Collection: Local Collection Non Fiction

Report of an excursion to the Isle of Mull which took place between 25th July and 11th August 1939, led by Mr J F G Chapple.

The Scottish Society for Northern Studies explores the inter-relationships between the Scandinavian, Celtic and Scottish cultures through a variety of historical media and scholarly research. This collection of essays examines the cultural and historical relationships between Scotland, the Hebrid...

Gold mines, silver mines, railway villages, shipping centres - these are all part of Ontario's heritage and this book provides a fascinating insight to the past with detailed maps, descriptions of sites and contemporary and archival photographs.

British army colonel Thomas Talbot was responsible for the early settlement of much of southwestern Ontario. In 'The Talbot regime', originally published in 1904, author C. O. Ermatinger draws on letters, diaries, official documents, and an earlier Talbot biography written in 1859 by the author's...

Gaelic folk tales retold in comic strips by pupils from Tobermory, Salen, Ulva, Lochdonhead, Bowmore, Port Ellen, Port Charlotte, Keills, Small Isles and Tiree Primary Schools, and Tiree High School. Stories include 'The sunken Spanish galleon of Mull', 'The battle of Traigh Ghruineard', 'Goraidh...