Bound extract from `The Dictionary of National Biography, vol III` edited by Sir Leslie Stephen and Sir Sidney Lee, pp 764-825
Biographies of the Earls and Dukes of Argyll.
2000.10.29
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Dates: 1900s
2000.10.6
Book `The Church in the Highlands` ed. by James Kirk.
Late medieval church and culture, the Reformation and Gaelic culture – John Carswell`s translation of `The Book of Common Order`, Roman Catholicism, Disruptions and controversies in the Highland Church, the Gaelic Bible, Highland Churches today
2000.10.20
Book `Finlay MacQueen of St Kilda` by W. R. Mitchell.
Biography of Finlay MacQueen (1862 – 1941) from St Kilda. Includes chapters on St Kilda`s cragsmen, crofting, kirk, school, visitors, wartime experience, and evacuation in 1930.
2000.10.7
Book `The Emigrant`s Guide to North America` ed. by Elizabeth Thompson.
Translation of Robert MacDougall`s Gaelic practical guide of 1841 for Highland Scots emigrating to Canada. Includes information about preparation and fares for the trip, Quebec, Indians, Montreal, Kingston, Toronto, Hamilton, Goderich, choosing and clearing land, crops, livestock and wild animals. Appendices include Robert MacDougall`s diary, information about his life, and his obituary.
2000.10.21
Book `Scotland: An Archaeological Guide` by Euan W. MacKie.
Scotland`s history and archaeology from earliest times to the 12th century A.D. Geographical arrangement of major sites with Tiree`s Dun Mor Vaul broch pp. 159 – 160.
2000.8.2
Photocopy of newspaper article & photos `Project aims to turn tide for marine harvest`.
The history of harvesting seaweed up to the present day in the Western Isles and Orkney .
2002.67.1
Colour scan of brass plate.
Colour scan of brass plate from the Glassary seaweed factory cart engraved `NORTH BRITISH CHEMICAL CO. LD. TYREE NO. 1`.
2002.65.3
Magazine `The Scots Magazine`, new series, vol. 154, no. 5, May 2001.
Photograph by Robert Moyes Adam of Malcolm MacArthur transporting groceries by horse and cart on Tiree in 1904.
2000.4.4
Printout from Flora Celtica Website: `Useful Scottish Seaweeds`
Pictures and information about Scottish seaweeds and their history, including their use in medicine, cooking and farming.
2000.4.5
Printout from Flora Celtica website: `A Brief History of Scottish Seaweed Use`
Earliest uses, soda potash & iodine in the 17th – 20th centuries, alginates in the 20th century, the current state of the industry.