Hardback book `The History of the Highland Clearances` by Alexander MacKenzie.
An account of the Highland clearances with information, including population statistics about Tiree and Coll on pages 230-232.
2005.21.1
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2004.108.1
Paperback book `One Hundred and Five Songs of Occupation from the Western Isles of Scotland` collected by Frances Tolmie.
105 Gaelic works songs.
2000.135.1
Paperback book `The Trial of Patrick Sellar` by Ian Grimble.
An account of the trial of Patrick Sellar, a beneficiary of the Sutherland clearances.
1998.321.3
Paperback book `Clanship to the Crofters` War` by T. M. Devine.
The story of the people of the Scottish Highlands from medieval times to the great crofters` rebellion in the 1880s.
1999.314.8
Hardback book `Fuadach nan Gaidheal` by Domhnall Guinne and Mairi Spankie.
An illustrated history of the clearances for schoolchildren or Gaelic learners.
De-accessioned 1.3.2026.
1997.274.11
Paperback book `Mightier than a lord` by Iain Fraser Grigor.
The story of the Highland crofter`s struggle for the land.
1997.274.12
Paperback book `Crofting Years` by Francis Thompson.
The social history of crofting in the Highlands and Islands.
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.
2000.206.1
Audio cassette recording of Margaret Green of Mannal talking to Maggie Campbell in 2000.
Margaret Green of Mannal talks to Maggie Campbell in 2000 about her childhood holidays in Mannal and playing with the other children on the shore, the people who lived in Mannal, the fishing boats and sharing the catch, fishing for sea-bream in June, her blind great-grandfather whose house was set on fire during the Clearances, a story about the curse put on the factor of the time, visiting relatives and friends, and returning to Glasgow laden with parcels of eggs, butter, cheese, potatoes and sometimes a chicken.
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.