Photograph of Rex and his obituary taken from Michael Harverson's copy of "The English Windmill" by Rex Wailes.

"Horizontal Watermills Berthold Moog pre 1994. Noria Saqiyeh on postcards". Includes a slide of Rex Wailes, the photograph of which was found in MH's copy of "English Windmills" (now in HARV-087).

Miscellaneous reports, some with pages missing. Includes biography of Rex Wailes and report on the wind engines of John Wallis Titt. Negative copies of mill illustrations.

Notes, correspondence, photographs and photocopies of articles, publications relating to Canadian windmills including: "A History of Windmills and their place in Canadian life"; copies of letter to Rex Wailes from Edmonton Parks relating to Fort Edmonton windmill; photocopy of "The Toronto Star, June 14 1975 titled "Distillery replaced windmill"; copy of volume 3, no. 3 1976 of "Windmill Whispers", newsletter of the Windmill Study Unit o the American Topical Association; photocopy of "The Mills of Old Quebec"; photocopy of "The Windsor Border Region" by Ernest Lajeunese (1960); envelope containing the Mennonite Village Museum guidebook, a letter to Jon Sass declining his application for a windmill trainee at the museum, magazine produced by the museum about the Steinbach windmill; photocopied list of 14 photographs of French-Canadian windmills; photographs of Steinbach windmill and a tower mill at Ile aux Coudres, Quebec.

A 10-page narrative account of the Morgan Lewis sugar mill restoration project including principal areas of work carried out at each stage, from the initial survey in January 1994 up until 1999.
Nicholl's ascribes the awakening of his interest in Caribbean sugar mills to a Newcomen Society paper written by Rex Wailes on, "Windmills and steam power in Barbados". Other influences include "A Windmill in Barbados", a film shot in the 1920s at the Corbin family's Mount Pleasant mill (Barbados). The important roles of the Barbados National Trust (and especially Penelope Hynam Roach and Richard Goddard) and Nicholl's hosts, the Choate family, are also acknowledged.
Adjacent topics include: the history of milling on the island and its importance to the Barbadian economy; the end of steam-powered sugar milling on the island; the mill's listing on the World Monuments list 1996; the various local trades used in the project (including the recommissioning of an old lime kiln to supply lime mortar) as well as the rotating team of craftsmen from the Chiltern Partnership in attendance; consultation on additional restoration projects including at Six Men's plantation mill (St Peter's); a visit to view the Boiling House at the River Antoine watermill (Grenada) and another to the Essequibo River (Guyana) for timber-sourcing; meetings with the Barbadian Ministry of Education for the Amy Nicholls Mill Wall recording project; a list of 42 mill remains/mill walls visited by Nicholls for research purposes.

Guide gives historical context from Doomsday to the present day. The disolution of the monosteries during Henry XVIII reign enabled Otterton Mill to become a substantial corn mill on the River Otter. Restoration began in 1976 and continued by Desna Greenhow who became miller and director. The guide gives details of the Water wheels, machinery, stone floor, mill stream and sluices and milling process. There is the Otterton Mill Gallery space for exibiting crafts and professional exhibitions.

Album of research notes and raw material compiled by Stephen Buckland.

Album of research notes and raw material compiled by Stephen Buckland.

A notebook by Peter Dolman containing miscellaneous notes on a variety of items including mills, meetings, family history, drawings and others. Items include: Pakenham; Whitmore and Binyon firm/family history; Horsford; Rex Wailes visit; Campsey Ash; Norwich library references; Thelnetham; H.E.S. Simmons notes; Holland; SPAB trips/meetings; Nottinghamshire; Windmills of Scotland/South Wales; Duffields and Great Thurlow.

(1) One page report by Rex Wailes on Little Hadham smock mill (18 June 1979) referencing "good photographs of the mill herself and a close up of her sails" . The report supports the restoration of the mill as a piece of history "in the solid" as well as advocating for the need for public access to it. Ongoing maintenance is advised, Wailes offering to assist further on the fitting of lightening conductors, "if Mr Nicholls has not already advised on this matter".
(2) Two black and white photographs of the mill (undated, but possibly those referred to by Wailes at (1) above).
(3) Nicholl's draft report (9 pages, double-sided manuscript notes and measurements).
(4) Photocopied pages from "English Windmills, Vol.2", Smith, D. (1932), Architectural Press, pp. 110-114.
(5) Nicholl's 13-page report for Millwrights International Limited to the mill's owner, A.H. Edwards, marked "Confidential". Contains a detailed report on the mill's condition together with a four-stage repair proposal and costings totalling approx. £115,000 (Nicholls adding that even a modified programme of works could not restore the mill for less than £70,000). Help with applications for grant aid is offered, Nicholls commenting that the mill, "is far too important a building to lose".

The Conference Folder for the Avoncroft Museum of Buildings Annual Weekend Conference 1977. Contains information on millwrights including biographical information on Vincent Pargeter and Rex Wailes, Ken Major, Bill Heathershaw of North Leverton Mill, and information on Danzey Green Mill, Norton Lindsey Mill, Chestern Mill, Harbury Mill, Berkswell Mill and Saxon Mill, Guy's Cliffe.