Each year we shall be providing the National Archives with a list of material that we have received. The latest list includes 23 collections of varying size and importance, three of which are important millwrighting records. Some of the collections may not yet be available to view as they are largely unsorted and in a vulnerable state. We do, however, welcome enquiries!
The full list may be downloaded from the “related articles” link below and includes the following significant donations:
- Approximately 1000 pen and ink sketches of windmills, two watercolours and a handful of associated documents by Karl Salisbury Wood (1888-1958), artist.
- Approximately 200 engineering drawings from Joseph J. Armfield & Co. Ltd, engineers, millwrights, brass and iron founders and turbine manufacturers.
- Nine boxes of material on the Holman Brothers, millwrights – ledgers and commercial records of the firm as well as research material on the firm and family gathered by Geoff Holman.
- One box of Essex windmill photographs (prints and some negatives) from the 1930s to the 1950s by Rex Wailes (1901-1986), consultant on mill repair and industrial archaeology.
- Eight boxes of architectural drawings, correspondence, documents and photographs relating to the restoration and conservation of windmills and watermills – the collection of Christopher Louden Wallis (1935-2006), civil engineer and expert in restoration and conservation of vernacular structures.