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Businesses (39)
- A McNair, farrier and blacksmith Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- Alexander Robertson & Sons (Yacht Builders) Ltd Sandbank, Argyllshire
- Askomills Lime Works Askomills, Argyllshire
- Barcaldine Gardens Ltd Barcaldine, Argyllshire
- Bryant & May Ltd, match manufacturers Bow, Middlesex
- Bute Insurance Co Ltd Rothesay, Buteshire
- Bute Savings Bank Rothesay, Buteshire
- C & D Mactaggart, solicitors Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- Campbeltown & Glasgow Steam Packet Joint Stock Co Ltd Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- Campbeltown Coal Co Ltd Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- Campbeltown Gas Co Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- Campbeltown Shipbuilding Co Ltd Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- David MacKintosh, architect Oban, Argyllshire
- Donald Munro, fish merchant Furnace, Argyllshire
- Duncan MacColl, farmer Inveraray, Argyllshire
- Grocer Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- Hugh Macdonald, wholesale stationer Oban, Argyllshire
- Inveraray Steam Ferry Co Ltd Inveraray, Argyllshire
- J Macfarlane, grocers and general merchants Tobermory, Argyllshire
- John MacIntyre, wright and joiner Inveraray, Argyllshire
- John McIntyre & Son, timber merchants Cardross, Dunbartonshire
- John Rodger, chemist Inveraray, Argyllshire
- Joseph Gundry & Co, manufacturers of nets, linen, twines etc Bridport, Dorset;Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- Macintyre family, salmon fishermen and farmers Kerrera, Argyllshire
- Malcolm McNeall, merchant Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- McConnell & McCarthy, drapers and outfitters Rothesay, Buteshire
- Merchant Inveraray, Argyllshire
- Oban Bay Shipyard Ltd Oban, Argyllshire
- Parlane MacFarlane, farmer Faslane, Dunbartonshire
- Peter Murray, builder Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- Reid & Colvilles, whisky distillers Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- Robert Armour & Sons, plumbers, copper and tin smiths, Campbeltown Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- Robert Fraser, chemist and stationer Inveraray, Argyllshire
- Rothesay Gas & Light Co Rothesay, Buteshire
- Salen (Mull) Pier Co Ltd Salen, Argyllshire
- Sproat & Cameron, solicitors Tobermory, Argyllshire
- Tailor Inveraray, Argyllshire
- Thomas Corson & Co Ltd, auctioneers and livestock dealers Oban, Argyllshire
- William Herbert, solicitor Rothesay, Buteshire
Organisations (127)
- 6th Argyllshire Artillery Volunteers Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- All Saints Church, Inveraray Inveraray, Argyllshire
- An Comunn nan Coisir Ghaidhlig (the Gaelic Choirs Association)
- Anne and Jane Forbes Memorial Trust for Relief of Distress at Campbeltown Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- Ardrishaig Common Good Trust Ardrishaig, Argyllshire
- Ardrishaig Public Hall and Literary Institute Ardrishaig, Argyllshire
- Ardrishaig Ratepayers and Electors Association Ardrishaig, Argyllshire
- Ardrishaig Swimming Pool Ardrishaig, Argyllshire
- Argyll and Bute Council
- Argyll and Bute District Lunacy Board Argyllshire;Buteshire
- Argyll and Bute Legalised Police Cells Visiting Committee
- Argyll and the Isles Diocese
- Argyll Federation of Scottish Women's Rural Institutes Argyllshire;Strathclyde
- Argyll Mountain Battery Argyllshire;Strathclyde
- Argyll Square United Free Church, Oban Oban, Argyllshire
- Argyllshire sheriffs Argyllshire;Strathclyde
- Argyllshire Volunteers Argyllshire;Strathclyde
- Burnside Independent Chapel, Campbeltown Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- Bute Nursing Benevolent Association Bute, Buteshire
- Bute Women Citizens Association Buteshire;Strathclyde
- Buteshire Liberal Club Buteshire;Strathclyde
- Cairndow Recreation Club Cairndow, Argyllshire
- Cairndow Television Club Cairndow, Argyllshire
- Campbeltown Athenaeum Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- Campbeltown Charity Concerts Committee Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- Campbeltown Coopers Society Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- Campbeltown Curling Club Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- Campbeltown Nursing Society Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- Campbeltown Post Office Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- Cardross Golf Club Cardross, Dunbartonshire
