Typewritten account of the construction of roads in Tiree between 1934 and 1954 by Archie MacKinnon, Cornaigmore.
Information about the construction of the Cornaig to Scarinish road in 1934, the Ruaig to Caoles road in 1942, the Cornaigmore to Balevullin road in 1946 and the Vaul road in 1948 written by Archie MacKinnon, Cornaigmore.
Photocopied letter from Hugh MacDiarmid to the Duke`s chamberlain dated 7/12/1898.
Letter from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 7/12/1898 to the Duke`s chamberlain about the deaths of two crofters, Archibald Brown of Mannal and Donald MacDonald of Ruaig, the state of the miller`s house at Cornaig (rotten flooring), and a request by Donald MacFadyen to build a store in Cornaigmore and a Coal-ree at Kenovay.
Black and white photograph of Ruaig School in 1952-3.
Ruaig School in 1952-3. L-R: (back row) Mary Gardiner; Annie MacLelland; May Meechan; Jane Meechan; Irene MacDonald, Machair House; Jean MacFarlane, teacher; (2nd back row) John MacLelland; Agne MacCulloch; Jean Cunningham; Sandra Band; Tommy MacKinnon, Vaul; Agnes Law; Gavin Clark; (3rd back row) Mary Ann MacLean; John Shanks; Robert MacDonald; David Conn; Lachie MacDonald; Alfie Tarbert; (front row) Mary MacInnes; Ann MacKinnon (Langley); Sylvia MacKinnon; Betty Cunningham; Ellen Macinnes.
Black and white photograph of children with two Clydesdale horses.
A pair of yoked Clydesdale horses, taken in Ruaig. Children and year unknown.
Booklet titled `Isle of Tiree` edited by Mona MacDonald, with photocopy.
Guide to townships on Tiree, local advertising and map. Accession includes photocopy of same.
Ordnance Survey map, sheet NM04NE, 1:10,000.
Map of Vaul, Salum, Caoles, Milton, Brock, Ruaig and Kirkapol showing contour lines, roads and paths, boundaries, townships and buildings, bridges and cattle grids, rivers and drains, sites of antiquities, vegetation and rock features.
Hand-drawn Gaelic map of Ruaig, Salum and Caoles.
Gaelic map of Ruiag Salum and Caoles showing houses, field or croft boundaries and names of sea-inlets.
Black and white photograph of Ruaig School in the mid-1920s.
Ruaig School in the mid-1920s. The teachers are Robert MacLeod (Campbeltown) and Christina MacKinnon (Tobermory), who had family from Scarinish. They married in 1930 in Glasgow and had one child, Peter, born in the Ruaig School House in 1933.
Copy of black and white photograph of Ruaig School in 1932-3.
Ruaig School, 1932-3. (See 2002.167.7 for details)
Ordnance Survey map sheet LXV.
Map of the eastern areas of Tiree from Baugh in the south to the Ringing Stone in the north, at a scale of 6 inches to the mile (1:10,560).
