Hebridean Trust newsletter, Spring 2008
Hebridean Trust newsletter, Spring 2008. Articles and photographs about Treshnish Isle seabird survey, archaeological digs by Glasgow University on the Treshnish Isles, Raleigh International expedition to help clean Tiree`s beaches, artwork by J Morton Boyd, solar powered lights on the Treshnish Isles, Hynish Centre refurbishment, Hebridean Trust housing, Accommodation on Tiree. Photographs include Monica Smith and Janet Mackintosh
Line drawing of Hynish by Norman R Harvey
Print of line drawing (brown ink on card) of Hynish by Norman R Harvey
Charts and plans for the construction of Skerryvore lighthouse
Photocopied pages of charts and plans from Stevenson`s account of Skerryvore lighthouse, published in 1843. Includes: map of Britain showing location of Tiree and Skerryvore, plan of Hynish showing pier, dock reservoir, lightkeepers and seamens houses etc., charts of Skerryvore rocks and minor skerries, plans of Skerryvore rocks showing during low and high tides, plans of the curves for the lighthouse towers, engineers sketch of the marine dynamometer, plans of the temporary barrack, scaled elevation of completed lighthouse, longitudinal and transverse sections of the lighthouse, engineers sketches of the balance crane used and Hynish dock. An online version can be viewed at https://archive.org/details/accountofskerryv1848stev
Proposals for siting An Iodhlann archive in Cornaig Mill, An Talla and Hynish, 1997.
Documents relating to the proposal to site the An Iodhlann archive in Cornaig Mill, An Talla and Hynish, along with a business plan dated 1997.
Copy of letter to Mrs Lynneth Salisbury, Hynish, from a previous resident of Hynish House, 2006.
Copy of letter to Mrs Lynneth Salisbury, Hynish, dated 09/06/06 from someone she bumped into in the Antarctic in 2006. The person (un-named) once stayed in Hynish House as a small child in the 1950s. The letter includes photocopies of 31 photographs.
Five images of a letter dated 26th April 1903 written by Mrs Jessie Wallace.
Letter dated 26th April 1903 written by Mrs Jessie Wallace, the sister of Rev. John Gregorson Campbell, plus a short poem in Gaelic, found in a copy of ‘Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland’.
Journal extract `Crofters` Common Grazings in Scotland` by James R. Coull.
Paper on common grazings in Scotland with references to Kenovay, Salum, Barrapol, Hough, Balephuil, Ruaig, Hynish and the Reef.
Postcard of the Hynish complex.
The Hynish complex.
Copy of black and white photograph of the Napier family on holiday in Hynish in 1947.
The Keepers` Cottages at Hynish, 1947. L-R: Two unknown visitors, Mary Napier, her daughter Isabel and son Ramsay. (Donated photo in Filing Cabinet 9 drawer 1)
Copy of black and white photograph of the Napier family on holiday in Hynish in 1947.
At the top of the Signalling Tower at Hynish 1947. L-R: Unknown, unknown, Mary Napier and her son Ramsay, unknown. (Donated photo in Filing Cabinet 9 drawer 1)
