Paperback book `Reminiscences of an Orkney Parish` by John Firth.
An account of crofting life in Orkney in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
1997.272.11
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1999.291.29
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.
1999.275.7
Paperback book `Victorian and Edwardian Highlands from old photographs` by Francis Thompson.
Collection of black and white photographs taken between 1870 and 1912 of people in the Highlands and Islands, with commentaries.
1998.320.10
Paperback book `Tales and Travels of a School Inspector` by John Wilson.
Account of the experiences of a school inspector in the Highlands and Islands during the latter half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th.
De-accessioned 26.2.2026.
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.
2000.50.5
Paperback book `The Mobile Scot` by Jeanette M. Brock.
A study of Scottish emigration and migration 1861-1911based on a thesis which won the Hume Brown prize for Scottish history.
1999.299.2
Paperback book `Clann-Nighean an Sgadan` by Tormod Calum Domhnallach and Leslie Davenport.
The story of the Scottish herring girls in the 19th and early 20th century.
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.
2001.156.6
Paperback book `Sword in the Sky` by Peter V. Cleag.
Reminiscences of Midland & Scottish Air Ferries, Renfrew aerodrome, S.M.T. and the Ayrshire bus operator and millionaire who made their aviation activities famous – John Cthill Sword.
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.