- Ceilidh Nan Gaidheal An Obain Oban, Argyllshire
- Christ Church English Episcopal Chapel, Dunoon Dunoon, Argyllshire
- Christ Church, Lochgilphead Lochgilphead, Argyllshire
- Church of the Holy Spirit, Ardchattan Ardchattan, Argyllshire
- Church of the Holy Spirit, Largie Largie, Argyllshire
- Civil Aviation Authority: Machrihanish Aerodrome Campbeltown, Argyllshire
- Clydesdale Horse Society: Kilberry branch Kilberry, Argyllshire
- Connel Curling Club Connel, Argyllshire
- Cowal Choral Club Argyllshire;Strathclyde
- Craigmore (Bute) Bowling and Tennis Co Ltd, Rothesay Rothesay, Buteshire
- Dunoon Branch Labour Party Dunoon, Argyllshire
- Dunoon Burgh Dunoon, Argyllshire
- Dunoon Grammar School Dunoon, Argyllshire
- Easdale Primary School Easdale, Argyllshire
- Free Church School, Oban Oban, Argyllshire
- Garelochhead Mutual Improvement Association Garelochhead, Dunbartonshire
- Geilston Hall and Institute, Cardross Cardross, Dunbartonshire
- Glasgow: Kintyre Literary Association Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow: Kintyre Young Men's Literary Association Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Helensburgh Amateur Dramatic Society Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
- Helensburgh Amateur Swimming Club Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
- Helensburgh Burns Club Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
- Helensburgh Charity Organisation Society Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
- Helensburgh Congregational Church Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
- Helensburgh District Nursing Association Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
- Helensburgh Highland Association Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
- Helensburgh Highland Games Committee Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
- Helensburgh Lecture Association Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
- Helensburgh Parish Church Guild of Honour Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
- Helensburgh Toastmistress Club Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
- Inveraray Burgh Inveraray, Argyllshire
- Killean Parish heritors Killean, Argyllshire
- Kilmore and Oban Parish Church Oban, Argyllshire
- Kintyre Antiquarian and Natural History Society Kintyre, Argyllshire
- Kintyre Club Kintyre, Argyllshire
- League of Nations Union: Helensburgh branch Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
- Lismore Agricultural Society Lismore, Argyllshire
- Lochgilphead Football Club Lochgilphead, Argyllshire
- Lochgilphead Gaelic Choir Lochgilphead, Argyllshire
- Lochgilphead High School Lochgilphead, Argyllshire
- Luss School Luss, Dunbartonshire
- Mid Argyll Provincial Mod Argyllshire;Strathclyde
- Mid Argyll Sickness and Accident Hiring Fund Argyllshire;Strathclyde
- Mod Ionadach na Dreolluinne Argyllshire;Strathclyde
- Mull and Morvern Agricultural Society Tobermory, Argyllshire
- Oban and District Hotel and Boarding House Association Oban, Argyllshire
- Oban and District Shopkeepers Association Oban, Argyllshire
- Oban and District Tourist Association Oban, Argyllshire
- Park Primary School, Oban Oban, Argyllshire
- Railway Clerks Association: Oban branch Oban, Argyllshire
- Rosneath Primary School Rosneath, Dunbartonshire
- Rothesay Academy Ltd Rothesay, Buteshire
- Rothesay Cricket Club Rothesay, Buteshire
- Rothesay District Nursing Association Rothesay, Argyllshire
- Rothesay Marine Society Rothesay, Buteshire
- Royal Highland Yacht Club
- Royal Horse Guards (The Blues)
- Scottish Rural Workers Approved Society: Knapdale branch Knapdale, Argyllshire
- Scottish Womens Rural Institute: Ardrishaig branch Ardrishaig, Argyllshire
- Scottish Womens Rural Institute: Argyll and Bute Hospital branch Argyllshire;Strathclyde
- Scottish Womens Rural Institute: Barcaldine branch Barcaldine, Argyllshire
- Scottish Womens Rural Institute: Blairmore branch Blairmore, Argyllshire
- Scottish Womens Rural Institute: Cairnbaan and District branch Cairnbaan, Argyllshire
- Scottish Womens Rural Institute: Craignish branch Craignish, Argyllshire
- Scottish Womens Rural Institute: Dervaig branch Dervaig, Argyllshire
- Scottish Womens Rural Institute: Drumlemble branch Drumlemble, Argyllshire
