Handwritten poem `On the death of A. C. McArthur` by Agnes Alexander, with photocopy.
Five verse poem extolling the qualities of A. C. McArthur, subtitled `Obit Sept 3rd 1936`.
1997.39.2
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1997.39.3
Magazine cutting `The Isles of Sunshine` by Mary Paulin.
Descriptions of Coll and Tiree mentioning the changing popoulation of Tiree, the crofting community, bulb growing, birds, Dun Mor Vaul and the weather. Black and white photographs of the Tiree Pipe Band at Coll Agricultural Show and Scarinish, Tiree.
1997.39.4
Magazine `Piping Times`, Vol. 6, No. 3, December 1953, with photocopy.
Articles on pipers, pipe bands and competitions.
1997.39.5
Incomplete letter from Rev. Guthrie, a Free Church minister who lodged at Corrairigh, Cornaigbeg, with photocopy.
Incomplete letter describing author`s holidays in Fort William, a taxi journey to the boat in Oban, news of family, friends and acquaintances.
1997.39.6
Handwritten letter dated 17/11/1915 from John (surname unknown) to his mother, with photocopy.
Letter to a mother during World War I from her son who has recently been called up after applying for a temporary surgeon`s commission in Navy.
1997.39.7
Newspaper cutting of photograph of Mairi Lyndsay Campbell and the Princess Royal, with photocopy.
Mairi Lyndsay Campbell of Cornaigbeg presenting a bouquet to the Princess Royal outside the Alan Stevenson Centre, Hynish in June 1991 (see photo E116).
1997.39.8
Newspaper cutting `Last call for the corncrake?` by Robin Page, with photocopies.
Article about the falling numbers of corncrakes in Britain, the author`s visit to Tiree in 1989, and the recommendation that Tiree is declared an Environmentally Sensitive Area to protect the corncrakes` habitat.
1997.39.9
Two copies of the Souvenir Programme for the 33rd Annual Gathering of the Tiree Association, 1934, with photocopy.
Concert programme for the 33rd Annual Gathering of the Tiree association held in St Anderew`s Hall, Galsgow on 16/11/1934, with articles about the Chairman, Sir Iain Colquhoun, the Association itself, an obituary for former president Hugh Alexander Low, the Great Tea Race of 1866 and Tiree.
Click here for obituary for Hugh Alexander Low
1997.39.10
Souvenir programme for the Jubilee Gathering of theTiree Association, 1950
Concert programme for the Jubilee Gathering of the Tiree Association held in St Andrew`s Halls on 17/11/1950 with articles about the chairman, His Grace the Duke of Argyll, the Association itself, and memories of Tiree.
1997.39.11
Gaelic poem `Tuireadh` written and translated into English by Neil MacDonald in 1934, with photocopy.
Lament for a woman who left the poet for another man.