Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Physical Object: Flora MacDonald's prayer book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 26 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Object Number 1013 Prim Media 201 Material organic, wood Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 65 Type The nature or genre of the resource Physical Object Title A name given to the resource St Kilda mailboat Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource eulac3d Date Modified Date on which the resource was changed. 23/12/2021 Subject The topic of the resource Highlands Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. West Highland Museum Description An account of the resource By the late 1890s a unique system of mail dispatch had developed on the remote Scottish archipelago of St Kilda. Letters were enclosed in a waterproof receptacle, usually a sheep’s bladder, attached to a homemade buoy, and launched into the sea in the hope that they would wash ashore on the mainland and be forwarded on by whoever chanced upon them. They were aiming for them to find land in the Outer Hebrides on the Isle of Lewis, but depending on the current, it could take weeks or months for letters to reach their destination. There are records of mailboats washing ashore as far afield as Norway. Life of these remote islands was harsh and in August 1930 the island was evacuated on the request of the islanders and the archipelago abandoned. This mailboat came into the museum’s care sometime before 1938. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scottish Highlands & Islands Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. find,57.8111196,-8.5677486; Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived objects,highlandlife Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. West Highlands Museum