Collection: Local Collection Non Fiction

In June 2018, staff from the Glasgow School of Art's Widening Participation team ran a two-day workshop at Islay High School, opening up the 'Ileach' archives and giving pupils the chance to 'remix' this treasure trove of local history. The participants incorporated their own stories into their r...

In the county of Argyll in the Western Highlands, the layout of communities has changed over the broad sweep of centuries. Centres of population have moved, centres of crime are now peaceful glens, but the vagaries of human nature behind so many modern crimes are also behind historic crime. 'Accu...

Guidebook to the Parish Church of Rosneath, opened in 1853

A collection of some of the writing from Kintyre Writers' Circle on the theme of animals.

'The Shepherd and the Morning Star' is a remarkable double biography and autobiography. In the course of it the life of the son, Willie Orr, gradually emerges from under the shadow of that of his father, Lawrence Orr (PB), leading Ulster Unionist politician, philanderer and would-be bigamist, who...

The centenary of the First World War captured the hearts of the nation. From community activities and war memorial restorations to large-scale national ceremonial events, this highly illustrated publication captures the variety and breadth of the events that took place to commemorate this signifi...