Paperback book `Contempt, Sympathy and Romance` by Krisztina Fenyo.
An examination of the attitude of Lowland Scots to Highland Gaels in the 19th century as expressed in the press.
2000.225.9
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Dates: 1860s
2000.50.9
Paperback book `The Great Highland Famine` by T. M. Devine.
A detailed account of the clearances of the 19th century, landlordism, crofting life, emigration and migration.
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.
2001.152.1
Copy extract `Nineteenth Century Tiree Emigrant Communities in Ontario` by Margaret MacKay from `Oral History`, Vol. 9, No. 2, Autumn 1981, pp 49-60.
Account of the emigrant communities from Tiree in Ontario from oral and documentary sources.
2001.128.1
Photocopied copy of an agreement dated 22/3/1869 by the tenants of Gott with the tenant of Balephetrish, Tom Barr, about supplying him with seaweed from Saltaig.
2001.74.17
Photocopied handwritten paper by Professor Donald Meek about Rev John Gregorson Campbell.
Handwritten paper by Prof. Donald Meek about Rev John Gregorson Campbell and 19th century Gaelic folklore.
2001.75.2
Photocopied summary of attendance for examinations in Tiree schools for 1862 and 1863 (Bundle 1541).
Summary of attendance for examinations in Kirkapol, Heylipol, Balevullin, Sandaig and Cornaig schools for 1862 and 1863
2001.75.3
Photocopied letter to the Duke of Argyll from Lachlan MacQuarrie dated 22/12/1863 (Bundle 1541).
Letter to the Duke of Argyll from Lachlan MacQuarrie dated 22/12/1863 about the souterrain at Greenhill.
2001.75.4
Photocopied letter to the Duke of Argyll from Rev John G. Campbell dated 13/1/1862 (Bundle 1540).
Letter to the Duke of Argyll from Rev John G. Campbell dated 13/1/1862 about the pay and conditions of the teacher at Kirkapol school and the need for a new building.