Photocopied notes of landmark dates in the history of Coll.
Some landmark dates in the history of Coll.
1997.130.4
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Dates: 1600s
1997.130.7
Photocopied list of some landmark dates in Tiree`s history.
Short list of landmark dates in Tiree`s history.
1997.132.1
Photocopied extract from `The Drove Roads of Scotland` by A R B Haldane, pp 72-3, 84-9, 225-7, 236-41.
The drove roads of Argyll with appendices about salting beef, extracts from reports and etsimates by Thomas Telford relative to the Rannoch Road, General Roy`s survey, the bridge at Awe and the Falkirk tryst, plus two maps.
2002.131.19
Newspaper cutting `The Quern-dust Calendar` by Ronald Black.
The hunter-gatherer and poet Domhnall mac Fhionlaigh nan Dan who lived near Lochaber in 16th century.
2002.131.58
Paperback book `The Lord of the Isles` by Raymond Campbell Paterson.
The rise and fall of Clan Donald.
2002.124.1
Newpaper article about kelp-making by George Mitchell.
Article about a fortnight spent on Tiree by George Mitchell as an Edinburgh University student researching the kelp industry.
2002.119.8
Hardback book `The Northern and Western Islands of Scotland` by Frances J Shaw.
An investigation into the economy of the Scottish islands in the 17th century.
2000.10.21
Book `Scotland: An Archaeological Guide` by Euan W. MacKie.
Scotland`s history and archaeology from earliest times to the 12th century A.D. Geographical arrangement of major sites with Tiree`s Dun Mor Vaul broch pp. 159 – 160.
2000.10.6
Book `The Church in the Highlands` ed. by James Kirk.
Late medieval church and culture, the Reformation and Gaelic culture – John Carswell`s translation of `The Book of Common Order`, Roman Catholicism, Disruptions and controversies in the Highland Church, the Gaelic Bible, Highland Churches today
2000.10.8
Book `The Book of Barra` ed. by John Lorne Campbell.
Local and religious history, schools, customs and topography, agriculture, fishing and other industries, literature, the Crofters` Commission (1883), Norse Place-names, flora and fauna, and index of persons and places.