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This Collection of his Writings and Photographs is a Memorial
​to the Life and Work of Murdoch MacKenzie              
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THE MACDONALD COLLECTION 

The image above shows Murdoch presenting the Macdonald Collection to:
The Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre  (click to make the link).

You can also visit the associated website: www.macdonaldsisters.com/ to peruse 32 Galleries containing 900 photographs of many items in the Macdonald Sisters Collection. Included among the photographs are reproductions of the original notes and (often wry) comments that the sisters made on their work.

INVENTORY as at MARCH 2010

Collected and Collated by Murdoch MacKenzie

THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK OF MAIREAD MACDONALD

   1-37                South African Scenes in colour
   38                   Sacred Wild Swan – Gaelic and English
   39                   Indian Legend – Hindustani and English
   40 –51            Cartoons in Gaelic – mainly black and white
   52-92              Cartoons in English – mainly black and white
   93 – 108         Paintings of Ceramics
   109 – 310       Designs for wallpaper
   311-373          Pictures – various
   374-375          Designs for wallpaper
   376-377          Pictures
   377                 Design for wallpaper
   379-80            Two roundels
   381-404          Designs for wallpaper
   405                 Unfinished picture
   406 –415        Designs for various hangings and curtains
   416-428          Various designs
   429-431          Designs for fire-screens
   432-434          Fire-screen paintings on fabric
   MX 01-07        Oil paintings – presumably Mairead
   MX 09-11        Oil paintings – presumably Mairead
   M U1-12          Unfinished pieces of work

THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK OF CATRIONA MACDONALD

   MX 08             Oil painting
   1-129             Paintings of objects copied in the British Museum and in museums elsewhere
   1-20               Ceramic-ware designs
   21-22             Ornamentation
   23                  Lion on glazed bricks
   24-32             Architectural features
   33-34             Sculptured pavements
   35                  Carved marble panel - Athens
   36-38             Chinese ornament
   39-60             Miscellany of ornamentation
   61-69             Brocades
   70                  Velvet
   71-84             Chintzes
   85-90             Cottons
   91-107           Linens
   108-121         Cotton
   122-129         Silk
   130                Linen
   131-189         Designs for wallpaper
   190                Design for hand-printed dress fabric to be printed on linen
   191-201         Designs for wallpaper
   202-204         Designs for hand-printed/block printed dress material
   205-229         Designs for wallpaper
   230-246         Designs for a variety of curtains, hangings and furnishings
   247                Design for triangular scarf
   248-253         Designs for curtains         
   254                Coverings for chairs and settees
   255-257         Designs for curtains
   258-259         Items copied from museum Rhenish linen and silk
   260                Ornamentation – Byzantine, Renaissance, Tudor
   261                Romanesque gold brocade
   262-263         Birds

UNSIGNED WORK

   1U – 73U       Various designs
   UU1 and UU2  Unsigned and Unfinished

MISCELLANEOUS

Tube from Royal Society of Arts, Adelphi, W.C.2 containing:

   Registration Certificates as qualified designers for industry 1943  Mairead and Catriona
   Membership Certificates as elected Fellows of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts,
   Manufacturers and Commerce  1943     Mairead and Catriona
   Photo-copies of comments made, especially by Mairead, from reverse side of pieces of art-      
   work. (not digitised) Each bears the number of the relevant artwork.

UNFINISHED SKETCHES

   136 Harrow School of Art Life Drawings etc 
    40 sketches of greeting cards and cartoons  7x5 inches approx
    40 sketches on card – mainly of plants   4x7 inches approx
    23 assorted sketches – amazing detail  7x5 inches or less
      5 sketches on tracing paper – sketches for paintings  14x10 inches approx

TEXTILES

These are in 4 bags A,B,C and D

   A  6 pieces of cloth – printed – possibly all their own designs.
       2 skirts and 2 lengths of cloth – possibly purchased items to copy.

