WebEdition2 / Feb1997 Produced Monthly
On 14th June, 1921, the then MacDonald of Largie, ( father of the present Laird ), and Sheriff J. MacMaster Campbell, issued a circular letter convening a meeting in the Argyll Arms Hotel, in Campbeltown, on 21st June, relative to the proposed formation of a Society for the study of the Archaeology, History and Antiquities of Kintyre, and the preservation of the older records of the district.
The gentlemen convened were Col. Charles MacTaggart, Col. George Home, Dean of Guild MacArthur, ex-Provost James Lothian, Dr. J. P. Brown, Rev. C. McEachern, Rev. A. MacKenzie, Messrs. T. Galloway, Latimer MacInnes,D. MacKinlay, and Duncan Colville. At the first A.G.M., two ladies, Miss Moira Campbell, and Mrs. Archd. Stewart, mother of our President, were admitted to membership.......
.......In it's first fifty-five years of life, the Society has provided a focal point for the people of Kintyre who have an interest in the history of their district. It has nourished this interest for over two generations, and hopes to enlist the further support of all Kintyre people who realise that the present is a product of the past.
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