The Coll Magazine
The Coll Magazine, published annually from 1983 to 2006, was the creation of its foundation editor, Pat Barr, a writer by profession, who spent her summer months in Coll every year. Her aim was to present the island's way of life and its history by encouraging islanders and descendants of islanders to write and submit for publication their reminisces, family stories and local histories. It was a quality publication and an outstanding achievement for a small island community. Its demise is mourned by descendants of Collachs world-wide.
The introductory pages of the the first (1983) issue of The Coll Magazine and some later articles of particular interest to historians and genealogists can be downloaded from the table below.
Complete back issues of the magazine from 1983 to 2004 can be downloaded at
https://collmagazine.visitcoll.co.uk/
|
The late Betty MacDougall, proud Collach, highly respected historian, genealogist and author, and contributor of many articles to The Coll Magazine, may be better known by her married name, Elizabeth MacRae, to the people overseas with whom she corresponded.
|
|
No.
|
Title
|
Year
|
Author(s)
|
|
1.
|
First Issue 1983. The Schools of Coll in the "Good Old Days"
|
1983
|
Betty MacDougall
|
|
2.
|
Farming on Coll, 1764
|
1984
|
Margaret M McKay
|
|
3.
|
Centenary of the Free Church of Coll
|
1984
|
Betty MacDougall
|
|
4.
|
The Church of Scotland on Coll
|
1986
|
Betty MacDougall
& Juliana Nichols
|
|
5.
|
Of Shielings, Shinty and Sabbaths
|
1986
|
Betty MacDougall
|
|
6.
|
Sorisdal
|
1988
|
Betty MacDougall
|
|
7.
|
Old Arinagour
|
1989
|
Betty MacDougall
|
|
8.
|
A Sad Farewell to Coll in 1837: The Sailing of the "Brilliant" for New South Wales
|
1990
|
Marjories McLean Foster
|
|
9.
|
Emigration Series Part 1: The "Economy" of 1819
|
1993
|
Betty MacDougall
|
|
10.
|
Emigration Series Part 2: The "Skelton" and the "John Dunscombe"
|
1994
|
Betty MacDougall
|
|
11.
|
Emigration Series Part 3: Emigration...and Return - the "Brilliant" and the "George Fyffe"
|
1995
|
Betty MacDougall
|
|
12.
|
Emigration Series Part 4: Notes on Emigration to Canada and Australia
|
1996
|
Betty MacDougall
|
|