   B  1 tablecloth   4 cushion covers  2 scarves  22 handkerchiefs  1 skirt  1 hat
        1 odd printed belt

   C  4 stitched baby dresses – not printed     3 silk ladies’ dresses – not printed

   D  8 printed ladies blouses (some matching the dresses)

   E  9 printed ladies’ dresses – their own designs

   F  1 fine cotton block-printed scarf – using existing printing blocks

PRINTING BLOCKS

   1       Set of 8 small
   2       Set of 8 small
   3       Set of 10 small
   4       Set of 2 large
   5       Set of 2 medium
   6       1+4 of set – large
   7       5/6/2/3 on one block (possibly with 6 above)
   8       1 large – just says ‘TOP’
   9       2 small 9+10
 10       1 large – very interesting
 11       1 large – very interesting
 12       1 small – rather crude
 13       2 metal blocks – New Improved Gillette Safety Razor
 14       7 mixed – different style of blocks
 15       7 – possibly from same set
 16       1 – single block ‘TOP’
 17       2 different style of block – very interesting
 18       2 blank blocks with 1 just beginning to be carved

WOODEN PAINT BOXES

   2 Reeves and Sons Ltd  - condition is exactly as left by the artists

COMMENTS FROM ACADEMICS ON THE ARTWORK

   Zoe Hendon                   Middlesex University
   Margaret Hall-Townley     Goldsmiths University of London
   Peter Roach                   Westminster University
   Stephen Jackson            National Museums of Scotland
   Ann Jones                     Heriot Watt University

MENUS FROM VOYAGES, AIRLINE FLIGHTS and VARIOUS HOTELS WORLDWIDE

   107    Menus with dates from 24 November 1928 – 28 October 1986
   32      Menus + cards undated
   39      Ancillary documents giving details of cruises and other information

COLLECTION OF PENS AND PENCILS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Malta, Sark, Mont Orgueil Castle Jersey, Cathedral Church of St John the Divine, New York City, Blenheim Palace, Syon House, Colonial Gateway Inn St Pete Beach, Fla, Portugal, Florida, British Museum Natural History, Funchal Madeira, Empire State Building New York City, The Royal Pavilion Brighton, Cardiff Castle, Cutty Sark, Harewood House, Woburn Abbey, The Taj Mahal Intercontinental, St Peter’s Church Sark

HMS Victory, Queen Elizabeth 2, Canberra, Queen Elizabeth 2,

Walaprasad Radhakrishna Cawnpore,

COLLECTION OF STAMPS 

There are many stamps and these have yet to be examined. This is work ongoing.

COLLECTION OF COINS

   AUSTRALIA  half penny 1961

   AUSTRIA     1 schilling 1960,1966, 1967
                      10 groschen 1970

   BRITISH CARIBBEAN TERRITORIES     5 cents  1956, 1964
                                                               10 cents 1965(2)
                                                               25 cents 1965
              Barbados                                  10 cents 1973(2)

   CALIFORNIA      1849 – two items – perhaps not coins

   CANADA    1 cent 1940, 1942, 1944
                    5 cents 1933, 1964

   CEYLON  1 cent 1928

   CHANNEL ISLANDS   Jersey         One Twenty Fourth of a Shilling 1894
                                    Guernsey     1 penny 1979  2 penny 1979

   CZECHOSLOVAKIA          10? 1969(2)

   DENMARK          25 ore  1967 (2)   
                              1 krone  1967

   FRANCE               5 centimes 1936, 1939, 1969
                             10 centimes 1918, 1923, 1925
                             20 centimes 1964
                             25 centimes 1927 (2)
                             50 centimes 1922
                             Half a franc 1966
                             1 franc  1908, 1924, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1960, 1961
                             5 francs  1949 (2) 1964
                             10 francs 1980
                             20 francs  1933, 1951
                             50 franc note dated 28/2/1935

 GERMANY              5 pfennig  1950 (2), 1966, 1968
                             10 pfennig 1950 (2)
                             1 mark 1963
                             2 marks 1966

