Hardbook `Township of Osprey – Peace, Plenty , Progress`.
History of the township of Osprey, Grey County, Ontario.
2003.84.1
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Dates: 1870s
2003.74.4
Paperback book `Caran an t-Saoghail` edited by Donald E Meek.
An anthology of 19th century Scottish Gaelic verse edited by Donald E Meek.
2003.65.2
Hardback book `Art Rambles in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland` by John T Reid.
An illustrated account of a journey through the Highlands and Islands in 1877 by John Reid. (Tiree pp 76-9.)
1999.269.1
Black and white photograph of Colina Campbell, 1841-1930.
Colina Campbell 1841-1930, daughter of Colin Campbell, tenant of Balephetrish farm, and wife of Dr Alexander Buchanan.
1999.269.2
Dr Alexander Buchanan
Photograph of Dr Alexander Buchanan, Medical Officer for Tiree 1860-1911.
Courtesy of Mr Hugh MacKinnon
In 1860 Dr. Alexander Buchanan, a 25 year old surgeon newly qualified from Edinburgh, was appointed Tiree’s Medical Officer. He was given the tenancy of Baugh farm as a living by the Duke of Argyll.
He married Colina Campbell, daughter of the tenant of Balephetrish farm, and the couple had six children. From a farming background himself, he was no doubt helped in the running of his 160 acre farm by his wife’s family.
Dr Buchanan worked until his death in 1911 aged 75. It was said his patients would feel better at the sound of his oilskins rustling. On his death a monument was erected on Cnoc Eibrig in Baugh to a ‘Medical officer and loved and valued friend of the islanders’.
Black and white photograph of Dr Alexander Buchanan, 1835-1911.
Dr Alexander Buchanan, 1835-1911, Medical Officer for Tiree from 1860 to his death in 1911.
1998.198.1
Photocopied letter dated 11/1/1871 from Dr Buchanan to William Sproat.
Letter dated 11/1/1871 from Dr Buchanan to County Clerk William Sproat asking settlement of an unpaid account.
1998.173.1
Photocopied extract from book `Annals of the Free Church of Scotland 1842-1900` edited by Rev William Ewing, D.D., Vol I: pp 160, 234, 248, Vol II: pp 121-123.
Biographical information about Free Church ministers who served Tiree.
1998.173.6
Photocopied extracts of census summaries for 1821-1891.
Census summaries for Tiree 1821-1891.
1998.173.7
Photocopied extract from `Book of Reference to the Plan of the Parish of Tiree`.
List of numbers on plan giving area in acres and description.
1998.169.1
Hardback book `Hector MacKinnon – A Memoir` by his wife.
Biography of the Reverend Hector MacKinnon of Kirkapol and Shettleston.