Nine receipts from coal merchant Charles Lamont of Ruaig from 1940 to 1955.
Nine receipts from coal merchant Charles Lamont of Ruaig to John MacKinnon, Lodge Farm, Kirkapol dated from 1940 to 1955
2004.42.3
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2004.38.9
Black and white photograph of teacher Maggie Richardson nee MacLean in the 1920s or 30s.
Teacher Maggie Richardson (1907-1997) nee MacLean outside Sackhill, Ruaig in the 1920s or 30s.
2004.38.10
Black and white photograph of teacher Maggie Richardson nee MacLean in the 1930s.
Maggie (Magaidh Dhòmhnaill ’ic Neilidh) Richardson née MacLean, 1907-1997, teacher at Ruaig School. She was the first woman in Tiree with a car.
2004.38.19
Maggie MacLean (1907 -1997)
Photograph of Maggie MacLean of Balevullin.
Courtesy of Mrs Flora MacKinnon
Maggie MacLean of Balevullin was the Dux of Oban High School in 1925 and later graduated as a teacher. She taught locally in Ruaig School and then moved to Glasgow where she married Ernest Richardson.
Black and white photograph of siblings Maggie MacLean of Balevullin in the 1910s.
Maggie MacLean (1907-1997) of Balevullin on the day she graduated as a teacher in the late 1920s. Maggie was Dux of Oban High School in 1925, taught in Ruaig School then moved to Glasgow and married Ernest Richardson.
2001.98.1
Photocopied letter dated 11/5/1910 from Darah Lamont of Ruaig about his family tree.
Letter dated 11/5/1910 from Darah (Donald) Lamont of Ruaig to his cousin James Stuart MacFadyen at Blair Atholl Manse about their family, some in Australia and the USA.
1998.280.1
Audio cassette recording of Anneen Black talking to John Donald MacLean in June 1998.
Anneen Black (Anneen Mhòr Lachainn Iain) of Ruaig talks to John Donald MacLean (Teòn Dòmhnall a’ Mhuilinn) about her holidays each year on Tiree since childhood, friends and social visits, genealogy, Ruaig Post Office, church and Sunday School, Ruaig School, the achievements of Tiree people, her uncle Donald Lamont MBE, her life as a teacher/headmistress and advisor to Primary Education Services in Glasgow.
2001.155.1
Audio cassette recording of Professor Donald Meek talking to Maggie Campbell in Caoles in August 2001.
Professor Donald Meek talks to Maggie Campbell in Caoles in August 2001 about his schooldays at Ruaig, Cornaig and later in Oban, his language studies at Glasgow and Cambridge Universities, learning other Celtic languages, his concerns for the future of Gaelic, his 30 years teaching Gaelic, his hopes for the future, the changes in Caoles, the old occupations and the scarcity of spoken Gaelic, songs and poetry now.
2001.49.9
Photocopied newspaper article about Tiree.
Local news about the good weather and the spring flowers, the golf course, the return of Alex Sinclair from China, the deaths of John MacDonald of Sackhill, Ruaig and of the mother of Charles MacNeil.
2001.45.4
Photocopied extract `Sgeulachd air Sir Uallabh O`Corn` contributed by Rev John Gregorson Campbell.
Story told by Donald Cameron of Ruaig to Rev John Gregorson Campbell.
2004.7.1
Minidisk recording of Alasdair Sinclair and Duncan Grant talking to Dr John Holliday in An Iodhlann on 21/1/2004.
Alasdair Sinclair of Brock and Duncan Grant of Ruaig talk to Dr John Holliday in January 2004 about their Tiree connections and early memories of Ruaig, Brock and Soa, about Hugh Lamont (Eòghann Iain) from Ruaig, the postal service, Brock ceilidh house, thatched houses, quarrying stones at Brock and the tools used, handmade lintels, and collecting seaweed and birds’ eggs from Soa.