   GREECE              10? 1912
                              20? 1912

   INDIA                 Paper money  Rs5, Rs2, Rs1
                              5 paise 1968
                              10 paise 1971, 1972, 1973 (2), 1974
                              25 paise 1974
                              50 paise 1973
                              Planned Families Food for All paise, no dates (2)
                              One twelfth of an anna 1924
                              One quarter of an anna 1924
                              2 annas 1890, 1917
                              East India Company 1835 William 111 King

   ITALY                 5 cents 1955
                              10 cents 1920, 1924, 1926, 1936 (2), 1951, 1953
                              20 cents 1908, 1913, 1918 (2), 1921
                              1 lire 1922
                              50 lire 1964, 1967
                              100 lire 1956 (2), 1958, 1963, 1965

   JUGOSLAVIA        5 para 1980
                              10 para 1974, 1978, 1979, 1981
                              20 para 1979, 1980 (2), 1981
                              50 para  1977
                               1 dinar 1980
                               5 dinar 1972, 1980, 1981

   MALTA                  2 cents 1976, 1977 (3)
                               5 cents 1972

   MEXICO              One very old coin

   MUSCAT AND OMAN     one quarter anna – date in another script

   NETHERLANDS             half a cent 1936

   SEYCHELLES                1 rupee 1977 (2)

   SOUTH AFRICA            5s George VI Rex 1652-1952

   SOUTHERN RHODESIA two shillings 1947

   SPAIN                          1 peseta 1953

   SWITZERLAND                20 centimes 1968
                                           1 franc 1914
                                           2 francs 1975, 1978
                                           half a franc 1881

   TUNISIA                            5 centimes  1904, 1908 (2)

   UGANDA    East Africa Protectorate        25 cents 1906

   UNITED KINGDOM          half penny 1874, 1900, 1907                                                          
                                          half pence 1971 (2), 1976 (2)
                                          one penny 1862, 1875, 1881, 1896, 1898 (2),
                                          1899, 1900 (2), 1901, 1902 (2), 1903 (2), 1905,
                                          1906 (2), 1907 (2), 1910 (3), 1911,1916, 1917
                                          Too old to identify 11.
                                          one pence 1986
                                          sixpence  1945, 1948, 1951, 1967
                                          one shilling  1958, 1960
                                          two shillings  1948, 1950
                                          two pound coins 1983 (2)
                                          Medal ?  (1) ‘In Commemoration of the 50th year
                                          of Queen Victoria’s Glorious Reign’

   URUGUAY                     50 centesimos 1893

   USA                               1 cent 1944, 1966, 1973
                                         5 cents 1926
                                         1 dime 1968, 1969, 1975
                                         one quarter dollar 1965
                                         one dollar notes  (3)

   REALLY OLD COINS       Too old to identify    15  
                                          One dated 1835
                                          One dated 1806 – George III?
                                          One dated 1799 Coventry halfpenny Pro Bono
                                          Publico

   UNIDENTIFIED COINS    Script not known therefore could not identify. 
   27

FAMILY MEMORABILIA

   The Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary – Edward Dwelly 4th edition 1941 Signed in Gaelic
   by Catriona and Mairead Macdonald 

   Macdonald stamp and seal of Dugald Macdonald

   Recipe book of Maggie Macdonald in frail condition
 
   Instruction on the belief and practice of the Roman Catholic Church script and 
   illustrations by presumed to be by Mairead Macdonald

   Biobull presented to Margaret MacKinnon by Anna MacPhee November 21st 1916 and used by  
   Catriona Macdonald by her bedside till she died. 

   Including newspaper cuttings on inside front cover of:

   1919 Margaret and Dugald wedding in Presbyterian Church of England in Oldham

   1971 Memorial notice: Dugald d 20th February 1961 (aged 80) and Margaret d 2nd March 
   1966 (aged 79)

   1990 Funeral notice for Mairead Macdonald in Sark

   Also containing card giving Marriage notices from The Scotsman May 3rd 1919

   Bookmarks of Association for International Cancer Research, for International Fund for Animal 
   Welfare as well as several cards with texts and Bible pictures.

