Photocopied letter dated 22/10/1900 from Heylipol manse to the Duke of Argyll.
Letter dated 22/10/1900 from the Rev Dugald MacLean to the Duke of Argyll informing him that the report on the condition of Heylipol Church omits the decayed state of the windows and suggesting that it might be cheaper to build a new church than to repair the existing one. (Bundle 2504)
Hardback book `Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland` by John Gregorson Campbell. The following extract is a transcription from the book.
Fairy dogs (‘Cu sith’)
The fairies often kept hounds as watchdogs, which sometimes accompanied fairy women on their expeditions or roamed about alone, making their lairs in the clefts of rocks.
Rev. John Gregorson Campbell described these dogs as being ‘as large as a two-year-old stirk’ with, in some cases, ‘a long tail rolled up in a coil on its back…Its immense footmarks [were] as large as the spread of a human hand…’ Some said its motion was silent; others that it made a noise like a galloping horse.
‘There is a considerable interval between each bark, and at the third (it only barks thrice) the terror-struck hearer is overtaken and destroyed, unless he has by that time reached a place of safety.’
Photocopied letter dated 13/1/1862 from Rev John Gregorson Campbell to the Duke of Argyll.
Letter dated 13/1/1862 from Rev John Gregorson Campbell to the Duke of Argyll about the lack of accomodation for the teacher at Kirkapol school and the large class size (80-90 pupils). (Bundle 1540)
Hand-drawn family tree for the MacLeans of Ruaig and the MacDougalls of Milton.
Family tree for the MacLeans of Ruaig and the MacDougalls of Milton.
Book `Laoidhean Molaidh` by Rev. Alan MacDougall.
Gaelic hymns of praise written by the Rev. Alan MacDougall of Caoles.
Autographed speech by Ronnie MacDonald given at Tur Mhic Chaluim on 26/7/1986.
Autographed speech by Ronnie MacDonald given at Tur Mhic Chaluim on 26/7/1986.
Paperback book `St Columba Gaelic Church Glasgow` by Donald N. MacDonald.
A history of the church, its ministers and congregation.
Black and white photograph of Roddy MacLeod, minister at Kilwinning.
Roddy MacLeod, cousin of Chrissie MacFarlane, Hynish, who grew up to be a minister at Kilwinning.
Photocopied Albert Goodheir.
Article about Rev. Albert Goodheir, minister on Tiree.
Letter from Rev W MacLeod to his congregation.
Open letter from Church of Scotland minister Rev W. MacLeod to his congregation asking for regular attendance and the institution of a weekly freewill offering scheme.
