VHS video and DVD of the naming ceremony of the ferry ‘MV Clansman’ in 1998.
1998.43.2
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1997.244.3
VHS video and DVD of Caledonian MacBrayen’s Clyde steamships.
2015.40.21
Black and white photograph of a ferry alongside Gott pier around the 1910s. From a collection of photographs from Mannal House.
2015.40.4
Collection of 29 black & white photographs and postcards retrieved from Mannal House featuring members of the MacDonald family, Catherine Campbell, Annie Campbell, Private H MacDonald, and their relations, around 1900-1930s. Some of these photos are catalogued individually (2015.40.6 – 2015.40.23).
2015.11.6
Colour photograph of John Allen Cameron, skipper of the Coll ferry boat, taking passengers between the ferry and the pier in the 1970s. (original stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
2015.1.8
Book `Ferries in Scotland`, 1988
Softback book `Ferries in Scotland` by Marie Weir about the development of communicaitons in Scotland, over 400 ferry sites, ferryman`s way of life, and difficulties faced. Tiree is mentioned on page 157, with regard to inducing the ferryman at Scarinish to provide a competitive service.
2014.120.3
Photograph of cars on the deck of the Claymore ferry, 1960s
Black & white photograph of cars on the deck of the Claymore in the 1960s, the nearest of which belonged to the Knapman family.
2014.120.4
Photograph of a cow being loaded onto the ferry, 1930s
Black & white photograph of a cow being hoisted by winch onto the deck of the Claymore ferry at Coll during the 1930s.
2014.120.6
Photograph of a woman feeding a gull ca 1940
Copy of a colour transparency of a woman feeding a black-backed gull from the ferry around 1940.
2014.115.4
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 436, 21/02/2009
Local news: plans for windfarm off Tiree; WWII soldier remembers building a jetty at Balephetrish Bay; Mainly Music; Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) discussions; Gordon Scott`s Everest trek; Tiree Trust discuss offshore windfarm proposals; SWRI meeting; Cobbled Cow café under new management; RSPB information; livestock sale results; Edinburgh moonwalk.