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.
1999.291.29
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Dates: 1910s
1999.291.16
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.
1999.291.19
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.
1999.291.17
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.
1997.272.14
Paperback book `Crowdie and Cream` by Finlay J. MacDonald.
An account of a childhood spent in Harris in the years after World War I.
1997.272.11
Paperback book `Reminiscences of an Orkney Parish` by John Firth.
An account of crofting life in Orkney in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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.
2000.165.3
Hardback book `Summer Tours in the Western Highlands & Islands of Scotland`.
Official 1913 guide book to summer tours in the Western Highlands & Islands of Scotland by the Royal Mail Steamers `Columba`, `Iona`, etc, of David MacBrayne Ltd.
2000.185.1
Paperback book `The Finlay J. MacDonald Omnibus`.
Three books by Finlay J. MacDonald: `Crowdie and Cream`, `Crotal and White` and `The Corncrake and the Lysander` – accounts of life of Harris between the wars.
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.