Ledger, accounts book, wages and salaries books, correspondence, financial details, architects' plans, Henry Simon specifications, articles of association for F T Wood and Sons and the National Association of British and Irish Millers.
Very large collection of documents and images, including original handwritten notes and drawings, relating to wind & water mills from many countries (mainly UK).
Gregory, Frank William (1917-1998), mill researcher
Selected images from the digital archive of the Friends of Upminster Windmill. The full archive is maintained by the Friends; a copy is also held by the Mills Archive.
Survey of watermills in Gloucestershire and other counties with related photographs and notes. Files of SPAB watermill survey forms filled out by G M Davies were included as GMDC-02 and GMDC-04, but are now catalogued as part of the SPAB watermill survey (SPAB-WAS).
Records of Holman Brothers Ltd, including ledgers, wage books, photographs, trade catalogues, correspondence, plans and other documents dating from the 19th century to 1975. These relate largely to ploughing and threshing, but also to millwrighting. To this Geoff Holman has added material he created or collected from the late 20th century to the 2000s relating to his research into the firm and his wider interest in wind and water mills. This includes photographs of mills, digital and paper drafts of a book on Holman Brothers and related research, and digital files on mills, mainly those in Kent.
Holman, Geoffrey Richard (1937-2011), photographer and mill enthusiast
Photocopy of aerial photo of site Photocopy of plan of site Copies of staff magazine "Glory Theme" issues 1-8 (1980-1984). Draft of Alan Mead's book "Days of Glory" Promotional pack of paper samples Images and lists of employees Photos of mill machinery at work Press cuttings relating to mill closure, 1990s. A promotional booklet with the mill's history, 1950s.
Extracts and cuttings from 'Miller' and 'Milling', photocopies, handwritten notes and photographs, compiled by Glyn Jones when writing his book 'The Millers'. Includes photocopies of letters from Henry Simon. Tape of 'Philip Hancock's recollections'.
