Places - Harris, Scotland

Emigration Files

This series relates primarily to the Colonisation Scheme established under the auspices of Lord Balfour, Secretary for Scotland in 1886 as a response to the congestion and poverty amongst the crofting community. The Scheme concentrated on Lewis an...

Reference code

GB 234 AF51

Date(s)

  • 1885-1956 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

George Washington Wilson & Co photographic collection

The George Washington Wilson and Co. photographic collection consists of over 37,000 glass plate negatives, produced by the Aberdeen firm between the second half of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. This includes images from...

Reference code

GB 231 MS 3792

Date(s)

  • c1850-1905 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Harris (Tarbert) Ambulance Committee

Minute book 1946-1963

Reference code

GB3002 IN7/2

Date(s)

  • 1946-1963 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Harris District Committee, Harris

Minutes 1917-1934 (Harris District Council from 1930); roads minutes 1890-1918, public health minutes 1890-1918

Reference code

GB3002 IN2/1

Date(s)

  • 1890-1934 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Harris District Council

Minute books 1934-1975, correspondence 1960-1972, financial records 1931-1975

Reference code

GB3002 IN6/2

Date(s)

  • 1931-1975 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Harris Nursing Association

Minute book 1928-1948, letter book 1933-1946

Reference code

GB3002 IN7/1

Date(s)

  • 1928-1948 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Harris Parochial Board / Parish Council, Harris, Scotland

Minute books 1863-1930; scroll minute books 1876-1932

Reference code

GB3002 IN5/2

Date(s)

  • 1863-1932 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Harris Public Assistance Sub-Committee

Minutes 1932-1956; applications for relief 1949-1965

Reference code

GB3002 IN5/6

Date(s)

  • 1932-1965 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Highland & Island Emigration Society

Letter books 1852-1859; list of emigrants 1852-1857; promissory note book 1852-1857

Reference code

GB 234 HD4

Date(s)

  • 1852-1859 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Highland & Island Emigration Society

Photocopies of chronological lists (arranged by vessel and port) of assisted emigrants to Australia, 1852-1855

Reference code

GB 232 D295

Date(s)

  • 1852-1858 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Highlands and Islands Development Board / Highlands and Islands Enterprise

Governance: Constitution 1970-1974, annual reports 1990-1991; corporate plans and strategies 1974-1989; progress reports 1973-1991; board papers and reports 1970-1992; external publications by central government, Highland Regional Council 1964-19...

Reference code

GB 232 D204

Date(s)

  • 1882-1994 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Lewis & Harris Estate Plans

Map of Lewis and North Harris showing surveyed routes around Lewis c1920 and Garynahine fisheries c1900; Plan of Leverburgh Harbour 1925

Reference code

GB3002 GD28

Date(s)

  • c1900-1925 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Lochmaddy Sheriff Court

ORDINARY COURT 1 Roll books (including appeal roll book) 2 Minute books 3 Register of ordinary actions and summary applications ('A' and 'B' registers) 4 Unallocated 5 Extract decree books 6 Processes 7 Unallocated 8 Process transmission, borrowin...

Reference code

GB 234 SC33

Date(s)

  • 1836-c1986 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Long Island Combination Poorhouse, Lochmaddy, North Uist

Minute books 1875-1942; letter books 1914-1933; cash books 1910-1930; ledgers 1886-1930

Reference code

GB3002 IN5/9

Date(s)

  • 1875-1942 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Lord Leverhulme: Business correspondence

The collection consists mainly of subject files containing correspondence. The following provides an overview of what is held Fishing: Trawlers and conveyance of fish 1918-1923; salmon, kippers, crab and lobster 1918-1924; West and East Coast F...

Reference code

GB 1752 TS 27

Date(s)

  • 1903-1925 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

North Harris Trust Estate

Estate maps 1930-[1950]; Chartularies 1821-1985; Croft Rental Ledgers 1919-1999

Reference code

GB GBX TS15

Date(s)

  • 1930-1999 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Papers relating to conditions in and administration of Invernessshire and the Western Isles of Scotland

MS 2023/1: Letter, dated 26 March 1817, from Claud Russell, Edinburgh to Rt. Hon. Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville. He encloses MS 2023/2, a copy of which was to be presented to the Lords of the Treasury by the Duke of Atholl, request...

Reference code

GB 231 MS 2023

Date(s)

  • 1817 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Sir Edward H Scott of North Harris papers

Various papers relating to K Macdonald’s account as factor for Edward H Scott of Harris, 1872-1886, including notes and letters by Macdonald, various vouchers, receipts and accounts collected by Macdonald; papers relating to the construction and m...

Reference code

GB 234 GD1/1159

Date(s)

  • 1807-1886 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Stuart & Stuart, Cairns & Co, solicitors

This collection of solicitors papers is not wholly relating to the Outer Hebrides but includes the following of interest to the Western Isles: GD274/29-38 Lewis papers 1844-1895 including contract for Stornoway court house in 1844; Papers in actio...

Reference code

GB 234 GD274

Date(s)

  • c1600-c1900 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Synod of Glenelg

Minutes 1725-1929 (7 volumes)

Reference code

GB 232 CH2/568

Date(s)

  • 1725-1929 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Tarbert (Harris) Free Church, United Free

Minutes (Session and Deacon’s Courts) 1882-1910 Communion roll 1873-1907

Reference code

GB 234 CH3/1221

Date(s)

  • 1873-1910 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Western Isles Community Education Project (Bernard Van Leer Foundation)

Phase 2 papers 1983-1987; press cuttings c1980-1992; project reporter articles c1985-1986; project reports and education committee papers 1980-1997; education reports and committee papers 1986-1989; Weekly reports from Iain Minty, Sheila Macleod, ...

Reference code

GB3002 GD6

Date(s)

  • 1980-1997 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection
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