- Scottish Womens Rural Institute: Dunbeg branch Dunbeg, Argyllshire
- Scottish Womens Rural Institute: Duror branch Duror, Argyllshire
- Scottish Womens Rural Institute: Eredine branch Eredine, Argyllshire
- Scottish Womens Rural Institute: Furnace and Cumlodden branch Furnace, Argyllshire;Cumlodden, Argyllshire
- Scottish Womens Rural Institute: Kames branch Kames, Argyllshire
- Scottish Womens Rural Institute: Kilmartin branch Kilmartin, Argyllshire
- Scottish Womens Rural Institute: Kirn and District branch Kirn, Argyllshire
- Scottish Womens Rural Institute: Lochgilphead branch Lochgilphead, Argyllshire
- Scottish Womens Rural Institute: Rashfield branch Dunoon, Argyllshire
- Scottish Womens Rural Institute: Skipness and District branch Skipness, Argyllshire
- Scottish Womens Rural Institute: Toward branch Toward, Argyllshire
- St Adamnan's Episcopal Church, Duror Duror, Argyllshire
- St Brendan's Church, Furnace Furnace, Argyllshire
- St Bride's Church, Nether Lochaber Nether Lochaber, Inverness-shire
- St Columba' Chapel, Iona Iona, Argyllshire
- St Columba's Church, Bridgend, Islay Bridgend, Argyllshire
- St Columba's Church, Gruline Gruline, Argyllshire
- St Columba's Church, Kilmartin Kilmartin, Argyllshire
- St Columba's Church, Portree Portree, Inverness-shire
- St Columba's Parish Church, Oban Oban, Argyllshire
- St Finan's Church, Kinlochmoidart Kinlochmoidart, Inverness-shire
- St Kilda's Church, Lochbuy Lochbuy, Argyllshire
- St Mary's Chapel, Lunga Lunga, Argyllshire
- St Mary's Church, Fasnacloich Fasnacloich, Argyllshire
- St Mary's Church, Strontian Strontian, Argyllshire
- St Paul's Church, Kinlochleven Kinlochleven, Argyllshire
- Strachur Primary School Strachur, Argyllshire
- Strathclyde Building Preservation Trust Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Torosay Library Committee Torosay, Argyllshire
- West Highland Ploughing Match Society Argyllshire;Strathclyde
- Women's Voluntary Service for Civil Defence: Helensburgh district committee Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
Persons (4)
Families (10)
- Campbell family of Craignish Craignish, Argyllshire
- Campbell family of Kilberry Kilberry, Argyllshire
- Campbell family of Ormidale Ormidale, Argyllshire
- Campbell family, Dukes of Argyll Achalick, Argyllshire;Barbreck, Argyllshire;Campbeltown, Argyllshire;Craignure, Argyllshire;Glenure, Argyllshire;Inveraray, Argyllshire;Kintyre, Argyllshire;Lismore, Argyllshire;Mull, Argyllshire;Tiree, Argyllshire;Castle Campbell, Clackmannanshire;Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire;Rosneath, Dunbartonshire;Kinlochmoidart, Inverness-shire;Duddingston, Midlothian;Holyrood House, Midlothian;Whim, Peeblesshire;Whitton, Middlesex;Chirton, Northumberland;Adderbury, Oxfordshire
- Crawford family of Aros, Mull Mull, Argyllshire
- Fleming family of Kinlochlaich, Appin Kinlochlaich, Argyllshire
- Fletcher family of Dunans Dunans, Argyllshire
- Mackinnon family, baronets, of Balinakill Balinakill, Argyllshire
- MacTavish family of Dunardry Dunardry, Argyllshire
- Malcolm family of Poltalloch Poltalloch, Argyllshire;Jamaica
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (18)
- NRA 25012 Argyll and Bute Council Archives: misc accessions
- NRA 42661 Argyll Federation of Scottish Women's Rural Institutes
- NRA 20586 Bute Savings Bank
- NRA 10124 Campbell family of Kilberry: family and estate papers
- NRA 30682 Patrick Campbell, Church of Scotland minister: personal and family corresp and papers
- NRA 17653 Campbeltown Coal Co Ltd
- NRA 30504 Campbeltown Nursing Society
- NRA 44450 Cardross Golf Club
- NRA 27756 Duncan Colville: Campbeltown and district local history collection
- NRA 41095 Episcopal Church in Scotland: Diocese of Argyll and the Isles
- NRA 42462 Helensburgh Congregational Church
- NRA 19996 Kilmichael Forest Office, Lochgair: plans
- NRA 43975 MacArthur Stewart, solicitors, Oban
- NRA 15463 DM Mackinnon & Co, solicitors, Oban
- NRA 15645 Malcolm family of Poltalloch: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 43556 John McIntyre & Son, timber merchants, Cardross
- NRA 24413 Alexander Robertson & Sons (Yachtbuilders) Ltd, Sandbank
- NRA 42461 West Highland Ploughing Match Society
Accessions
These are selected lists of new or additional collections that were acquired by this archive during a specific year. If a date is not displayed there are no accessions for that year.