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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Audio cassette recording of Janet Wilson of Cornaigbeg talking to Dr John Holliday in September 1998.
Janet Wilson talks to Dr John Holliday in September 1998 about annual holiday to Tiree during the Glasgow Fair, being met by a horse and cart, the entertainment during the Fair fortnight, the people of Cornaigbeg and their genealogy, the smiddy, wartime activities, identity cards and food coupons, dances, the arrival of the first plane in Tiree, ceilidhs and how law-abiding the RAF personnel were.
