Hardback book `Tuath is Tighearna – Tenants and Landlords` edited by Donald E. Meek.
Anthology of Gaelic poetry from 1800 to 1890 dealing with the Clearances and the Land Agitation, with English translations.
1999.299.14
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1999.239.1
Hardback book `Bruce Township: Tales and Trails`.
The history of Bruce Township, Ontario with photographs, maps of concessions, biographies and genealogical information.
1999.223.1
Hardback book `Toils, Tears & Triumph` edited by Wanita Hollands Fletcher and Isabelle Munro.
A history of Kincardine Township, Ontario ordered by concessions and lots, with photographs.
Donation label inside reads: ‘Presented in honour and memory of the families of Donald MacDougall and Donald McLean who came from Tiree in the 1800’s to live in Canada, presented by Pamela and Jeanne Bentley descendants of the above’.
1999.299.3
Paperback book `The Ring-Net Fishermen` by Angus Martin.
The life and work of ring-net fishermen from the early 19th century to present day.
2000.225.8
Hardback book `Highland Resistance` by Iain Fraser Grigor.
The land-centred conflict in the Highlands of Scotland in the two centuries following the defeat of the Jacobite uprising in 1745.
1999.299.1
Paperback book `Salt in the Blood` by James Miller.
The story of Scottland`s fishing communities past and present.
2001.156.4
Paperback book `Royal Road to the Isles` by Ian McCrorie.
The story of 150 years of MacBrayne shipping.
1999.297.8
Paperback book `A Dance called America` by James Hunter.
Account of what happened to the thousands of people who, over the last two hundred years, left the Highlands and Islands to make new lives in the United States and Canada.
1999.299.13
Paperback book `Croft History – Isle of South Uist, Volume 2` by Bill Lawson.
The croft history of South Uist listing the inhabitants of the crofts in each township.
De-accessioned 26.2.2026.
2000.97.6
Hardback book `To Western Scottish Waters` by Robert N. Forsythe.
Illustrated survey on how people and goods have travelled to the isles over the years.