Photograph of Iain MacDonald and Donald Cameron, Balevullin
Black & white photograph of L-R: Iain MacDonald and Donald Cameron, Balevullin, stacking hay in the 1960s.
2010.80.12
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2010.53.36
Gaelic play `Beitidh` by Mairi A. Chaimbeul / Mary A Campbell (nee MacKinnon; b. 1888), Balevullin.
Manuscript in booklet form for a play in Gaelic and English titled `Beitidh`. Written by Mairi A. Chaimbeul of Heylipol and Balevullin. Mary was born in 1888 in Heylipol, the daughter of the ground officer. She became a teacher in Glasgow and married Captain Alexander Campbell in 1924, then retired to Balevullin. ‘Beitidh’ was the first of three plays written by her. Annotated with handwritten Gaelic and English, probably by Alasdair Sinclair, Brock.
2009.2.1
Copy of a croft rent receipt made out to Mr Neil MacKinnon, Balevullin 4, for £2. Paid on Whitsunday 1953. Received by Iain MacKinnon, Factor, Tiree. Shows blue two pence stamp.
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2008.59.1
Greeting card with a painting of Tobermory by Dorinda Johnson of Balevullin.
Greeting card with a painting of Tobermory by Dorinda Johnson of Balevullin.
2008.22.1
Colour photograph of Eilidh Kennedy of Balevullin in Taigh a` Rudha in 2002.
Eilidh Kennedy`s 100th birthday celebration at Taigh a’ Rudha in Scarinish in 2002. L-R: (foreground) Eilidh Kennedy and Major Nicholas Bristol-MacLean; (background) Lachie MacKinnon, Balephetrish; Peggy Campbell, Balemartine; Catriona Cameron, Crossapol; Grace Baxter; Jessie Cameron, Scarinish.
2008.22.2
Colour photograph of Vicky MacLean, Eilidh Kennedy and Elspeth Gillies in Taigh a` Rudha in 2002.
Taigh a` Rudha in Scarinish on the occasion of Eilidh Kennedy`s 100th birthday. L-R: Vicky MacLean of Kenovay, Eilidh Kennedy of Balevullin, Elspeth Gillies of Scarinish.
2007.78.1.1
Audio recordings of Jean MacCallum of Balevullin talking to Maggie Campbell on 20/6/2007.
Two cassette tapes (labelled AC430 1 & 2) of Jean MacCallum, Balevullin, talking with Maggie Campbell in June 2007. Tape 1 – about her trip to Orkney with Tiree Rural Development, the differences and similarities between the farming practices and way of life there, and the different resources on Orkney. Tape 2 – about her trip with Tiree Rural Development to Orkney and the hand-knitted jackets and waistcoats made there.
2007.22.1
Copy of a black and white postcard of Neil MacCallum at Balevullin.
Neil MacCallum and his son Alasdair at Balevullin in the 1970s.
2006.87.4
Colour photograph of the site of Donald MacDonald`s shop in Balevullin taken in 2002.
The site of Donald MacDonald`s shop in Balevullin, photographed by John Holliday in 2002.
2006.45.1
Copy of tintype photograph of Neil Cameron 1824-1909.
Neil Cameron (1824-1909) of Balevullin who emigrated to Canada on the `Charlotte` in 1849 with his widowed mother Flora MacFarlane Cameron and his brothers and sisters. He married Margaret Thornhill in 1857 and had five children: John, Robert, Margret Jane, Hugh and Flora. He moved to Michigan and then Minnesota where he took out American citizenship.
