Publications, papers and photographs relating to the history of wind electricity generation in the UK and worldwide. Includes:

Correspondence with publisher and image copyright holders re. Peter Musgrove's 2010 book 'wind power'.

16 boxes of wind power material from the 1970s-1990s.

2 folders re. Central Electricity Generating Board's wind power activities, 1970s-1980s.

Minutes, correspondence and audio recordings of conferences.

Copies of poems about mills collected by David Baddeley.

Files detailing the history of mills in the Beaminster area, Dorset.

Photographs and documents relating to Wilton windmill.

Images, notes and ephemera on 110 Staffordshire mills.

Research notes and photographs on UK watermills and other milling related subjects.

Photographs chronicling the restoration of Great Chishill Windmill. Copies of older photos. Document "Saving Chishill Windmill in the 21st Century" by David McKeown.

Digital copies of documents and old photographs relating to the history of Nant Mill.

Photographs of wind and watermills in the UK and Europe.

Mill slides and photographs

Ephemera related to mills, mainly tourist guides and brochures. Mainly relating to the United Kingdom but also including other countries.

Photographs of UK mills.

Text files and photos relating to the history of the mill.

Records dating from the 20th century, predominantly the late 20th century (1960-1999), relating to windmills, watermills, and tide mills, millwrighting, and milling industries across the United States of America (predominantly Virginia, also Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia, New York, California, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont), Canada (Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Alberta) and the Caribbean (Antigua, Barbados, Martinque) as well as some material on UK mills (Lincolnshire, Kent, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Suffolk, Cambridheshire, Essex, Norfolk, Bedfordshire, Sussex, and Surrey). The North American files contain largely published material in original or photocopied form, as well as ephemera from various mills, correspondence, and research notes. Files of particular interest include SASS-03-04 on Flowerdew Hundred Plantation, SASS-03-14 containing drawings of Hershey’s cocoa melangeurs, SASS-03-20 relating to Paul Flory’s millstone collection, and SASS-03-25 containing research used in writing “The Versatile Millstone etc”.

Photographs, negatives, 35mm slides and postcards of mills in North America and the Caribbean (predominantly the late 20th century (1960-1999)) with particular interest in SASS-04-81 containing photographs and slides of Paul Flory’s millstone collection. Additionally 35mm slides of mills in the UK covering the 1960s and 1970s.

Other records include plans of windmill, watermill and tide mills in Long Island, New York, North Carolina, and Virginia.

Business records in the form of daybooks and ledgers pertaining to Reeson's Combined Mill, Hibaldstow (1902-1971) and Tickencote Watermill (1879-1956). The Hibaldstow Mill records relate to the tenure of the Reeson family owning the mill, whilst the Tickencote Mill records are less intact. Both sets provide valuable historical information into the business dealings and working period of the mills.

Photographs donated to the Mills Archive by members of the public as part of the 'Great British Mill Race' survey, 2016-2019. Dates may reflect date photograph submitted to the survey rather than date taken.

Photographs of mills.

Technical inventory of surviving windmills in the United Kingdom which are reasonably complete structurally, mechanically or both. The survey was commenced in earnest in 2007, though it incorporates some material collected earlier, and is ongoing. It will has three basic elements: (1) photographs, (2) a series of written technical descriptions (https://new.millsarchive.org/2019/09/13/technical-descriptions-of-english-windmills/), and (3) technical drawings. There are links to material compiled by other researchers, whose work has been drawn upon in compiling the technical descriptions.