Paperback book `The Trial of Patrick Sellar` by Ian Grimble.
An account of the trial of Patrick Sellar, a beneficiary of the Sutherland clearances.
2000.135.1
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1998.263.8
Hardback book `Hebridean Journey` by Halliday Sutherland.
An account of the tour by the author around the Hebrides by steamer (for Tiree see pp 108-138).
1999.207.3
Hardback book `Fit for Heroes?` by Leah Leneman.
Land settlement in post-World War I Scotland.
1998.321.3
Paperback book `Clanship to the Crofters` War` by T. M. Devine.
The story of the people of the Scottish Highlands from medieval times to the great crofters` rebellion in the 1880s.
1999.314.8
Hardback book `Fuadach nan Gaidheal` by Domhnall Guinne and Mairi Spankie.
An illustrated history of the clearances for schoolchildren or Gaelic learners.
De-accessioned 1.3.2026.
1999.165.1
Hardback book `Inhabitants of the Inner Isles, Morvern and Arnamurchan 1716` edited by Nicholas MacLean-Bristol.
List of inhabitants of the Inner Isles, Morvern and Arnamurchan in 1716, including Tiree pages 113-150. (two copies)
2001.108.1
Paperback book `Highlanders – A history of the Gaels` by John MacLeod.
The story of the Gaels from Mesolithic man, through the Celts, the Vikings and the Lord of the Isles to the Stuart monarchy, the events following Culloden and the forced emigration, the Evangelical Movement and the Crofters` War, and the current situation.
De-accessioned 20.3.2026.
1997.274.11
Paperback book `Mightier than a lord` by Iain Fraser Grigor.
The story of the Highland crofter`s struggle for the land.
2000.252.1
Hardback book `The Crofters` War` by I. M. M. MacPhail.
A detailed account of the period of political and social agitation in the Highlands and Islands that culminated in the passing of the 1886 Crofters Act.
1997.274.12
Paperback book `Crofting Years` by Francis Thompson.
The social history of crofting in the Highlands and Islands.