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.
Hardback book `Island Years` by F. Fraser Darling.
Account of the years spent on the Treshnish and Summer Isles by a naturalist.
De-accessioned 20.3.2026.
Hardback book `The Song of the Sandpiper` by J. Morton Boyd.
Autobiography of J. Morton Boyd.
Paperback book `Crowdie and Cream` by Finlay J. MacDonald.
An account of a childhood spent in Harris in the years after World War I.
Audio cassette recording of Vivienne Johnston talking to Dr John Holliday in March 2000.
Vivienne Johnston of Heanish talks to Dr John Holliday in March 2000 about her relations in Balemartine, coming on holiday every year as a child then as an evacuee in 1939, her stay at Taylor’s Cottage, her experiences at Balemartine School where Gaelic was the language of the playground, the kindness of the MacDonalds at Catrim, going to the pictures, the wartime plane crashes, experiences of her later life and how living on Tiree has affected her.
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 `1939-1945 War Planes` edited by Andrew Kershaw.
Illustrated account of the development of both Allied and Axis aircraft in the years up to 1945.
Hardback book `British Warplanes of World War II` edited by Daniel J. March.
Description of every aircraft which reached operational units with UK forces during World War II.
Comb-bound book `Royal Air Force Station Oban 1939-45` by Neil Owen.
The history of the Flying Boat Station at Oban in World War II.
Hardback book `Britain`s Wonderful Fighting Forces` by Captain Ellison Hawks.
Description of Britain`s armed forces during World War II.
