Hardback book `The Song of the Sandpiper` by J. Morton Boyd.
Autobiography of J. Morton Boyd.
1999.291.26
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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.
1999.291.29
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.
2000.67.2
Audio cassette recording of a ceilidh with Angus and Nella Munn, Neil and Vivienne Johnston and Dr John Holliday in 2000.
Angus Munn and Neil Johnston talk about electrician and builder Angus MacRae who was the first man to install TVs in Tiree and had a shop in Baugh, the inebriate MacEwan who was a professional golfer, the 18-hole golf course in Scarinish, the crofts in Heanish, Angus’s relations in Heanish, Captain MacKinnon’s relationship to the Nisbets, John Munn and his shop and horse-drawn van, the puffer Mary & Effie unloading at Port a’ Mhuilinn and the fishing boats that used to sail from this harbour.
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.
1999.299.2
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.
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.
2001.156.5
Paperback book `Wings over the Glens` by Peter V. Clegg, 1995
Reminiscences of Northern and Scottish Airways Ltd, Western Isles Airways Ltd, Scottish Airways Ltd and their founder and managing director George Nicholson. Signed by the author.
2001.148.1
Three photocopies of `The Evening Times` in Sandaig Thatched House Museum.
Photocopies of the Evening Times with a Gaelic message to the people of Tiree brought by the Tiree Association on the first plane in July 1929.
2000.15.2
Audio cassette recording of Elsie and Fiona MacKinnon of Kirkapol talking to Maggie Campbell in February 2000.
Elsie MacKinnon talks to Maggie Campbell in February 2000 about her schooldays on Tiree, working on Kirkapol farm, houses in Kirkapol and Gott, churches, doctors, local herbal cures, washing day and the Rev Hector MacKinnon; Elsie and Fiona talk about tracing Elsie`s family and their reunion after 75 years; Elsie recites a prayer said by Duncan MacKinnon, a relative of the Rev Hector.