Softback book ‘Eilean Uaine Thiriodh’ by Margaret Bennett and Eric Rose, 2014. ‘The Green Isle of Tiree’ is a biography of Ethel MacCallum who, in 1942, was evacuated from an orphanage in Glasgow to the Island of Tiree. She became fluent in Gaelic and, with her natural gift for music and song, was encouraged to write her own compositions. The book includes some of her original work on a CD.
Handwritten letter from Gerald Stock dated 10/2/98, concerning Duncan MacLean who was killed during a German U-boat attack on the SS Scottish Monarch in WWI, and whose parents lived at Gott. Mr Stock was put in touch with Les Crawte, Milton, who produced the Tiree Roll of Honour.
Bound undergraduate dissertation ‘A view of Tiree in 1965’ by FG Hay, Geography Honours, University of Glasgow, 1967. Based on a visit to the island in June-July 1965. Topics include geology, land managment, population and demographics, weather, townships, crofting, infratructure, communications and amenities.
Softback book ‘Strange Things’ by John L Campbell and Trevor H Hall, 2006. The story of Father Allan McDonald, Ada Goodrich Freer and the Society for Psychical Research’s enquiry into Highland second sight.
Emailed information, photographs and query about medals and portrait of Hugh Archie MacArthur of Milton, Caoles, in uniform during WW2. The framed portrait hung in the house of the enquirer’s parents in Gloucestershire for many years, having been found in a local junk shop. How the shop came by it is unknown.
Handwritten letter from Pat Holyer (Petrie), former owner of the Scarinish Hotel during the 1970s, to Dr John Holliday, An Iodhlann, on 18/1/2015. He writes about some enclosed photographs and newspaper cuttings from the 1970s (see 2015.11.1 to 8), and conditions at Coll and Scarinish.
Newspaper cutting of a biography of Guy W Jardine, piermaster and owner of the Coll Hotel in the 1970s. Includes photo. (original stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
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Black & white photograph of the front of the Scarinish Hotel, with old cars parked outside around 1970, before the extension was added. (original stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
Typed transcript of Donald Sinclair, West Hynish, singing about a boat named `Eilidh a` Chuain`, 1968
Transcript of Eric Gregeen interviewing Donald Sinclair, West Hynish, in 1968. Donald sings an old song in Gaelic about a trading boat named `Eilidh a` Chuain / Helen of the Seas`, which mentions the Isle of Mann. He doesn`t know its exact origin, only that it was passed down orally through generations of his family. Created on A3 paper using a typewriter. The transcript is labelled SA 1968/246/A1, suggesting that it may also be available on CD from Pròiseact Thiriodh, School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh.
Audio recording about tourism on Tiree
Audio recording of Dr John Holliday interviewing Duncan Grant, Ruaig, Iain MacKinnon, Hillcrest, and Gordon Scott, Cornaigmore, about tourism on Tiree. Includes each introducing themselves and giving an account of their Tiree links. Recorded at An Iodhlann on 20/1/2015.
