J Kenneth Major Foundation Collection
- JKMC
- Collection
- 1773-2008
Images and documents on UK and foreign mills, amassed over a lifetime of research and recording. Emphasis on water-powered sites in the UK.
Major, J Kenneth (1928-2009), architect
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J Kenneth Major Foundation Collection
Images and documents on UK and foreign mills, amassed over a lifetime of research and recording. Emphasis on water-powered sites in the UK.
Major, J Kenneth (1928-2009), architect
Images and field notes covering specific mills in detail. Particular coverage of Surrey, Greater London and Essex. Parts of the collection have been given individual catalogue entries. The remainder is listed in the attached PDF.
Farries, Kenneth G, author
Photos of windmills in the UK and elsewhere, including one of Ruby Lewis and Guy Petitfils outside the latter's mill. Signed copy of Guy Petitfils book.
Lewis, Alan
Minutes, correspondence and audio recordings of conferences.
Mills Research Group
David Baddeley Mill Poetry Collection
Copies of poems about mills collected by David Baddeley.
Baddeley, David
Documentation from patent cases Buhler AG v Satake UK, 1996, for which Bryan McGee was a defendant witness, and Buhler AG v FP Spomax SA, 2008, for which he was an expert witness.
Diagrams giving history of milling businesses.
Correspondence with Glyn Jones, 1999-2005.
Correspondence with G Highley Sugden.
Presentations from conference 'The Science of Wheat and Milling' (Feb 2006, Leuven, Belgium) - includes useful flowchart showing history of mill engineering firms.
Miscellaneous correspondence, photocopies, cuttings and other items re. history of roller milling.
McGee's Technological Examination Prize medal from City & Guilds of London.
Roller mill machinery manufacturer's nameplates.
McGee, Bryan
Files of research and images on UK wind and watermills, primarily in the counties of Shropshire, Staffordshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Slides and negatives from another unknown creator.
SPAB mill casework files worked on by Tim Booth:
Weston Mill, Oswestry (2 files)
Miller's Hall, Wolverhampton (2 files)
Slingfield Mills, Kidderminster
Wem Mills
Lugg Bridge Mill near Hereford
Morlas Mill near Kilpeck
Shelfield Mill, Walsall
Fort Pendlestone, Bridgnorth
Bill Mills, Ross-on-Wye
Booth, D Timothy N (1946-2002), miller
Mill photographs taken on SPAB, TIMS and other mill tours. Other mill photographs and material (UK and elsewhere).
Pelling, John Tritton, mill enthusiast
Extensive collection of notes, images and drawings relating to wind and water, with emphasis on North West England and North Wales. Some parts have been given individual catalogue entries, the remainder is listed in the attached PDF.
Paterson, Don (d 2002)
Photographs, site notes and excerpts from published material mounted in albums relating to mills in Kent and elsewhere. The watermill photographs by Jean Weir and the windmill photographs by Jack Hodges form the two main subcollections.
Kent Mills Group
David and Brenda Williams Collection
Two scrapbooks, 35mm slides, photographs, correspondence and notebooks relating to windmills in the UK.
Williams, David Richard (1930-2013)
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).
Davies, Gwladys May (1903-1985), photographer
Notebooks, correspondence, published and unpublished work, photographs, postcards and photocopies from publications; relating to wind and water mills from the UK and around the world.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Photographs, notes and correspondence compiled by John Turner concerning English windmills.
Turner, John
Photographs of Mills in the Macclesfield Area
Photographs of textile, corn and other mill buildings in the vicinity of Macclesfield. Notes on the history of the mills featured.
Cliffe, David, librarian
Records of the work of the SPAB Mills Section preserving windmills and watermills. Wind and watermill related items donated to the Society.
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings Mills Section
Architectural drawings of roller flour mills.
Gelder and Kitchen, architects
Images and correspondence regarding UK windmills, with an emphasis on East Anglia.
Dunn, Michael (1916-1993)
The Roller Flour Mill Project Collection
Material generated by the English Heritage/Mills Archive project "Flour Milling: The Roller Milling Revolution". Includes large volume, "Master list of researched and located mills", report "Roller Flour Mills in England" and related digital material.
Shorland-Ball, Rob, museums and heritage consultant
Charles and John Chettleburgh Collection
Photos of English windmills. Notes and cuttings in front of one album.
Chettleburgh, John, photographer