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J Kenneth Major Foundation Collection Wind engines
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Papers relating to wind engines

Correspondence and photocopies. This includes material on wind generators in French and an article by Edward Lancaster Burne on wind power from 1906. This article mentions the potential of electricity generation by wind and references trials completed by the Danish Government.

Negatives

Stott Park, Heron; Gleaston, Newlands; Milton, Helsington; Sedgwick, Gatebeck, Newby Bridge; Heron, Newby Bridge; mill trip 14/5/94; Sacrewell; Arnage; Rufford Abbey 1998; Herstmonceux; Buda; Adderbury 11/4/01; Place Mill, Christchurch; Cowley, Sacrewell; Bloxham, Oxford, pump wheels; Carmarthen Bay; Didcot wind engine; Backbarrow, Newby Bridge, Gleaston; Aberdulais; Maud Foster, Boston, Lincs.

Negatives

Mill trip 15/5/99; Kirton End Mill, Lincs 19/1/94; Ockham, York; Brampton mill work; Isington, Fishers Farm; Cowley Mill 20/1/93; Crabble and Dover; Churchill Forge, Church St etc; Christchurch, Chazey, Sacrewell; Eccleshall; Stainsby, Gelli Groes; Michelham 11/5/97; Titt dwgs; Crux Easton; N Leverton; Sacrewell; Ford End Watermill; Kingsley Mill; Carmarthen Bay; Poughill; Rowley Park Fm; Michelham 1/4/98; Windsor, Eddington; Stanford End 18/09/1993; Silchester Stone Spindle; Town Mill, Salisbury; Flitwick; Lamarsh Wind Engine; Oxon water pumps; Postford Mill; Brimpton Mill; Switzerland 6/96; Buda flour mill; Rufford Abbey; Cheshire 5/97; Norwich bosses, Bridewell Museum, Eddington Mill; Beetham, Churchill.

Correspondence with T Lindsay Baker of Texas

Correspondence between J Kenneth Major and Professor T Lindsay Baker of Texas between 24 April 1977 and 23 July 2008. Includes letters, memos and articles about wind engines in England, Europe and the United States. Items sent by Baker with the correspondence and originals of items sent by Major to Baker will be elsewhere in the J Kenneth Major collection. This file contains sorrespondence between staff at the Mills Archive and T Lindsay Baker regarding the biography of J Kenneth Major. Two letters at the end of the file between T Lindsay Baker and Helen Major relate to J Kenneth Major's final illness in June 2009.

Major, J Kenneth (1928-2009), architect

Negatives

N Yorks mills; Path Head, Henley New Mill; mill trip 14/5/94; Cranborne May 1997; Hungary; Kingsley Mill, Hunts cottage; Stanford [?Sandford] Mill, Woodley; Wandle Mill; Oldcastle, 2 Eldon Road; Titt dwgs, Trowbridge, 22/8/2000; Sheffield, Painshall 6/12/97; Belgium '94; Dunham Massey 24/1/2000; Dunster, Gelli Groes; midland mills summer '90; Warwick br; Poughill; Switzerland Mills, 6/96; Nybridge; Sacrewell, 9/5/93, Painshill wall top; Churchill, 24/10/92; Hungary, Bluebell; Suffolk '94, Woodbridge, Buttrums; Brampton Mowsley, 3/98; Bledlow windmill, Town Mill, sails; Crosthwaite, Stott Park; Stainsby, 5/7/97; Buckland Windmill; Bollee Orleans; Gelli Groes, Amberley; Painshill, Gelli Groes, St Victor.

Negatives

Suffolk; Ford Mill; Ivybridge, Painshill, Falfield; Dale Abbey, Painshill; Sheffield Mills; tiles, Surrey trip; Stotfold; Wales 1986; Rowlands; Painshill and crowds; Ockham; Hemingway's weekend; wind engines; Titt; Cogges; Morse collection; wind engines 5/1/1990; Switzerland mills 6/96; Gelli Groes 16/3/92; Copenhagen, Wray Common; Dunham Massey; Brampton; Moor Mill; Gunpowder; Gelli Groes; tall ships, Park Mill; Hessenpark, Saalburg; Park Mill; Yorks Mills; Dorset; Wollaton, Churchill; Broad Eye, Isington, Doolittle; Sheffield mills; Lowcross Mill; Doolittle; Wilton, Donford; Kibworth.

Photographs

Blakes Lock Museum; Faroe mills; Rowley Common Park, Black Farm; SPAB Devon tour; mills UK; UK wind engine; Crux Easton 25/9/2003; SPAB Hampshire Mills Group visit weekend tour; Wray Common; Devon SPAB tour (Coldharbour).

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