Wax Letter Seal Belonging to Patrick SellarBrora Heritage Centre This wax seal was used by Patrick Sellar (1780-1851), forever associated with the notorious Sutherland Clearances from 1814. Sellar’s role as factor for the Sutherland Estate was complicated when he...
Selection of Works by Neil GunnDunbeath Heritage Museum Neil Gunn (1891 – 1973) was one of the most important writers of Scottish fiction in the early twentieth century. Starting with his first novel, The Grey Coast published in 1926, Gunn’s works explore Highland...
Lace Wedding Dress Gairloch Museum This beautiful cotton lace wedding dress belonged to Jessie MacKenzie of North Erradale. It has very tiny stitching, delicate detail at the front, and pleating around the neck. It was handmade and machine-sewn. Jessie was a primary...
Korean Bible Seaboard Centre This Bible, written in Korean, is a modern-day example of John Ross’s translation of the Christian Bible. In 1872, thirty-year-old John Ross was sent by the Scottish United Presbyterian Mission to Northeast China, where he founded...
South Korean Map Seaboard Centre This map of Pyongan Province in South Korea dates back to the early 1800s. It is part of the Seaboard Centre collection because of long-standing connections between the area of Easter Ross and Christians in present-day South Korea. ...
