Typed assessment of George Holleyman`s collections by Dr Euan MacKie.
Typed assessment of George Holleyman`s collections by Dr Euan MacKie (2 copies).
2000.167.2
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2000.167.3
Photocopied extract `Tiree craggans` by G. A. Holleyman from `Antiquity`, Vol XXI, 1947, pp 205-211. Description by George Holleyman of the making and use of Tiree craggans.
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2000.174.3
Journal extract `Tiree Craggans` by G. A. Holleyman.
Paper about the design, history and uses of craggans illustrated with drawings and photographs.
2000.166.1
Account of the shipwreck of the SS Laristan by Alice Atkins.
Typed account of the shipwreck of the SS Laristan behind Hough in January 1942.
2003.182.1
Otter survey on the Isle of Tiree by Paul and Grace Yoxon of the International Otter Survival Fund.
Results of a survey during 2-9/8/2003 which estimates the number of otters on Tiree to be between 6 and 8.
1997.246.1
Binder `The Island of Tiree 1941 – 1943` containing an account of George Holleyman’s time on Tiree, plus 123 related photographs.
Account by RAF policeman and amateur archaeologist George Holleyman FSA of his time on Tiree between September 1941 and June 1943. Includes seventy-five photographs taken on Tiree by George Holleyman between September 1941 and June 1943, and forty-eight black and white photographs/postcards taken by unknown photographer(s). George Holleyman carried out significant amounts of pioneering archaeological work in Sussex during the first half of the 20th century along with Drs. Eliot and Cecil Curwen. He was made a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1949.
1997.245.1
Book `Am Bron Binn` by Linda Gowans.
Examination of the different versions one ballad/waulking song `Am Bron Binn` from the surviving Arthurian legends in Gaelic. Two copies (second E01208 Sept.2011).
2000.118.4
Journal extract `On some Coll and Tiree plants` by Symers M. MacVicar.
Description of some of the 357 species of plant on Coll and Tiree.
2000.118.5
Journal extract `On the flora of Tiree` by Symers M. MacVicar.
Description of the geography of Tiree and a list of the plant species found. Front cover signed by the author `Kind regards Symers M MacVicar`.
2000.86.37
Photocopied journal extract `The Birds of the Island of Tiree` by Peter Anderson.
List of birds sighted on Tiree by Peter Anderson, the first gamekeeper on Tiree appointed in 1886.