Booklet `Discover the Isle of Tiree` by Meena Knapman.
Handbook about Tiree giving general information, places of interest, archaeological sites, flora and fauna, ancient chapels and modern churches.
1998.16.1
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2003.1.15
Booklet `Supernatural Mull` by Peter A Applebly.
A DIY guided tour of Mull for the motorist.
2003.1.16
Paperback book `The Mull Diaries` transcribed and edited by Joseph Buist Loudon.
The diary of James Robertson, Sheriff Substitute of Tobermory 1842-6.
2002.193.4
Paperback book `The Small Isles` by Denis Rixson.
The collective history of Canna, Rum, Eigg and Muck.
2002.193.5
Hardback book `Raasay` by Norma MacLeod.
The history of Raasay from the medieval period into the twentieth century.
2002.193.6
Paperback book `Old Skye tales` by William MacKenzie.
William Mackenzie (1851-1935) records local legends, folklore and superstition, the changes he saw in agriculture, education, the Church and emigration and recounts the history of Skye`s leading families and also the lives and experiences of crofters for whose rights he actively campaigned in the 1880s.
2002.185.1
Copy of notes of lecture given at Agricultural College by Ronald MacDonald, Melness, Cornaigbeg in the 1950s.
The location and topography of the island and communication with the mainland, soil conditions, stock, the crofting year, use of fertilisers, crofting grants.
1999.144.9
Account by George Holleyman of his time in the RAF on Tiree 1941-1943.
Account by George Holleymen, an amateur archaeologist, of his time in RAF Tiree as a Service Policeman. Two more copies added in 2011 (E01206).
1999.12.1.1
Booklet titled `Isle of Tiree` edited by Mona MacDonald, with photocopy.
Guide to townships on Tiree, local advertising and map. Accession includes photocopy of same.
1997.221.8
Ordnance Survey map, sheet NL94NW, 1:10,000.
Map of Craignish, Beinn Hough and Balevullin showing contour lines, roads and paths, boundaries, townships and buildings, bridges and cattle grids, rivers and drains, sites of antiquities, vegetation and rock features.