Hardback book `The Road to the Isles` by Derek Cooper.
Evocative account of the Hebrides drawn from the journals and memoirs of intrepid travellers and the author`s many personal journeys.
2002.190.9
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Dates: 1800s
2002.192.1
Family tree for the author Alistair MacLean.
Sketch family tree for Alistair Maclean, the author.
2002.193.3
Paperback book `The Secret Still` by Gavin D. Smith.
The historical events and legislation that gave rise to the boom in illicit distilling when the Scottish countryside and even city centres were awash with whiskey which had been distilled without payment of excise duty.
2002.193.5
Hardback book `Raasay` by Norma MacLeod.
The history of Raasay from the medieval period into the twentieth century.
2002.186.3
Photocopied extract from `The Clan Gillean` by the Rev A. MacLean Sinclair, pp 320-29, 336-39
Geneaology of the Tiree Macleans.
2002.179.4
Newspaper cutting `The Quern-Dust Calendar` by Raghnall MacIlleDhuibh.
Stories of violence, one from Tiree recorded by John Gregorson Campbell in his book `Superstitions of the Highland and Islands of Scotland`.
2002.179.14
Newspaper cutting `The Quern-Dust Calendar` by Raghnall MacIlleDhuibh.
Discussion about one of John Gregorson Campbell`s stories, `MacCallum of the Humming Noise` from his book, `Superstitions of the Highland and Islands of Scotland`.
2000.13.4
Paperback book `From Chiefs to Landlords` by Robert A. Dodgshon.
Social and economic change in the western Highlands and Islands 1493-1820.
2000.13.7
Photocopy from Mitchell Library, Glasgow – `The People`s Clearance` by J.M. Bumsted pp 42, 97
Duke of Argyll`s reaction to Tiree`s kelp and whisky production which encouraged emigration.
1997.233.2
Audio cassette recording of Duncan MacPhee talking to Reg Knapman.
Duncan MacPhee talks to Reg Knapman about the Customs & Excise, smuggling, brewing and shebeens, methods of building, Captain Robert Nisbet of Heanish, Captain Donald MacKinnon of the `Taeping`, the Home Guard, HMS Sturdy, the history of Scarinish piers, his family, the ferry service before the pier, Niall and Iain Alainn, Lady Victoria Campbell and Lord Ash, Lady Ferguson and Miss Gibb, the Dukes of Argyll, Tiree boat building, superstitions and some old stories.