   Inside back cover:

   1969 Funeral notice for Alice Maud MacKinnon d 6th November 1969 aged 85 years wife of late 
   Ronald MacKinnon Cremation in Leeds on 10th November

   1986 Funeral notice for Donald Lachlan Mackenzie d  July 24th 1986 in Crieff Cottage Hospital

   2003 Funeral notice for Mary Elizabeth MacKinnon d July 3rd 2003 in Harrowgate Lodge 
   Nursing Home in Leeds aged 84 years

   Undated Funeral notice for Dorothy L MacKinnon aged 79 in York District Hospital

   BIOBULL Belonging to Mrs M Macdonald, Wentworth Street, Portree. No date of publication. 
   Frail condition. Two pressed leaves within the Bible in good condition.

HOLY BIBLE in English ‘Portree’ Public School   December 1892. Third Class. Boy’s PRIZE awarded to Dugald Macdonald for Writing. Signed by Andrew Gillanders, Headmaster. ( Muriel Gillanders, presumably daughter of Andrew Gillanders) married John MacKinnon, brother of Margaret MacKinnon who married Dugald Macdonald). The new Archive Centre is now on the site of Portree High School so that this Bible will be returned to the place from which it was presented in 1892.

THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER with HYMNS – with enclosed leaflet from  St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral Valetta  Sunday 19th November (no year mentioned) TRINITY 25 followed by; “The Flowers this Sunday are given in loving memory of Dugald and Margaret Macdonald”

JOHN ANGUS  Royal Berkshire Regiment – uniform buttons

SOUVENIRS FROM AIX-LES-BAINS  2 small vases

MALTA MEDAL  1   LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME ( worm-holes from India + Dugald’s signature)

FAMILY TREE

Available on e mail and on VERY LARGE documents. More work needs to be done here to reduce it to a more manageable size.

GENERAL BOOKS

Some of these may be donated to the Oban Community Library suitably inscribed as from the Macdonald Collection. They may not be suitable for the archive.

MISCELLANEOUS

PHOTOGRAPHS

From Sark including Catriona’s ashes’ burial, rooms in Demi de Balmee - their house in Sark showing their possessions.

70 scanned prints chosen from loose photographs by David Torlach  plus 1 original each annotated by Christine Torlach, professionally printed on photographic paper   On the DVD these scans are those in the “Individual photos” folder.

114 Macdonald and MacKinnon family photographs scanned images on a disc from early 1900’s till 1960’s taken from Family Photo Album, including Mairead and Catriona as babies. Includes Skye,  India, South Africa, England and various parts of Europe – all of which are reflected in their drawings and paintings. Disc by David Torlach

ARCHIVE-QUALITY COLOUR PHOTOCOPIES. Done on archive paper by Christine Torlach so the copies are more robust and long-lasting for possible exhibition in archives.

   Passports  (only relevant pages copied)

   a.       1948-1953  One for Dugald and Maggie. One each for Catriona, Mairead
   b.       1966-1971  One each for Catriona,Mairead
   c.       1976-1986  One each for Catriona, Mairead

   Death Certificates

   a.        Dugald 1961
   b.        Maggie 1966
   c.        Mairead 1990

   Marriage Certificate

   Dugald and Maggie 1919

   Birth Certificate

   Maggie 1886

   Financial

   a.        Cheques: signatures of all four
   b.        Hand-written (Dugald) Tax Letter

   News-cuttings Various Subjects

   a.          Donald Archie, Donald Lachlan and Donald Mackenzie OBE
   b.          Death notices – family
   c.          M MacKinnon
   d.          Gaelfonn and Dr Christine MacDougall
   e.          Winter’s coming – peat-cutting Staffin

