Paperback book `The People of the Great Faith` by Douglas Ansdell.
The history of the Church in the Highlands 1690-1900.
1999.302.8
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2000.50.7
Hardback book `The West Highland Galley` by Denis Rixson.
The history of the west highland galley or birlinn.
1998.320.25
Hardback book `Tales of Whisky and Smuggling` by Stuart McHardy.
The story of the war between a hostile London government and large numbers of cottage whisky-makers, mostly in the Highlands.
De-accessioned 20.3.2026.
1998.320.13.1
Paperback books describing the Western Islands of Scotland circa 1549 and 1695.
(1) Written by a native and Gaelic speaker, it casts light on the Hebrides when the old structure of society held sway before the Jacobite rebellions (for Tiree see pp 294-6). Includes Martin Martin`s `A Voyage to St Kilda`. (2) A description of the Hebrides in 1549 by Sir Donald Monro, High Dean of the Isles, which presents an account of a pastoral visit to the islands still coping with the turbulent period after the fall of the Lords of the Isles.
2000.97.5
Paperback booklet ‘Tireragan – A Township on the Ross of Mull’ by Carol Riddell, 1996. A study of the local history of a township on the Ross of Mull. Includes second, spring-bound copy printed from www.northnet.com.au in 2003.
2000.182.5
Family tree of tacksmen of Tiree 1660-1716 by Major MacLean Bristol.
Family tree of tacksmen of Tiree 1660-1716 by Major MacLean Bristol.
2000.183.3
Photocopied extract `The history of the seaweed industry: a miscellany of industries` by Ernest Booth.
The history of seaweed industry and the uses of agar, carrageen, feeding stuff and fertilisers.
2001.1.4
Paperback book `A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland circa 1695` by Martin Martin, 1703
Written by Martin Martin a native and Gaelic speaker, it casts light on the Hebrides when the old structure of society held sway before the Jacobite rebellions (for Tiree see pp 294-6). Includes Martin Martin`s `A Voyage to St Kilda`, and `A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland` 1549, by Sir Donald Monro, High Dean of the Isles, which presents an account of a pastoral visit to the islands still coping with the turbulent period after the fall of the Lords of the Isles.
1999.134.2
Typewritten family tree for the House of Argyll.
Family tree for the House of Argyll.
1998.323.18
Hardback book `The Scottish Regiments 1633-1996` by Patrick Mileham.
An illustrated history of each of the twelve Scottish regiments.