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Visit to Caribbean in 1996

Documents relating to Niall's visit to the Caribbean in 1996, visiting Antigua, St Kitts, Guadelope, St Martin, and Martinique. Contains correspondence (some in French), notes, photographs of St Kitts, and ephemera.

"Approach and Detail Document"

23-page document prepared by The Chiltern Partnership and The Barbados National Trust for The Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs & Culture, Government of Barbados. The document comprises the application pack sent out to schools for the mill wall recording project including:
(1) an application form
(2) guidance notes on the procedures required to complete a recording project (including seeking permission from land owners and safety precautions)
(3) a list of primary/location information required
(4) 18 pages of detailed instruction on statistical details to be gathered at the mill site and machinery.

Nicholls, David, (1938 - 2020) millwright

"Windmills in Barbados 1859" - copy

A photocopy of "Windmill in Barbados 1859. Based on a 1721 map by Wm. Mayo, revised in 1859 by Taylor". Fours sides of A4 listing windmills in each parish of Barbados. The list is annotated to show which mils have been allocated to schools participating in the mill wall project and those which the schools have requested in their application.

Nicholls, David, (1938 - 2020) millwright

Letter and four photographs from Clare Byrne

Letter from Clare Byrne to Niall Roberts enclosing four photographs of an animal powered three-roll vertical crusher sugar mill in Buena Vista, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
(All photographs are of the same three-roll vertical crusher).

Correspondence, minutes and notes

Bundle of correspondence, minutes, notes and background information relating to the Amy Nicholls Mill Wall project, much of which being with or concerning the Barbados National Trust. Topics include:

(1) A draft address/speech concerning the launch of the competition which rehearses Nicholl's career (including his preference to be referred to as a "practical conservationist, or a conservation or historical engineer" rather than as a "millwright"; his early interest in industrial archaeology (encouraged by his mother, Amy Nicholls); his ongoing working relationship with former business partners.
(2) Efforts to secure funding for the maps required for the project from the British High Commission and Barbados Land and Surveys Department and to find sponsors for prizes.
(3) Response/engagement levels with the competition and correspondence regarding the judging and awarding of prizes.
(4) Integration of the project with appropriate sections/levels of the national curriculum/engagement with the Ministry for Education.

Also included is an excerpt from 'Windmill Whispers' (Oct/.Dec. 1995) about milling in Barbados with particular reference to job titles/roles at 'Morgan Lewis Sugar Mill.

Nicholls, David, (1938 - 2020) millwright

Press release - World Monuments Fund (WMF) funding

A faxed copy of the agenda for WMF's grants review meeting for its watch-list of "100 Most Endangered Sites" for 1996. The press release shows Morgan Lewis Sugar Mill as one of the grant recipients, the grant being funded by WMF founding sponsor, American Express.

Nicholls, David, (1938 - 2020) millwright

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