Booklet about Captain Donald MacKinnon, Heanish.
Home published booklet about Captain Donald MacKinnon of Heanish (1827-1866) by his Australian descendent Lloyd Pitcher. Capt MacKinnon sailed the tea clipper `Taeping` to victory in the Great China Tea Race of 1866.
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Graph of births, marriages and deaths on Tiree 1855-1920
Printed graphs showing the numbers of births, marriages and deaths from the Tiree Parish Registers from 1855 to 1920.
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Letter about the Walker family of Kenovay, 2013
Letter from Mairi MacKinnon, Parkhouse, dated 14 Sep 2013, about the history of the Walker family of Kenovay, particularly Archibald Walker who was a gunner during WWI. Also mentions Donald Walker.
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The circumstances of the grounding of the Oceana at Baugh in 1949, by owner John Campbell
Transcript of a telephone conversation between John Campbell and Dr John Holliday in October 2013, regarding John Campbell`s life and ownership of the schooner `Oceana` and the circumstances leading up to its grounding and eventual break up on the beach at Baugh / Crossapol in 1949.
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PhD thesis on George Douglas Campbell – The Intellectual Duke, 2006
Bound copy of a PhD thesis by Kirsteen Mulhern about the 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900). Bound in two volumes.
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Journal extract about land ownership in Scotland in the 1800s
Paper from The Historical Review 2006 by John MacAskill, examining the dispute between private proprietors and The Crown over the ownership of the foreshore in Scotland during the 1800s. Two copies. Also stored as pdf file on office computer.
Journal extract about the politics of land ownership in the late 1800s
Printer paper from Victorian Studies 1978 by John W Mason about the politics and agitation over the 8th Duke of Argyll`s grip on land ownership. Two copies. Also held as pdf file on office computer.
Article about the Coll post office by Robert Sturgeon in 1988
Article about the house `Tigh-na-Mara` in Arinagour, Coll, which was the post office in the late 1800s. Robert Sturgeon came to Coll from Dalbeattie in 1889 to run the post office. He went on to create the fish-buying and processing unit, and the house became a guest house.
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Letter from the Duke of Argyll to the widow of John MacKinnon in 1931
Photocopies of an envelope and hand-written letter of condolence from the Duke of Argyll to Mrs John (Margaret) MacKinnon, whose late husband was “the faithful ground officer” to the Duke`s grandfather “during a troubled period on Tiree”. Dated 4 May 1931.
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Information about the tradition of `Lining Out` the Psalm at Church services pre-1940
Composition by Ailean Boyd about the tradition of `Lining Out the Psalm` in Tiree churches, whereby the precentor chants out each line before it is sung collectively by the congregation. It appears to have come to an end in the mid- to late-1930s. Includes a ‘Short Note’ on the subject published in Scottish Reformation Society Historical Journal, Vol. 4, 2014, and notes about the correct name for Heylipol.
