Photograph of the gravestone of Archibald Campbell, Mannal (1871-1899), probably in Australia. From an album found in Mannal House (2015.55.3).
2015.55.4
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2015.55.3
Ornate, leather-bound photograph album with brass clasp containing 21 formal portraits of the MacDonald/Campbell family, relatives and friends, from the late 1800s, plus one of the gravestone of Archibald Campbell and a memorial card with photo of Archibald Campbell, who died in 1899. No other information is available. From a collection from Mannal House. The photos are accessioned separately (see 2015.55.4 to 2015.55.19; V192-9 & W100-7).
2015.41.3
Large hardback book ‘Leabhar na Feinne’, 1872. Published collection of heroic Gaelic ballads from the period 1512-1871, presented to Cornaigmore School by James Coates, Paisley, in 1905. James Coates donated many books to Tiree, including The Reading Room’s library (now An Iodhlann). From a collection from Mannal House.
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Fabric covered book ‘Songs of Victory’, 1925. Hymn book belonging to Mary B MacDonald, Mannal House.
2015.41.1
Small hardback book ‘Xenophon’s Anabasis’, 1892. Greek school text belonging to Donald MacDonald who probably had Mannal connections. Handwritten on the inside front cover is “Donald MacDonald, High School, Glasgow”. From a collection from Mannal House.
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Black and white photograph of the other side of MacLean’s Cross in Soroby Cemetery, taken around the 1930s. From a collection of photographs from Mannal House.
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Black and white photograph of one side of MacLean’s Cross in Soroby Cemetery, taken around the 1930s. From a collection of photographs from Mannal House.
2015.40.21
Black and white photograph of a ferry alongside Gott pier around the 1910s. From a collection of photographs from Mannal House.
2015.40.20
Black and white postcard photograph of two well-dressed young girls with a scooter in 1915, probably members of the family of Catherine Campbell, Mannal. On the reverse is written “Kathleen and Elizabeth Robson. Taken in Newcastle, April 1915. With much love to dear Miss Campbell”, and addressed to “Miss C Campbell, Fairview, Mannal, Tiree”. From a collection of photographs from Mannal House.
2015.40.19
Black and white postcard portrait photograph of Catherine Campbell, Mannal, with a couple and their five children outside a dressed-stone house around the 1930s. From a collection of photographs from Mannal House.