   World War I and John Angus

   a.        Royal Berkshire Regiment Cenotaph
   b.        Staffin War Memorial
   c.         2 postcards from John Angus to his sister Maggie in 1915
   d.        Letter from John Angus to Maggie in 1915
   e.        King George VI Thank you to the Fallen
   f.         Copy (2007) of extract re John Angus in Scottish National War Memorial
   g.        Permit Book to allow Maggie MacKinnon to visit Skye in World War I

   Artwork

   a.        Maggie MacKinnon 1914
   b.        Children’s scribbling by Riona
   c.        Children’s scribbling by Margaret

   Will

   a.        Maggie’s hand-written will of 1959


   Telegrams

   a.        Death of Mary (Macdonald) MacKinnon 1927
   b.        Death of Annie Tolmie (MacKinnon) MacKenzie 1952

   Gaelic

   a.        Religious writings (loose)
   b.        Religious, doodles, sketches (notebook)
   c.        Gaelic-English Proverbs (notebook)

   Life on Sark – hand-written draft

   Catriona’s Diaries – copies of selected pages. These are mainly to demonstrate how it is 
   almost impossible to read/transcribe due to the minute handwriting:

   a.        5 pages 1966 – including the death of Maggie
   b.        5 pages 1990 – including death of Mairead

   Copies of Family Correspondence

   a.        From Mairead and Catriona to Christine (much family information for Family Tree Work) 
              1976, 1989, 2004
   b.        To Mairead and Catriona from Maud (Mrs Ronald MacKinnon) Airletter February 1968
   c.        To Mairead and Catriona from Mairi Ross January 1971 (3 pages)
   d.        To Mairead and Catriona from Nancy Mackenzie – Airletter September 1986
   e.        To Mairead and Catriona from Ann and Lamont Ross – photocopy Christmas note 1987
   f.         To Mairead and Catriona from Chrisanna Martin – 6 postcards 1987, 1988, 1991 (2), 
              1993, 1994  -  2 letters 1990, 1995
   g.        To Catriona from Donald MacKinnon (and Kathleen) – 6 letters 1990(2), 1992, 1993, 
              1994, c. 2003
   h.        To Catriona from Jimmy MacKinnon letter 1990
   i.         To Catriona from Kenneth MacKenzie – 2 letters 1990, 2006, 1 letter card 1991
   j.         To Catriona from Kit Macdonald 1 letter 1993

CDs AND DVDs

   The Macdonald Sisters – Artists  Produced by David Hitchin and Murdoch MacKenzie


   Antiques Roadshow 7th July 2007 at The Castle of Mey broadcast on 6th January 2008 with 
   Christine Torlach and Paul Atterbury

   Digitised Artwork – David Hitchin

NEWSPAPER REPORT

   The Oban Times   A View from The Tower by McCaig

OTHER PERSONAL PAPERS

Catriona’s Death – 
   Service of Thanksgiving and Sermon Inverness Crematorium 09/09/06 conducted by Murdoch 
   MacKenzie
   Funeral Notice West Highland Free Press 08/09/06
   St Peter’s Church Sark Memorial Service  Outline of Service
   Talk’s by Roger Browning and Kenneth MacKenzie
   Postcards of stained glass window’s in St Peter’s Church

KEMBLE CAMEO PIANO

   Now in the Haven in Uig

MASONIC MATERIAL (given for safe-keeping to Ronnie Mackinnon)

   1              District Grand Chapter of India under Scotland  - 20.3.1919
   2              Grand lodge of Scotland – 26.2.1914
   3              Grand Lodge of All Scottish Freemasonry in India 30.11.1917
   4              United Grand Lodge of England – 13.9.1909
   5              Supreme Council of Scotland – 12.2.1915
   6              Grand Lodge of Scotland – 21.11.1914
   7              The Supreme Council of Scotland – 12.2.1918
   8              The Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland – 30.1.1915
   9              The Indian Masonic Year Book 1918 – 1919

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