Booklet `Folklore from Coll` by Betty MacDougall, 1978
Small paper-bound booklet of folk tales from the Isle of Coll.
2014.9.2
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2014.6.1
Lloyds Register of Ships 1954 to 1982
Five large hardback books from the Lloyds Register of Ships, dating from 1954 to 1982 (incomplete).
2014.6.2
Lloyds Register of Ships 1982-1986
Four large hardback books from the Lloyds Register of Ships, dating from 1982 to 1986.
2013.176.1
Text `Tin Makers and Horse Breakers` 2013
Exhibition text about the history, culture and language of the travelling families that frequented Tiree. Also stored digitally under `Exhibitions and text`.
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2013.176.2
Text `You Say iodh, I Say vist`, 2013 (version 1)
Text about the occurrence of Norse place-names on Tiree and the implication that there was once a thriving and long-lasting population of Scandinavian settlers in southern Scotland. Also stored on computer under `Exhibitions and Texts`. (later versions are available digitally)
2013.174.1
Booklet `Our Protestant Heritage`
Verys small paper-bound booklet explaing the rise of protestant Christianity through historic and religious writing, by Rev. Thomas Donaldson.
2013.174.2
Bound copies of `People`s Friend` magazine, 1906
Hardback, fabric-bound collection of People`s Friend magazines from January – June 1906. Inscription on inside front cover reads “Miss McLaine, Links Cottage, Scarinish, Tiree. Peoples Friend 1905”.
2013.172.1
School book `The New Geometry` 1939
Original hardback school book used in Oban High School in the 1940s. Handwritten on inside front cover “Cathie MacDonald, Class I”.
2013.172.2
School book `Second French Book`, 1908
Hardback book used to teach the French language in Oban High School. Handwritten on inside back cover “Cathie MacDonald, Oban High School”.
2013.172.3
School book `Three Musketeers`, 1930
Hardback book used for teaching in Cornaigmore High School in the 1930s.