer)
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.
Photocopied newspaper article about Tiree.
Local news about the good weather, visitors enjoying Vaul links, the chairman of the new school board: Hugh MacDiarmid, lambs, the pier works, acting mate J MacKinnon of Vaul who is to sail for Ontario and visits to boarded-out children by Mr MacInnes of the Glasgow Parish Council.
Photocopied newspaper article about Tiree.
Local news about the good weather and the spring flowers, the golf course, the return of Alex Sinclair from China, the deaths of John MacDonald of Sackhill, Ruaig and of the mother of Charles MacNeil.
Photocopied newspaper article about Tiree.
Local news about a visiting artist, the arrival of cement for the new pier, the home visit of Chief Engineer John Brown of Mannal, the opening of the schools after the summer holidays, harvesting, the new club house at Vaul golf course, the end of the tourist season, the meeting of the Parish Council at the Reading Room and return from holiday of Miss Robertson to Scarinish Post Office
Photocopied certificates of discharge for seaman Hector MacLean of Glasgow and Tiree.
Continuous Certificates of Discharge 1915- 1924 for seaman Hector MacLean (b. 1890)
Audio cassette recording of Hugh MacLean of Barrapol talking to John Donald MacLean in May 1998.
Hugh MacLean (Eòghann Dhòmhnaill Eòghainn Mhòir) of Barrapol talks to John Donald MacLean (Teòn Dòmhnall a’ Mhuilinn) about shipwrecks around the Tiree coasts, seamen’s burial grounds, fishing, shooting cormorants and geese, seaweed as food, the changes in people’s diet and children’s toys, his first bike, self-taught pipers and fiddlers, the genealogy of Pipe Major John MacDonald, the names of Kennavara’s cliffs and caves, and Heylipol School. Tha Eòghann Dhòmhnaill Eòghainn Mhòir a Goirtean Dòmhnall a’ bruidhinn ri Teòn Dòmhnall a’ Mhuilinn mu na luing-bhriste a tha mun cuairt cladaichean Thiriodh, cladha na maraiche, iasgach, a’ sealg sgairbh agus geòidh, ùis feamainn na biadh, na h-atharrachaidhean ann an biadh dhaoine agus dèideagan cloinne, a’ cheud rothair a bha aige fhèin, pìobairean agus fidhlearan a ionnsaich iad fhèin, Màidsear Pìobaireachd Iain Mhic Dhòmhnaill, ainmeannan agus uaimh Cheann a’ Bhara agus Sgoil na Mòintich.
Audio cassette recording of Hector Campbell of Garaphail interviewed by Margaret Bennett of the School of Scottish Studies.
Hector Campbell of Garaphail and Comrie talks to Margaret Bennett of the School of Scottish Studies about Gaelic songs and poetry, the music sailors from Ireland and the islands made at sea, the connections between Tiree and Skye, his boyhood, New Year, Halloween and May Day, superstitions, the weather, herbal remedies, fishing, seaweed as food, the changes in crofting practice, what happened when someone died, dances, washing days and health.
Audio cassette recording of Hugh MacLeod of Cornaigbeg talking to Maggie Campbell in November 1998.
Hugh MacLeod of Cornaigbeg talks to Maggie Campbell in November 1998 about the ships he sailed on between 1935 and 1945, the ports he visited in Newfoundland, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, his time at sea during World War II, being attacked by bombs and torpedoes and the repair of his ship in Malta, the cargo ships he worked on after the war and his pay as a seaman. Eòghann Mac Leòid o Còrnaig Bheag a’ bruidhinn ri Mairead Chaimbeul anns an t-Samhain 1998 mu dheidhinn na bàtaichean air an do sheòl e eadar 1935 agus 1945, na puirt ann a Newfoundland, Afriga, Astràilia agus New Zealand, a’ bhith seòladh aig àm an Cogadh Mòr, agus an tide a chuir e seachad ann am Malta a’ feitheamh ris am bata aige, na bàtaichean luchd air an do sheòl e as dèidh an cogadh agus am pathadh a bha aige na sheòladair.
Audio cassette recording of Hector Brown of Balephuil talking to Maggie Campbell in November 1998.
Hector Brown of Balephuil talks to Maggie Campbell in November 1998 about his first trip to sea at the age of 18 on the cargo ship SS Peril, the contents of his kitbag, the ship’s accommodation and his work as a deckhand/watch, the ports he visited around Britain and Ireland on board the SS Peril, ration books, coupons and some of the men he sailed with in the 1940s. Eachann Brùn o Baile Phuill a’ bruidhinn ri Mairead Chaimbeul anns an t- Samhain 1998 mu dheidhinn a chiad turus aige gu muir, air a bhàta SS Peril, nuair bha e ochd bliadhna deug, na rudan a bha na mhàileid, an obair a bha aige air a bhàta, na puirt air an do thadhail e timcheall Breatainn agus Èirinn, leabhraichean cuibhreann agus feadhainn de na daoine a bha a’ seòladh còmhla ris anns na 1940s.
