Article ‘Inspired by Tiree’ by Mavis Gulliver revealing how her children’s novel ‘Cry at Midnight‘ evolved. Scottish Islands Explorer magazine, Sept/Oct, 2014.
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2020.11.1
Photographs of three items belonging to the descendants of island factor Hugh MacDiarmid (1846-1928), who lived at Island House, Heylipol, during 1876-1928.
an Entada phasaeoloides ‘sea-bean’ found on the beach by the factor’s daughter, Meta MacDiarmid, and made into a pendant for her (possibly by her fiance).
a brass plaque from a wooden box of silver plated cutlery presented by people of Tiree to Meta on her marriage.
a coffee or chocolate pot presented by the Duke of Argyll to Hugh MacDiarmid in 1906, probably on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
a gold brooch given to Meta by her Godmother, Lady Frances Balfour. It was stolen from their home in Malaya and later found by one of the servants in a local market. The pearls are thought to be Scottish.
2013.22.1
Coconut
Whole coconut found on the shore at Hynish by Alec Hector MacDonald in winter 2009/2010 and given to John Bowler. Coconuts drift up the Gulf Stream from the Caribbean and occasionally wash up on Tiree`s shores after westerly gales.
2006.143.2
Sea bean Macuna sloanei
Sea bean, horse-eye bean – Macuna sloanei, with a letter of identification from the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh dated 12.6.06 (letter in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 4). The seed of a tropical plant carried north on the Gulf Stream and washed up on Tiree’s shore.
2006.143.1
Sea bean Entada phasaeoloides.
Sea bean Entada phasaeoloides, with letter of identification from the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh dated 14.7.1998 (letter in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 4). The seed of a tropical plant carried north on the Gulf Stream and washed up on Tiree’s shore.
1999.22.2
Photocopied extract from `The Oxford Dictionary on CD` about cowage.
Information about cowage or cowhage, tropical beans sometimes washed ashore in Britain.
1999.22.3
Webpage printout about sea-hearts.
Information about sea-hearts, tropical beans sometimes washed ashore in Britain.
1999.22.4
Webpage printout about sea-beans from `The Shetland Times Online`.
Information about tropical beans sometimes washed ashore in Britain.
1999.22.5
Photocopied e-mail message about sea-beans.
Photocopied e-mail about tropical beans sometimes washed ashore in Britain.
1999.22.6
Photocopied webpages about sea-beans.
Information about tropical beans sometimes washed ashore in Britain.