Highland Home Industries
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Highland Home Industries Ltd was set up to showcase the work of crafts persons in the Scottish Highlands and Islands.[1][2] It was established to promote the interests of the home workers, enabling them to find a profitable market for their products.[3] Products included silver jewelry and tweed.
Papers relating to Highland Home Industries Limited are held in the National archives[4] and the archives of the University of Edinburgh.[5]
Queen Mary visited an exhibition of Highland Home Industries work in Glasgow in 1938.[6]
Helma McCallum, Organiser for Shetlands and North of Scotland Area was awarded an MBE in 1961. The shop that she ran closed in the late 1970s[7] Ethel Jean Stewart (Mrs. Cichla), General Manager, was awarded in Birthday Honours 1968 and Winifred Alured Shand, Organiser in the Outer Hebrides was awarded in 1964.
References
[edit]- ^ admin (2011-11-16). "Highland Home Industries – and much more". ANTIDOTE TO GLOOM. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ admin (2018-12-03). "Highland Home Industries: a first-hand account". ANTIDOTE TO GLOOM. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ www.bibliopolis.com. "Highland Home Industries Ltd. Scottish Handcrafters Trade Catalogue by Highland Home Industries Ltd, Edinburgh on Harropian Books". Harropian Books. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ Highland Home Industries Ltd, tweed merchants. 1912–1974.
- ^ "Highland Home Industries Papers, 1936-1937 | University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections". archives.collections.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ "QUEEN MARY VISITS GLASGOW EXHIBITION". British Pathé. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ "MHG41168 - Highland Home Industries, The Square, Strathpeffer - Highland Historic Environment Record".