Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1999-2008 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
5 boxes, 1 tube rolled papers, 1 folder, set of manufacturers' nameplates
Name of creator
Biographical history
Milling engineer with Satake UK, formerly of Henry Simon and its successor companies.
Repository
Archival history
Given to the Mills Archive by Brian McGee, May 2017. Additional items donated August 2023.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
Documentation from patent cases Buhler AG v Satake UK, 1996, for which Bryan McGee was a defendant witness, and Buhler AG v FP Spomax SA, 2008, for which he was an expert witness.
Diagrams giving history of milling businesses.
Correspondence with Glyn Jones, 1999-2005.
Correspondence with G Highley Sugden.
Presentations from conference 'The Science of Wheat and Milling' (Feb 2006, Leuven, Belgium) - includes useful flowchart showing history of mill engineering firms.
Miscellaneous correspondence, photocopies, cuttings and other items re. history of roller milling.
McGee's Technological Examination Prize medal from City & Guilds of London.
Roller mill machinery manufacturer's nameplates.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions governing access
This collection may be consulted free of charge at the Mills Archive; please email visitors@millsarchive.org to arrange an appointment.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Alternative identifier(s)
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Jones, Glyn, author (Subject)
- Buhler (Subject)
- Spomax (Subject)
- Sugden, George Highley (1911-2006) (Subject)