Booklet `Castles of Argyll` ca 1980
Photocopy of hand-typed and hand-drawn text about Argyll castles used to teach history at Tiree High School around 1980.
2013.104.4
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2013.104.6
Booklet `Argyll 1750-1850 – a selection of historical documents` ca 1980
Compilation of various general bits of historical information about the Argyll area, used as a teaching resource in Tiree High School around 1980. Includes a 2nd photocopy.
2013.73.2
Book `Scandinavian Scotland` by Barbara E Crawford, 1987
Softback book about the occupation of the scottish islands and seaboard by `Vikings` in the early middle ages.
2013.73.8
CD of recordings from The Secret Island history conference, Tiree 2013.
CD of recordings from the three-day history conference held at An Talla on 30th May to 1st June 2013, and organised by The Islands Book Trust, Lewis, with An Iodhlann. Includes talks and speeches given by local and visiting experts.
2012.101.1
Book `Castor & Pollux`, 2012
Softback book about two prominent MacLeans, Sir Alexander MacLean of Otter (Castor) and Sir John MacLean of Duart (Pollox), who joined forces to rescue Sir Alexander`s regiment from Isle of Gigha in 1689 whilst underfire from the Royal Navy.
2011.49.1
Book `Scotland’s Splendour`; photographic account of Scotland
Hardback book describing in text and colour photographs the landscape and history of Scotland. Contributions by various authors and photographers including George Blake, WH Murray, JS Grant, Seton Gordon, Tom Weir, John R Allan and Mory McLaren. Tiree on page 101.
2011.27.1
Book “Scotland as it was and as it is” by the 8th Duke of Argyll, 1887
Hardback history of Scotland “Scotland as it was and as it is” (second edition 1887) by the Duke of Argyll (1823-1900) with sections on Tyree. Handwritten on inside cover “William D MacLean 1986”.
2010.69.5
Photograph of Mike Hughes, Donald MacKinnon and Dr John Holliday at a history exhibition at the Lodge Hotel in 1995.
Colour photograph of a history exhibition at the Lodge Hotel in 1995. L-R: Mike Hughes, Donald MacKinnon and Dr John Holliday.
2010.44.1
Tiree Memories Calendar 2011 by Alec Walker
“Tiree Memories” calendar 2011, by Alec Walker, showing black and white photographs of old Tiree. Photos: Mary Stewart in Scarinish Harbour, Balephetrish 1950s, Upper Vaul, Ruaig, Kilkenneth chapel, Scarinish from the air, Caoles, Claymore ferry, Hillcrest, Kilkenneth, Balephuil.
2010.38.1
Book “The land below the waves”
Book “The land below the waves – Tiree past and present” by Donneil Kennedy of Tiree ancestry.