Dates: 1700s

2000.10.14

Book `Traditional Gaelic Bagpiping 1745-1945` by John G. Gibson.

History of bagpiping from the Highlands to Cape Breton and Nova Scotia. Includes the Disarming Act, military piping, repertoire of civilian and military pipers, and competition piping. Also the influence of the church and emigration. Pages 6 and 192: Tiree.

2000.10.16

Book `Eigg – the Story of an Island` by Camille Dressler.

The story of Eigg and its inhabitants from earliest times to the present day, using written accounts, oral history, legends, song, and photographs. Covers crofting, clearances, clan battles, famine and changing landscapes until the community buy-out in June 1997.