Photocopied book extract `Tiree Tales` by Lord Archibald Campbell from `Records of Argyll`, pp vii-x, 249-264.
Tales collected from Tiree people and translated into English with an introduction by Lord Archibald Campbell.
2003.130.15
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Dates: 1870s
2000.59.1
Family tree for John MacPhaiden of Mannal and two colour photographs of gravestones in Tiverton, Ontario.
Family tree for John MacPhaiden, cottar then crofter at Mannal and his wife Effy Campbell (c.1803-1868) of Gortendonell, some or all whom emigrated to Canada; photograph of Effy`s gravestone; photograph of the gravestone of Captain Duncan MacFadyen (1846?-1902) and his wife Annie.
1999.295.2
Hardback book `The History of the County of Bruce` by Norman Robertson.
History of the Bruce County, Ontario, with photographs and maps of concessions.
1999.173.2
Copied newspaper artcicle about New Zealand pioneer Archibald MacLean.
Obituary for Archibald MacLean (1844-1929) originally from Greenhill who was one of the Hawke`s Bay pioneers.
2003.102.3
Photocopy of `Se Tiriodh an t-Eilean` by Neil MacLaine.
Gaelic poem of seven verses by bard Neil MacLaine.
1999.167.1
Photocopied report on Heylipol Public School, August 1873.
Report on Heylipol Public School by Schoolmaster John MacFarlane dated 13/9/1873, giving attendance, subjects taught and extensive notes. (Bundle 931)
1999.167.7
Photocopied letter to the Duke of Argyll from Samuel MacDonald dated 21/5/1870.
Letter to the Duke of Argyll from Samuel MacDonald dated 21/5/1870 about the possible cultivation of madder (a dye plant) on Tiree. (Bundle 1808)
2003.102.1
Photocopy of `Leanabh an Aigh`.
Fourteen verses of Leanabh an Aigh (Child in the Manger) written by Mairi MacDougall, Mull.
1999.134.13
Photocopied letter dated 6/5/1871 about the wreck of the `Duchess`.
Incomplete letter dated 6/5/1871 probably addressed to the Duke of Argyll about the loss of the fishing boat `Duchess` during a storm.
1999.123.1
Book `Laoidhean Molaidh` by Rev. Alan MacDougall.
Gaelic hymns of praise written by the Rev. Alan MacDougall of Caoles.