Obituary for Gabriel de Fontenay (1927-2001) from the Oban Times, December 2001. Gabriel taught French at Tiree High School from 1976 until his retirement in 1989, at which point he moved to Oban.
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2002.13.13
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Dates: 1930s
1997.68.1
Photocopied newspaper article `Honorary Physician to the Queen – The Late Surgeon Captain M. Brown, Tiree`.
Obituary for Captain Murdoch Brown of Mannal. Brother of Dr Catherine Brown (see 1997.64.1)
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1997.55.1
Photocopied book extract from `The Distinguished Service Cross 1901-1938` by W. H. Fevyer.
Entry for Lieutenant Archibald Lamont of the cargo carrier `Asteria`.
1997.63.1.1
Photocpy of two newspaper articles `Thank you, Tiree!` and `The Late Captain Allan Campbell, Scarinish`.
(1) Letter to the editor of the People`s Journal by T. Henry Ruddich from near Carlisle who stayed on holiday at `Seaside`, Vaul. He praises Tiree as a holiday destination and includes a four-verse poem. (2) Obituary for Allan Campbell of Deobedal, Scarinsh.
1997.64.1
Photocopied newspaper article `The doctor whose name lives on in Argyll school annals`.
Obituary for Dr Catherine Brown, daughter of Baptist minister Alexander Brown from Tiree.
1997.65.1
Photocopied newspaper article `As a legend of the sea slips o`er the horizon` by Don Whyte.
Memories of the ferry `Lochearn` about to leave Caledonian MacBrayne for the Mediterranean.
1997.39.2
Handwritten poem `On the death of A. C. McArthur` by Agnes Alexander, with photocopy.
Five verse poem extolling the qualities of A. C. McArthur, subtitled `Obit Sept 3rd 1936`.
1997.39.9
Two copies of the Souvenir Programme for the 33rd Annual Gathering of the Tiree Association, 1934, with photocopy.
Concert programme for the 33rd Annual Gathering of the Tiree association held in St Anderew`s Hall, Galsgow on 16/11/1934, with articles about the Chairman, Sir Iain Colquhoun, the Association itself, an obituary for former president Hugh Alexander Low, the Great Tea Race of 1866 and Tiree.
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1997.39.11
Gaelic poem `Tuireadh` written and translated into English by Neil MacDonald in 1934, with photocopy.
Lament for a woman who left the poet for another man.
2002.7.1
Jew`s harp.
Home-made Jew`s harp given to Dr Holliday by Mabel Kennedy, Sandaig.
