Photocopied extract from the Valuation Roll for the County of Argyll, 1949-50, pp 449-50, 456,459-60.
Valuation Roll entries for shops on Tiree in 1949-50.
2002.58.1
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2002.46.7
Photocopy of Crofters Commission document (RG.1175/11-68 – 700).
Replies to questions asked by crofters on the proposals on crofting tenure made the Crofters Commission to the Secretary of State, 1968.
2002.46.9
Colour scan of analysis of well water at An Airidh, Cornaigmore, 1962.
Analysis of well water at An Airidh, Cornaigmore showing the water suitable for drinking purposes.
2000.1.1
Laminated photocopy of Church of Scotland membership certificate, dated 14/8/1945.
Church of Scotland membership certificate, dated 14/8/45, given to donor`s father when in Changi POW camp, Singapore.
1997.89.4
Laminated photocopy of transcript of petition from the crofters of Kilmoluaig to the County Clerk, 7/12/1903.
Determination of the crofters of Kilmoluaig to refuse to pay the County Assessments until the township road is dressed by the Council.
1997.89.3
Photocopied extract from Scarinish Public School log book, 27/12/1898 – 13/1/1899.
Low attendance at school because of the stormy weather.
1997.85.1
Photocopied petition to the Duke of Argyll from the widow of Donald MacArthur, Caoles, 1887.
Petition asking for a reduction in rent for a low-lying croft in Caoles and statinng that the petitioner has not attended any Land League meetings or applied to the Crofters Commission.
1997.89.1
Photocopied notice of Argyll County Council meeting in Dunoon on 4/10/1894 re the Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Act, 1878.
Meeting to add a number of roads in Tiree to the list of roads, highways and bridges maintained by the council.
1997.89.2
Photocopied Tiree School Board document c. 1919-20
List of schools and teachers, their sex, date of birth, qualifications, post held, date of appointment, salary and tenure, terms and conditions.
1999.11.5
List of emigrants from Tiree in 1851
Transcription of the list of emigrants from Tiree in 1851.
Courtesy of His Grace the Duke of Argyll
As a result of the potato famine of 1846, the 8th Duke of Argyll devised a strategy to deal with the endemic poverty and overcrowding on Tiree: assisted emigration of cottars and the smallest tenants, prohibition of the subdivision of crofts, consolidation of small tenancies and the creation of small farms.
This led to a reduction in the numbers of small tenants, increased numbers of larger tenants and an increase in rental income. However, these policies also contributed to the continuing fall in the island’s population. An estimated 3670 people left Tiree between 1841 and 1881.
A second wave of emigration in 1880s confirmed the decline which was sustained throughout the 20th century with many islanders leaving to find work elsewhere.