Black and white photograph of the girls in Cornaigmore School around 1900.
The girls in Cornaigmore School around 1900, including Christina MacLean (5th from left, back row) and her younger sister Margaret (far right, back row).
Paperback book `The Aran Islands` by J. M. Synge edited by Robin Skelton.
Account of the travels and encounters of the author, an Irish playwright, on the islands of Aran off the west coast of Ireland in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Paperback book `The Furrow Behind Me` told by Angus MacLellan and translated by John Lorne Campbell.
Autobiography of Angus MacLellan, born on South Uist in 1869.
Paperback book `Mull Family Names` by Jo Currie.
A guide to the surnames that were most common in Mull in the 19th century.
Hardback book `The Crofters` War` by I. M. M. MacPhail.
A detailed account of the period of political and social agitation in the Highlands and Islands that culminated in the passing of the 1886 Crofters Act.
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.
Audio cassette recording of Margaret Green of Mannal talking to Maggie Campbell in 2000.
Margaret Green of Mannal talks to Maggie Campbell in 2000 about her childhood holidays in Mannal and playing with the other children on the shore, the people who lived in Mannal, the fishing boats and sharing the catch, fishing for sea-bream in June, her blind great-grandfather whose house was set on fire during the Clearances, a story about the curse put on the factor of the time, visiting relatives and friends, and returning to Glasgow laden with parcels of eggs, butter, cheese, potatoes and sometimes a chicken.
Hardback book `Hebridean Island – Memories of Scarp` edited by A. Duncan.
An account of a childhood spent on Scarp off the west coast of Harris, illustrated with black and white photographs.
Paperback book `Tales from Barra told by the Coddy`.
The tales and stories of John MacPherson, 1876-1955, one of the most renowned storytellers and characters of the Western Isles and the inspiration for `Whisky Galore`.
De-accessioned 1.3.2026.
Paperback book `A School in South Uist` by F. G. Rea.
The reminiscences of Frederick Rea, an English teacher who became headmaster of Garrynamonie School in South Uist in the 1890s.
De-accessioned 26.2.2026.
