Book `Clyde Cruising Club Sailing Directions` 1960
Hard-back manual of rules, regulations, advice and anchorages for sailing in the west coast of Scotland. Belonged to Mrs Petrie, a former owner of the Scarinish Hotel, and signed `R.N. Petrie` on the inside front. Several pages of advertisements at the back of the book.
List of emigrants from Tiree and Coll to Australia, 1852-1857
List of emigrants from Tiree and Coll to Moreton Bay, Portland Bay, Geelong and Hobart Town in Australia, during 1852-1857, giving record no., surname, residence, estate, parish, county, ship name, departure date, port of departure, port of arrival, remarks (incl. finances and deaths) and page no.
Roll of graduates of Glasgow University including Donald MacFarlane, Tiree, in 1891
List of students graduating from the University of Glasgow between Dec. 31 1797 and Dec 31st 1897. Includes Donald Neil MacFarlane M.B., C.M. of Tiree (1868-1895), Ship Surgeon.
Booklet `Sìl an Eòrna – Children of the Barley` 2006
Booklet about the circumstances and fates of people who left Tiree en masse, sailing to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Patagonia and USA during the mid 1800s to early 1900s. Researched by Dr John Holliday for a summer exhibition at An Iodhlann.
Photograph of the Decca Hifix radio mast and camp at West Hynish in 1966
Black & white photograph of the temporary Decca Hifix radio mast and camp at West Hynish in 1966. The radio was one of three used to accurately locate a Royal Navy survey vessel `HMS Mermaid` that was mapping the topography of the seabed in the shipping lanes between Scotland and Ireland. The other two radios were located at Malin Head and Islay. (For further details see 2012.125.5 filing cabinet 9 drawer 4)
Information about the Decca Hifix radio mast at West Hynish in 1966.
Printed email with information about the temporary Decca Hifix radio mast at West Hynish and photographs from around the island in 1966 (R164-R180).
Photograph of the sunken `Loch Seaforth` with the `Claymore` and `Glencloy` in the background
Colour photograph of the ferry `Claymore` and cargo vessel `Glencloy` off Gott Bay pier with the sunken ferry `Loch Seaforth` in the foreground in 1973. Until the `Loch Seaforth` was refloated, passengers were transferred from/to the Claymore by motor launch. Cargo and livestock were transported on the smaller cargo ship `Glen Cloy` which could berth between the sunken ferry and the pier.
Photograph of the `Glen Cloy` with the sunken `Loch Seaforth` in the foreground
Colour photograph of the ferry `Loch Seaforth` where it sank beside Gott Bay pier in 1973, with the `Glencloy` cargo ship passing in the background.
Photograph of the sunken Loch Seaforth and Glen Cloy at Gott Bay pier in 1973
Colour photograph of the cargo ship `Glencloy` berthed between Gott Bay pier and and the sunken `Loch Seaforth` in 1973.
Photograph of a bull being loaded onto the `Glen Cloy`
Colour photograph of a bull in a crate being hoisted by crane from Gott pier to the cargo vessel `Glencloy` in 1973. The ferry could not berth alongside the pier at that time because of obstruction caused by the `Loch Seaforth` which had sunk alongside the pier as a result of hitting rocks in Gunna Sound.
