Hardback book `Manitoba`.
Manitoba, Canada with colour photographs, presented to An Iodhlann on behalf of Hector, Charles and John MacLean who emigrated to Canada and settled in Little Souris, Manitoba in 1878.
2001.187.1
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2004.74.1
Genealogical information about the family of John MacPhail who emigrated to Canada in 1903.
Genealogical information about the family of John MacPhail who emigrated to Canada in 1903.
2001.42.1
Black and white photograph of the MacPhail in Cromarty, Ontario.
The MacPhail family who emigrated to Cromarty, Ontario in June 1903 on board the S.S. Sardinian.
L-R: (standing) Allan (1897-1968), Hector (1892-1984), Archie (1895-1963), Flora Ann or Flo (1891-1992), (seated) father John MacPhail (1867-1940), Catherine or Kate (1898-1972), Mary Catherine or Mary (1900-1987), mother Flora MacLean (1863-1934).
John was the son of Hector MacPhail and Catherine Lamont in Cornaigmore; Flora was the daughter of Archie MacLean and Mary Campbell in Kenovay (Flora had a twin brother Allan). John and Flora were married in Tobermory on 26th September 1889.
1999.317.1
Paperback book `The Great Highland Famine` by T. M. Devine.
A detailed account of the clearances of the 19th century, landlordism, crofting life, emigration and migration.
1999.314.12
Paperback book `Canada` by Lionel Bender, translated by Murdoch Campbell and illustrated by Ann Savage.
Canadian history, geography and way of life in Gaelic, for school children or Gaelic learners.
De-accessioned 26.2.2026.
1999.291.6
Paperback book `The Last Stronghold` by Margaret Bennett.
The Scottish Gaelic traditions of Newfoundland, Canada.
2001.87.9
Paperback book `The Highland Clearances` by Eric Richards.
An account of the origins of the Clearances in the 18th century, the crofting legislation of the 1880s and how the the process of clearance was part of a wider European movement of rural depopulation.
1998.320.24
Paperback book `Scotland Farewell: The People of the Hector` by Donald MacKay.
The story of the Highland Scots who sailed to Pictou, Nova Scotia in 1773 on board the `Hector` and who pioneered the largescale emigration of Scots to Nova Scotia.
2001.18.1
Paperback book `Gaelic Songs in Nova Scotia` by Helen Creighton and Calum MacLeod.
93 Gaelic folksongs from Cape Breton.
De-accessioned 1.3.2026.
2000.50.9
Paperback book `The Great Highland Famine` by T. M. Devine.
A detailed account of the clearances of the 19th century, landlordism, crofting life, emigration and migration.