Highland Home Industries Explained

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

1. Web site: admin . 2011-11-16 . Highland Home Industries – and much more . 2024-08-05 . ANTIDOTE TO GLOOM . en.
2. Web site: admin . 2018-12-03 . Highland Home Industries: a first-hand account . 2024-08-05 . ANTIDOTE TO GLOOM . en.
3. Web site: www.bibliopolis.com . Highland Home Industries Ltd. Scottish Handcrafters Trade Catalogue by Highland Home Industries Ltd, Edinburgh on Harropian Books . 2024-08-05 . Harropian Books . en-US.
4. Book: Highland Home Industries Ltd, tweed merchants . 1912–1974.
5. Web site: Highland Home Industries Papers, 1936-1937 University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections . 2024-08-05 . archives.collections.ed.ac.uk.
6. Web site: QUEEN MARY VISITS GLASGOW EXHIBITION . 2024-08-05 . British Pathé . en-GB.
7. Web site: MHG41168 - Highland Home Industries, The Square, Strathpeffer - Highland Historic Environment Record.