Collection REXW - Rex Wailes Collection

Photo of George Wailes and employees Ground floor, Hook Mill, East Hampton, Long Island Bolter, Gardiner Mill, East Hampton, Long Island Hook Mill, East Hampton, Long Island Stone floor, Hook Mill, East Hampton, Long Island Stone floor, Gardiner Mill, East Hampton, Long Island Cap exterior, Gardiner Mill, East Hampton, Long Island Engraving of mills Pantigo Mill, East Hampton, Long Island Hayground Mill, Southampton, Long Island, derelict Montauk Point Mill, East Hampton, Long Island Windmill at Water Mill, Water Mill, Long Island Dust floor, Hook Mill, East Hampton, Long Island Windshaft neck, Hook Mill, East Hampton, Long Island Cap interior, Gardiner Mill, East Hampton, Long Island Ground floor, Hook Mill, East Hampton, Long Island Beebe Mill, Bridgehampton, Long Island, derelict Gardiner Mill, East Hampton, Long Island, and house Ground floor, Hook Mill, East Hampton, Long Island Hawridge Common Mill, Cholesbury, preserved
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Reference code

REXW

Title

Rex Wailes Collection

Date(s)

  • c 1900 - 1986 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

110 boxes and albums of varying size

Name of creator

Repository

Archival history

On his death in 1986, the majority of Rex Wailes's collection was donated to the National Monuments Record (now the Historic England Archive) and the Science Museum. A large amount of material however remained in Rex's shed, and was retrieved by Alan Stoyel and kept by him until transfer to The Mills Archive in 2004 and subsequently. Other material had been given to the SPAB Mills Section or to other researchers - when these collections came to The Mills Archive, Rex Wailes material was identified and moved to the Rex Wailes collection. The Rex Wailes collection at the Science Museum was transferred to the Mills Archive in July 2019.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Scope and content

Images and documents on windmills and watermills in various regions of the UK, Europe and the USA. Includes material on the sugar mills of Barbados. Some parts of the collection have been given individual catalogue entries; the remainder is listed in the attached PDF.

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Conditions governing access

This collection may be consulted free of charge at the Mills Archive; please email visitors@millsarchive.org to arrange an appointment.

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Language of material

  • English

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Related units of description

The Science Museum holds the collection of George Wailes and Co. A collection of Rex's photographs is held by the English Heritage Archive (Reference No. WAI01), digital copies of many of these are held by the Mills Archive.

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Archivist's note

Collection level description revised by Luke Bonwick and Nathanael Hodge, 2012.

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Physical storage

  • Folder: A3 folder
  • Shelf: X 302
  • Shelf: Display cabinets
  • Shelf: CC4
  • Shelf: CC5
  • Shelf: CC6
  • Shelf: R 102
  • Shelf: Q 204
  • Shelf: II3
  • Shelf: JJ3
  • Shelf: GG1
  • Box: Rex Wailes Uncatalogued Photos 1
  • Box: Rex Wailes Uncatalogued Photos 2
  • Shelf: R 101