Photocopied account of the discovery of alginic acid by Edward Curtis-Stanford.
Biography of Edward Curtis-Stanford, his discovery of alginic acid and an account of the processes used at the Middleton seaweed factory.
Photocopied account of the discovery of alginic acid by Edward Curtis-Stanford.
Biography of Edward Curtis-Stanford, his discovery of alginic acid and an account of the processes used at the Middleton seaweed factory.
Photocopied papers by Edward Curtis-Stanford.
Front page of Stanford`s paper `On the Manufacture of Kelp` and various other handwritten pages about the uses of seaweed, costings, proposed plans for the factory and drying sheds and highland medicines using seaweed..
Folder containing Tiree Met Office local staff instructions and visibility points.
Folder containing local staff instructions for Tiree Airport Met Office 1998-2000 and annotated colour photographs showing the visibility points around the Met Office as at June 1995.
Letter from Scottish and Southern Energy PLC dated 15/3/2001.
Letter to Dr John Holliday from Scottish and Southern Energy PLC dated 15/3/2001 about electricity supplies to Tiree and Coll.
Met Office Daily Register October 1996 – April 2001.
Met Office Daily Register October 1996 – April 2001.
Met Office folder labelled `Maps & Diagrams – Island, Airfield`.
Met Office folder containing statistics (climatological means and extremes, diagrams of the weather station, routine duties by staff and other information dating 1975-2001.
Photocopied letter from Margaret Laing dated 21/5/1948 to the Argyll County Council Clerk.
Letter from Margaret Laing dated 21/5/1948 to the Argyll County Council Clerk accepting the office of District Nurse on the condition that suitable accomodation and transport is provided.
Photocopied extracts from the County of Argyll Third Annual Report by the Medical Officer of Health Dr Roger MacNeill, pp 32-35, 82-83,92-99.
Description of the housing in Tiree, an outbreak of measles,typhoid fever and one case of smallpox as reported by Dr Buchanan.
Photocopied extracts from the County of Argyll Sixth Annual Report by the Medical Officer of Health Dr Roger MacNeill, pp 44-45.
Report by Dr Buchanan about the improvement in housing in Tiree, especially cottars` housing.