Collection of undated research notes on:

• an analysis of Suffolk post mills (72 pages);
• winding gear (15 pages);
• Robertson's windmill, Virginia (17 pages);
• Cranbrook mill (11 pages);
• a draft paper on the development of windmills, bearing similarity to sections of Wailes' 'Windmills in England' (published 1948) as well as a section on horse gear (24 pages);
• drawings/tracings of mill mechanisms, particularly bell alarms and sack hoists (3 pages);
• Suffolk windmills begining with 'W' listed at 'Place access points' below (3 cards);

Also a bundle of loose notes mostly focusing on Suffolk mills, some being undated, those that are ranging in date from 6 October 1928 to 29 April 1932.

Working drawings/plans rolled up and still in original Air mail packaging of Robertson’s Mill, Colonial Williamsburg. There are 51 drawings that are mentioned on sheet LP of the 1st roll of which only 41 are in the collection, the following are missing:
• 102
• 228
• 229
• E1
• E2
• E3
• E4
• E5
• E6
• E7

There are 3 copies of drawings in the 1st roll that appear in the second roll, these are drawings 1, 110, and 201, and these are highlighted in the lists below.

There are two drawings in the 2nd roll that appear to belong to other collections; S1 is dated August 15th 1956 which differs from the other drawings and S2 is dated October 17th 1977, which is 21 years after the rest. Again these are highlighted in the bellow lists.

The following is the summary of each drawing contained in the two rolls:

1st Roll:
• LP – Layout Plan, List of Drawings – March 1st 1956
• L1 – Landscape Layout and Details – March 1st 1956
• 1 - Elevations – March 1st 1956
• 101 – Foundations, Cross Trees, QTR. Bars, Great Post and Exterior Stairs – March 1st 1956
• 103 – Roof Framing, Windshaft Sprattle Beam Details – March 1st 1956
• 104 – Cross Section of Buck – March 1st 1956
• 105 – Buck Elevations – March 1st 1956
• 106 – Brake Band and Brake Lever – March 1st 1956
• 107 – Elevations of Door and Hatches and Hardware Schedule – March 1st 1956
• 108 – Interior Ladder – March 1st 1956
• 109 – Stone Casing – March 1st 1956
• 110 – Grain Hopper and Shoe – March 1st 1956
• 111 – Sifting Machine and Bray Lever System – March 1st 1956
• 226 – Poll and Sail Details – March 1st 1956
• 227 – Poll and Sail Details – March 1st 1956
• 112 – Poll and Sails – March 1st 1956
• 201 – Great Post – March 1st 1956
• 202 – Great Post Strap and Chocks – March 1st 1956
• 203 – Great Post Pintle, QTR Bar Straps and Bridge Tree Pivot Block Brace – March 1st 1956
• 204 - Bridge Tree Pivot Block Brace and Straps, Exterior Stair Hinge – March 1st 1956
• 205 – Great Post Pintle – March 1st 1956
• 206 – Exterior Stair and Railing Details – March 1st 1956
• 207 – Tail Wheel, Tiller, Tiller Pivot Strap – March 1st 1956
• 208 – Tail Wheel and Tail Pole Details – March 1st 1956
• 209 – Cornice, Corner Board and Rakeboard – March 1st 1956
• 210 – Bracket Details – March 1st 1956
• 211 – Neck Bearing – March 1st 1956
• 212 – Tail Beam Bearing and Windshaft Gudgeon – March 1st 1956
• 213 – Brake Wheel – March 1st 1956
• 214 – Brake Wheel Details, Windshaft and Sprattle Beam – March 1st 1956
• 215 – Brake Wheel Details, Wallower and Sprattle Beam – March 1st 1956
• 216 – Quart, Stone Spindle and Bridge Tree Bearing – March 1st 1956
• 217 – Wallower Details – March 1st 1956
• 218 – Stone Details, Rynd and Bed Stone Bearing – March 1st 1956
• 219 – Brake Band and Brake Lever Details – March 1st 1956
• 220 – Brake Lever Pivot Block and Bolt Schedule – March 1st 1956
• 221 – Bridge Tree, Bray and Bray Lighter Shaft Details – March 1st 1956
• 222 – Sifter and Sifting Machine Details – March 1st 1956
• 223 – Grain Hopper and Shoe Details – March 1st 1956
• 224 – Door D-101, Hatches H-101, H-102, H-103, H-201, H-202, H-203 Details – March 1st 1956
• 225 – Trap Doors TD-101 and TD-201, Hatches H-103, H-202, H-203 Details – March 1st 1956

2nd Roll:
• S2 – Steel Rigging to Lift Buck off Great Post – October 17th 1977
• 201 – Great Post – March 1st 1956 (A copy from the 1st roll.)
• 110 – Grain Hopper and Shoe – March 1st 1956 (A copy from the 1st roll.)
• S1 – Hurricane Bracing – August 15th 1956
• 1 - Elevations – March 1st 1956 (A copy from the 1st roll.)

Photographs, newspaper cuttings, correspondence, articles, floursacks, photocopied articles on the excavation of the original windmill at Flowerdew Hundred Plantation, and the replica built by Jon Sass.

Notebook measuring approx. 10.5 cm x 16.5 cm and marked on the inside cover 'c.1972' containing a list of mills (one page per mill), at varying levels of detail (those with more content being listed at 'Place access points' below). The first half of the notebook is devoted to watermills but the second half features windmills (mostly smock and post mills). Notes on several of the windmills reference the work of JM Heathcote. Cross references to maps/page numbers of books occur throughout.

Photographs of Bloxham Grove Mill, Bloxham (and negatives); Vila do Bispo, Algarve; Balsall Heath Mill, Berkswell (and negatives); Post mill, Nutley; Dutch mills. Postcards of Robertson's Windmill, Colonial Williamsburg; various postcards and cuttings of other windmills.

Correspondence, notes and photographs relating to work done on the mill for the State of Virginia.

Correspondence relating to work done on the mill for the Clarke County Historical Association.

Correspondence relating to work done on the mill for Colvin Run Mill.

Correspondence and notes relating to work done on the mill for Clarke County Historical Association, Virginia.

Correspondence and notes relating to work done on the mill for the George Washington Hist. Assoc.

Correspondence and notes relating to work done on the mill for the State of Virginia.

Correspondence and notes relating to work done on the mill for Mr. Michael Stolzer.

Correspondance regarding work done.

Numbered AM1-AM28.

Numbered BMM1-BMM27.

One drawing numbered B320, January 1932. One numbered 7185.5, February 1946. 46 drawings numbered FPM01-FPM46, 1973-2004.

Numbered GW1-GW58.

Notes, lecture notes, record of visit to Lee's Pond Mill, Virginia, article on Swift Creek Mill, Virginia.

Material relating to watermills in Virginia. The file contains photocopies of articles and historic documents; ephemera; a copy of a thesis by Frances Lillian Jones entitled "Beverley (Chapman's) Mill, Thoroughfare Gap, Virginia: A History and Preservation Plan" (1981); folder containing leaflets, correspondence and newspaper cuttings on: Colvin Run Mill, Burwell-Morgan Mill, George Washington's Grist Mill, Mabry Mill; copy of Derek Ogden's 1979 preliminary site inspection of Mercer Mill, Aldie; article on "The Shenandoah Valley Research Station since 1737".