Colour scan of English poem by unknown author about the Great Tea Race of 1866.
Poem by unknown author found by Dr J G Buchanan of Coll and sent to the Editor of the Oban Times for publishing on 6/5/1949.
2001.28.2
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2000.208.4
Newspaper article about the proposed bridge between Tiree and Coll.
Article about the proposed bridge between Tiree and Coll.
2000.177.1
Audio cassette recording of Major Nicholas Bristol-MacLean talking in An Iodhlann in August 2000.
Major Nicholas Bristol-MacLean of Coll talks in An Iodhlann in August 2000 about his connection with Tiree through his great-great-uncle, the Rev. Neil MacLean (Maighstir Niall), who built the old manse at Gott, how Tiree is special to the MacLeans of Duart, about Alexander MacLean who fought at Killiecrankie and Dunkeld, the six year war between the MacLeans and Campbells in the 1670s, a rent collector by the name of Cameron, the changes in religion, the second sight, a collection of manuscripts and his MacLean genealogy.
2003.172.1
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 306, 8/11/2003.
Local news and events including the Agricultural Business Development Scheme and Processing and Marketing Grant Scheme, article by Councillor Ian Gilles, letter from the manse, visiting archaeologist Steven Mithen, article by John Bowler RSPB, a craft weekend in Coll and news from the school, youth and golf clubs.
2001.97.8
Photocopied responses to the Royal College of Physicians Survey of 1850.
Responses from Rev Archibald Nicol of Coll and from Rev Archibald Farquharson of Tiree to the Royal College of Physicians Survey of 1850.
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2001.97.33
Photocopied extracts from the County of Argyll Seventeenth Annual Report by the Medical Officer of Health Dr Roger MacNeill, pp 46-47
The provision of a horse-drawn ambulance carriage for Tiree; reports of diptheria on Tiree, whooping cough on Coll, typhus fever in Tiree and one case of plague contact.
2001.97.46
Letter from Argyll & Bute Archivist Murdo MacDonald dated 22/11/2000 about doctors on Tiree.
The difficulty in pinpointing the arrival of Dr Buchanan in Tiree and the case of Margaret MacKinnon, wife of Lachlan Lamont, who died in childbirth in 1857.
1997.155.2
Black and white photograph of the Tiree Pipe Band at Cornaigmore.
The Tiree Pipe Band at Coll in 1967 Pipe Major Robert Beck (extreme left taldks to Piper Hector J. C. Campbell (2nd left).
2000.118.4
Journal extract `On some Coll and Tiree plants` by Symers M. MacVicar.
Description of some of the 357 species of plant on Coll and Tiree.
2000.148.2
Draft basis of severance of the link between Coll and Tiree parishes dated 11/11/1993.
Typed pages of a draft basis of severance of the link between Coll and Tiree parishes dated 11/11/1993 with reference to Rev. Neil MacKinnon.