Records dating from the 20th century, predominantly the late 20th century (1960-1999), relating to windmills, watermills, and tide mills, millwrighting, and milling industries across the United States of America (predominantly Virginia, also Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia, New York, California, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont), Canada (Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Alberta) and the Caribbean (Antigua, Barbados, Martinque) as well as some material on UK mills (Lincolnshire, Kent, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Suffolk, Cambridheshire, Essex, Norfolk, Bedfordshire, Sussex, and Surrey). The North American files contain largely published material in original or photocopied form, as well as ephemera from various mills, correspondence, and research notes. Files of particular interest include SASS-03-04 on Flowerdew Hundred Plantation, SASS-03-14 containing drawings of Hershey’s cocoa melangeurs, SASS-03-20 relating to Paul Flory’s millstone collection, and SASS-03-25 containing research used in writing “The Versatile Millstone etc”.

Photographs, negatives, 35mm slides and postcards of mills in North America and the Caribbean (predominantly the late 20th century (1960-1999)) with particular interest in SASS-04-81 containing photographs and slides of Paul Flory’s millstone collection. Additionally 35mm slides of mills in the UK covering the 1960s and 1970s.

Other records include plans of windmill, watermill and tide mills in Long Island, New York, North Carolina, and Virginia.

Business records in the form of daybooks and ledgers pertaining to Reeson's Combined Mill, Hibaldstow (1902-1971) and Tickencote Watermill (1879-1956). The Hibaldstow Mill records relate to the tenure of the Reeson family owning the mill, whilst the Tickencote Mill records are less intact. Both sets provide valuable historical information into the business dealings and working period of the mills.

Folder of research on mill, including article by Jon Sass, correspondence with Jon Sass, photographs of Althorpe village.

Material relating to Jon Sass's survey of windmills and tidemills in Virginia. The file contains photocopies of articles and newspaper cuttings, notes, sketches, correspondence, and 35mm slides of several mills in Virginia.

File contains photocopies of articles, and research notes relating windmills in California, Cape Cod, Illinois, Kansas, Long Island, New Jersey, South Dakota, and other States and Provinces in the U.S.A. and Canada.

The box contains the "Final Report on the Preliminary Examination of the Equipment at the Wakefield Grist Mill [Canada]" (1980); a list of USA Wind energy information sources (1977); a list of wind generator manufacturers and dealers (1978); a checklist of combined wind/watermills around the world; a copy of SPOOM Research "Old Mill Powertrains" by Clark Männ (2004); a box of slides labelled "Making 'tub' wheel N.C. USA - from Foxfire Magazine"; photograph of Experimental Wind Turbine, Howard's Knob, North Carolina.

compiled by Jon Sass

Envelope contains correspondence, notes and reports relating to Robertson's Mill, Colonial Williamsburg, and three issues of "Colonial Williamsburg" journal.

Files containing correspondence, photographs, notes, and ephemera on various wind and water mills and related industries in the United States of America, Canada, and the Caribbean. Industries include sugar mills; salt mills; cider mills; dye mills; flax, hemp and textile mills; paper mills; colour mills; whiting mills; rice mills; ironworks; bridges; canals; hydroelectric power; saw mills; tide mills.

"Derek Ogden Millwight Va U.S.A. left
Tom Davies " Alford Lincs right
in Thompsons Workshop - Parsons Lane Alford Lincs
23-03-02"

Box with alphabetical index cards containing postcards and photographs of windmills and watermills in the United States and Canada. Also contains photographs of Donald Muggeridge and Arthur Dunn at their respective wedding anniversary parties.

"Chatham Mill. Brewster Mill (+ Stoney Brook Watermill". Envelope containing photographs and postcards of Chatham Mill, Brewster Mill, and Cockle Cove Mill, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

"The 'De Zwaan' Windmill Holland, Mich."
Envelope contains a visitor leaflet, photographs and postcards of the De Zwaan Windmill, Holland, Michigan. The photographs show Paul Flory visiting the mill.