Highland Home Industries

Modern Highland Home Industries label

Highland Home Industries Ltd was a company 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] [4] [5]} Products included silver jewelry and tweed.

Papers relating to Highland Home Industries Limited are held in the National archives ^[6] and the archives of the University of Edinburgh. ^[7]

Queen Mary visited an exhibition of Highland Home Industries work in Glasgow in 1938. ^[8]

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. ^[9] 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. admin (2011-11-16). "Highland Home Industries – and much more". ANTIDOTE TO GLOOM. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
2. admin (2018-12-03). "Highland Home Industries: a first-hand account". ANTIDOTE TO GLOOM. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
3. 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.
4. "Highland Home Industries - Graces Guide". www.gracesguide.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
5. "Gairloch Pattern". Gairlochmuseum. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
6. Highland Home Industries Ltd, tweed merchants. 1912–1974.
7. "Highland Home Industries Papers, 1936-1937 | University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections". archives.collections.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
8. "QUEEN MARY VISITS GLASGOW EXHIBITION". British Pathé. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
9. "MHG41168 - Highland Home Industries, The Square, Strathpeffer - Highland Historic Environment Record".