Photocopied journal extract `The Island of Tiree` by Rev. William Reeves.
Early history of Tiree and ecclesiastic remains.
1998.140.1
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Township: balemartine
1998.83.1
Photocopied newspaper article about Tiree (incomplete).
Incomplete copy of an article by George E. Meston about a visit to Tiree in the 1930s, includes paragraphs about the air and ferry services, Gott pier, the wild flowersand lochans, Mr Sinclair in Balemartine and his gramophone and wireless sets, St Columba and Skerryvore.
1998.83.3
Photocopied newspaper article about Rev Alan G. Hasson.
Article about an Orange Parade in Glasgow in July 1959 led by Grand Master Rev. Alan G. Hasson on horseback. Alan Hasson was brought up at Cnoc Gorm in Balemartine and educated at Cornaig school.
2003.35.2
Seven O/S maps with hand-drawn croft numbers and boundaries, 1977
Seven O/S maps with croft numbers and boundaries drawn in by donor`s sister, Mary Robertson: (1) sheet NL 93 NE Hynish and West Hynish, (2) sheet NL 94 NE Hough, Balevullin, Kilmoluaig, Cornaigmore, Cornaigbeg and Kenovay and boundaries of Croish, Cornaigmore Farm and Kilmoluaig common grazing, (3) sheet NL 94 SE Moss, Barrapol, Balephuil, Balemartine, Balinoe, Heylipol and Crossapol and boundaries of Kilmoluaig common grazing, Barrapol Farm and Heylipol Farm, (4) sheet NL 94 NW Hough and Balevullin, (5) sheet NL 94 SW Middleton, Sandaig and Kilkenneth, (6) sheet NM 04 NW Balephetrish, Scarinish, Gott, Kirkapol and Vaul and boundaries of Scarinish Farm and Balephetrish special common, (7) sheet NM 04 SW Baugh and Scarinish.
1999.234.3
Black and white aerial photograph of Balemartine and Cu` Dhheis.
Aerial photograph of Balemartine and Cu` Dhheis.
1998.38.1
Photocopied letter dated 1962 from the curator of the Hunter Coin Cabinet, the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.
Letter dated 1962 from the curator of the Hunter Coin Cabinet of the Hunterian Museum Glasgow about three 17th century coins found in Balemartine by James MacArthur, Moss. His son Neil still has the coins.
2003.29.1
Audio cassette recording of John Fletcher, Balemartine, interviewed by Maggie Campbell on 8/2/2003.
John Fletcher of Balemartine talks to Maggie Campbell in March 2003 about different methods of domestic lighting, such as oil lamps, Chinese lanterns and Tilley lamps, their use and maintenance, before electricity came to Tiree in the mid-1950s; also the use of dog-fish liver oil in the cure of ringworm and scurvy. Tha Iain Fletcher a Baile Mhartainn a’ bruidhinn ri Magaidh Chaimbeul ann am Mart 2003 mu dòighean soillse de gach seòrsa ann an dachaigh mar làmpa ola, làmpa Shìna agus làmpa Tilley, am feum agus an dòigh air an cumail an òrdugh mun dh’ thàinig an dealan do Thiriodh anns na leth-ceudan, cuideachd feum ola grùthan a’ bhearaich airson leighis buaileag-thimchill agus an t-achas tioram.
2003.18.22
Black and white postcard of Balemartine Schoolhouse postmarked 1908.
Balemartine Schoolhouse before World War I.
2003.18.23
Black and white postcard of Balemartine from the north in the early 20th century.
Balemartine looking south before 1910.
1999.60.17
Black and white photograph of Balemartine in 1928.
Headmistress Kate Wilson’s house in Balemartine photographed by Robert Bruce Webster in 1928.
