Object Type: academia

2002.36.11

Final report about the fixed link between Tiree and Coll, October 2001, pp 3-91.

The social, economic and environmental implications of a fixed link, concluding that any economic benefit would not justify the effects on environmentally sensitive areas.

1997.50.2

Documents and letter re the medical studies of Dr Hugh MacDougall, Vaul (1857-1929), at Glasgow University, 1876-9.

Photocopied pages from Glasgow Unversity Degree and Prize Lists between 1876 and 1880 showing entries for Hugh McDougall, from Glasgow University Album Session 1878-9 showing Hugh MacDougall with matriculation number 1782, and a letter dated 6/10/94 from Glasgow University Archives giving a summary of the classes Dr McDougall attended.

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1997.38.1

Photocopy of doctoral thesis `Norse settlement in the Inner Hebrides, ca 800-1300` by Anne Johnston. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/8764276.pdf

Norse colonial settlement in The Inner Hebridean isalnds of Mull, Coll, Tiree and Lismore, with bibliography and comments on the thesis by Reg Knapman, Kenovay.

 

1997.26.4

Photocopy of a letter 6/1/1979 from Joan Woodcock to the minister on Tiree re the wreck of the `Artuoise`(Artoise).

The sailing ship `Artuoise` was wrecked on Tiree in 1830 and her master, Owen Edwards, drowned and was buried on the island. The writer of the letter who is either the great-grand-daughter or great-great-niece of the master is enquiring about records of the burial. The crew of the Artuoise were buried near Dun Hanais south of Craiginnis behind Ben Hough.

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