Photocopied extract from the Scottish Geographical Magazine `The Island of Tiree` by James R Coull.
Overview of Tiree covering the physical environment, the development of agriculture, kelp making and fishing, population, crofting as typified by the townships of Ruaig and Salum, communications and services.
Photocopied extract from `Argyll Estate Instructions`.
Instructions to the baillie of Tiry from the Duke of Argyll, October 1797. Subjects covered include the value of kelp to the tenants, the stipend of the new minister and the dissatisfaction of the schoolmaster with the land supplied to him.
Photocopied extract from `Outer Isles` by Ada Goodrich Freer, pp 1-61.
Account of a visit to Tiree in 1894.
Newpaper article about kelp-making by George Mitchell.
Article about a fortnight spent on Tiree by George Mitchell as an Edinburgh University student researching the kelp industry.
Photocopy of SNH report on the littoral resource & management options in the Western Isles.
An assessment of the littoral seaweed resource and management options in the Western Isles.
Photocopy of newspaper article & photos `Project aims to turn tide for marine harvest`.
The history of harvesting seaweed up to the present day in the Western Isles and Orkney .
Colour scan of brass plate.
Colour scan of brass plate from the Glassary seaweed factory cart engraved `NORTH BRITISH CHEMICAL CO. LD. TYREE NO. 1`.
Photocopied extract `On the Economic Applications of Seaweed` by Edward C. C. Stanford.
Description of seaweeds and their various uses, e.g. food, medicine, manure and the manufacture of kelp; Stanford`s new process that doubled the extraction of iodine.
Photocopied letter from Howe-Stanford to unknow recipient dated 3/7/1876.
Letter detailing conditions for lease on property for seaweed factory at Middleton.
Photocopied letter from Edward C. C. Stanford to His Grace the Duke of Argyll, 26/1/1875.
Letter to the Duke of Argyll from Mr Stanford of British Seaweed Co Ltd., asking for a secretary of factor to be sent to witness the good done by the company in Tyree.
