Photocopied tack by Duke of Argyll to John MacCallum of Cornaig mill dated 1776.
Tack of Cornaig mill dated 1776 between the Duke of Argyll and John MacCallum.
2003.75.2
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2003.75.4
Photocopied extract from Argyll Estates Tiree Setts with rentals for Cornaigmore and Cornaigbeg in 1862.
Extract from Argyll Estates Tiree Setts with rentals for Cornaigmore and Cornaigbeg in 1862.
2003.72.2
Argyll & Bute District Council report `Mull, Coll & Tiree Local Plan`, 1987.
Monitoring plan for Mull, Tiree and Coll setting out the local authority`s policies, proposals and recommendations covering population, rural matters, industry and employment, housing, tourism, transport, public utilities and services.
2003.65.1
Extract from ‘Outer Isles’ by Ada Goodrich Freer
Transcription of an extract about food and drink from ‘Outer Isles’ by Ada Goodrich Freer.
Ada Goodrich Freer was sponsored by the Society for Psychical Research to investigate second sight and supernatural tales in the Hebrides. She visited Tiree in 1894 and, after spending several months on the island, went to South Uist and Eriskay.
While on Eriskay, Ada befriended the local priest, Father Allan MacDonald, who was himself a collector of Hebridean folklore and traditions. She borrowed a number of his manuscripts on which she based a series of articles and lectures, earning herself an undeserved reputation as a folklorist.
By the time her book ‘Outer Isles’ was published in 1902, she was living in Jerusalem and her reputation as a clairvoyant and psychic researcher was in question. In 1905 she married a German-American Hans Henry Spoer with whom she moved to America in 1923.
1998.205.2
Tiree Regatta Club Cash Analysis Book.
Tiree Regatta Club Cash Analysis Book 1935-1984.
1998.208.4
Valuation Roll for the Parish of Tiree Whitsunday 1952- Whitsunday 1953, with photocopy
Valuation Roll for the Parish of Tiree Whitsunday 1952- Whitsunday 1953.
1998.190.1
Report by the Tiree Greylag Goose Management Committee for 1994-1996.
Two year report by the Tiree Greylag Goose Management Committee for 1994-1996.
1998.197.4
Resolution against drinking ardent spirits at funerals
Transcription of a resolution by the minister and Parishioners of Tiree against drinking ardent spirits at funerals.
Courtesy of His Grace the Duke of Argyll
In ‘The Statistical of Account of Scotland’ published in 1845, the minister of Tiree, Rev. Neil MacLean, wrote condemning the practice of ‘drinking ardent spirits at funerals’ and of ‘poor families parting with their last horse or cow, to furnish entertainment of this kind.’
This Resolution of 1847 called on like-minded parishioners to abstain from drinking more than one glassful of spirits at funerals or to pay a penalty of five pounds to benefit the poor of the parish. Rev. MacLean successfully sought the backing of the Duke of Argyll.
In November 1855, the Tiree factor, Lachlan MacQuarie, issued a notice prohibiting the consumption of spirits at ‘weddings, balls, funerals or any other gathering’ by tenants paying less than £30 rent, on pain of dispossession of their lands.
1998.197.5
Photocopied letter dated 5/11/1847 from the factor John Campbell to the Duke of Argyll.
Letter dated 5/11/1847 from the factor John Campbell to the Duke of Argyll about the purchase of Indian corn, the state of the cattle market and also proposing to establish a tile kiln on Tiree.
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1999.174.1
Copied memorandum from the Officer in Charge of Cavalry Records to Private A. B. Barr dated 5/5/1920.
Memorandum dated 5/5/1920 from the Officer in Charge of Cavalry Records to Private A. B. Barr of the Lothian and Borders Horse with date of discharge.