Condensed report titled `Survey of Coastal Erosion in the Western Isles`.
Report detailing the results of coastal erosion in the Western Isles.
1999.171.2
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1999.171.4
Report titled `Beach Litter Survey September 1998`.
Analysis of the sources of litter found on beaches in northern Hebrides and on the mainland from Ardnamurchan to Plockton.
1999.167.1
Photocopied report on Heylipol Public School, August 1873.
Report on Heylipol Public School by Schoolmaster John MacFarlane dated 13/9/1873, giving attendance, subjects taught and extensive notes. (Bundle 931)
1999.167.2
Photocopied account of the annual salaries and allowances to teachers on the Argyll estates of Mull and Tiree.
Account of the annual salaries and allowances to teachers on the Argyll estates of Mull and Tiree (no date), listing teachers, schools and salaries. (Bundle 1539)
1999.167.3
Schools in Tyree 1863
Transcription of John Ramsay’s report on Tiree schools in 1863.
Courtesy of His Grace the Duke of Argyll
In 1863, John Ramsay, MP for Falkirk Burghs, reported on the state of Tiree schools to the Royal Commission on Education in Scotland chaired by the 8th Duke of Argyll. Ramsay assessed the condition of the buildings, the quality of the teaching, the progress of the scholars and their attendance at school.
At the time of the report, there were eight schools on Tiree, two supported by the Church of Scotland, four by the Free Church Ladies Society and one each by the General Assembly and the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge. Only three made a good impression.
The recommendations of the Argyll Commission were put into effect by the Education Act of 1872. Primary education was made compulsory for children aged five to thirteen and the control of schools placed in the hands of popularly elected school boards.
1999.167.4
John Ramsay’s letter about Tiree schools
Transcription of John Ramsay’s letter to the 8th Duke of Argyll about Tiree schools in 1863.
Courtesy of His Grace the Duke of Argyll
In 1863, John Ramsay, MP for Falkirk Burghs, reported on the state of Tiree schools to the Royal Commission on Education in Scotland chaired by the 8th Duke of Argyll. At the time of the report, there were eight schools on Tiree, of which only three made a good impression.
In this private letter to the Duke, Ramsay made several suggestions on how to improve the quality of the teaching on the island by removing unsatisfactory teachers, offering inducements for better pupil attendance and school inspections by the factor, Lachlan MacQuarie.
Rather than appealing to the Duke’s altruism, Ramsay stressed ‘the pecuniary value of education to the proprietor of a Highland estate’.
1999.167.5
Photocopied letter dated 13/1/1862 from Rev John Gregorson Campbell to the Duke of Argyll.
Letter dated 13/1/1862 from Rev John Gregorson Campbell to the Duke of Argyll about the lack of accomodation for the teacher at Kirkapol school and the large class size (80-90 pupils). (Bundle 1540)
1999.167.7
Photocopied letter to the Duke of Argyll from Samuel MacDonald dated 21/5/1870.
Letter to the Duke of Argyll from Samuel MacDonald dated 21/5/1870 about the possible cultivation of madder (a dye plant) on Tiree. (Bundle 1808)
1999.167.9
Photocopied feu contract between the Duke of Argyll and the Trustees of the Kirkapol Free Church dated 1882.
Feu contract between the Duke of Argyll and the Trustees of the Kirkapol Free Church dated 1882. (Bundle 2501)
1999.167.10
Photocopied assignation dated 1880 by the Trustees of Baptist Church of Tiree in favour of the Baptist Home Missionary Society of Scotland.
Assignation dated 1880 by the Trustees of Baptist Church of Tiree of the tack at Baugh in favour of the Baptist Home Missionary Society of Scotland.