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MS 500/35/110 |
Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco |
1 sheet description of unusual or noteworthy features
2 sheets further description
3 sheets map extracts
1 sheet location map and notes
5 sheets site sketches: details of building, grain elevator, millstones, waterwheel
2 postcards queries re. the mill
2 sheets correspondence
1 sheet biographical information about Mr Wm. Campbell Houston (1874-1933), nephew
of the miller, & designer of the new water-powered grain mill
1 sheet 'genealogy of the Houston family'
3 sheets correspondence, Wm. Campbell Houston to his uncle, Magnus Houston, plus
copy of orig. letter
1 sheet notes from conversation with Mr Magnus Houston, 27.4.1984
7 sheets correspondence, Wm. Campbell Houston to Mr. Magnus Houston, enclosing
drawings of new mill & machinery designs, and describing those drawings
3 sheets typed copy of the above letter
1 sheet article re. the mill from The Scottish Farmer, December 25, 1982
1 sheet article from Caithness Courier, 1 June 1983
6 sheets copies of correspondence to do with mill alterations, 1879, 1895, 1907
8 sheets copies of invoices for repairs/alterations to the mill from Donald Miller, Thurso
Engineering and James Kidd; 1896, 1905, 1925, 1926
3 sheets copies of valuation of machinery in Duncansbay, 1903
10 sheets copies of legal contract between Magnus Houston and Donald Miller for
erection of a new kiln 'and certain machinery'; 1901
4 sheets copies of handwritten notes on the geneaology of the Houston family, as prev.
25 colour photographs
14 b/w photographs
1 label from the mill
1 pre-recorded cassette 'The Auld Meal Mill', (Scottish songs), with photograph of the mill
from an 1888 painting on front of tape box
20.11.81, 26.4.1984, 30.4.1984 |
1981 |
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MS 749/346 |
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland |
John R Hume Industrial/CBA cards
Filed under Caithness, Canisbay parish. Contact prints attached (Hume photo index number H74/143/7, 10, 13).
(see NMRS MS/749 entry for Collection description) |
15/5/1974 |
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MS 749/347 |
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland |
John R Hume Industrial/CBA cards
Filed under Caithness, Canisbay parish. Contact prints attached (Hume photo index number H74/143/8, 9, 11).
(see NMRS MS/749 entry for Collection description) |
15/5/1974 |
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MS 7425 |
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
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Report from an archaeology and inventory of artefacts from John O'Groats Mill, Huna. |
9/8/2012 |
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