Paperback book `Mull Family Names` by Jo Currie.
A guide to the surnames that were most common in Mull in the 19th century.
1999.292.3
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Dates: 1830s
2000.209.1
Hardback book `Sir Donald MacLean` by James Cowan.
Biography of Sir Donald MacLean 1820 -1877.
1998.325.2
Paperback book `The Discovery of the Hebrides` by Elizabeth Bray.
Illustrtaed account of the exploration and exploitation of the Hebrides using the records and journals of such visitors as the scientist Joseph Banks and Johnson and Boswell.
1998.320.24
Paperback book `Scotland Farewell: The People of the Hector` by Donald MacKay.
The story of the Highland Scots who sailed to Pictou, Nova Scotia in 1773 on board the `Hector` and who pioneered the largescale emigration of Scots to Nova Scotia.
1999.299.14
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.
1999.299.13
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.
2004.13.3
Hardback book `Adventurers & Exiles` by Marjory Harper.
Comprehensive account of the `Great Exodus` in the century before WWI when two million men women and children left Scotland for a new life overseas.
2004.13.4
Hardback book `The Tea Clippers` by David R. MacGregor.
Illustrated history of the tea clippers from 1833-1875.
2001.31.1
Photocopy of a framed memorial to Captain Donald MacKinnon of the Taeping.
Memorial to Captain Donald MacKinnon of the `Taeping` comprising a number of obituaries from different newspapers.
2001.17.6
Essay in Gaelic by Niall Brownlie about John MacLean, the Balemartine bard.
Essay by Niall Brownlie about John MacLean, the Balemartine bard, 1827-1895.