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The Mills Archive receives a grant for our project, Mill Makers: The Wright Records

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that we have been awarded a grant of £9,944 from the National Manuscripts Conservation...

Across the pond with Rex Wailes: In New York

Extracts from Rex Wailes’ 1929 diary of his trip to the USA and Canada. Part 17. Grand Central Station, New...

Across the pond with Rex Wailes: In New York

Extracts from Rex Wailes’ 1929 diary of his trip to the USA and Canada. Part 16. Bathers at Coney Island...

Across the pond with Rex Wailes: New York

Extracts from Rex Wailes’ 1929 diary of his trip to the USA and Canada. Part 15. The Flatiron Building, New...

Across the pond with Rex Wailes: The Sullivan Machinery Co., Claremont

Part 14 of a weekly series of blogs about Rex Wailes’ 1929 trip to the USA and Canada. Rex Wailes’...

Volunteer Spotlight: A Glove Typewriter

Another fascinating, if not slightly bizarre discovery has been found amongst our paper mill journals: a novelty invention from 1891,...

Across the pond with Rex Wailes: Chatham Mill

Part 13 of a weekly series of blogs about Rex Wailes’ 1929 trip to the USA and Canada. Tuesday 14.5.29...

Gems of the Archive: On a Mission for Mills

As the nights are drawing in and the misty mornings are covered with a dusting of frost, most of us...

Across the pond with Rex Wailes: To Chatham

Part 12 of a weekly series of blogs about Rex Wailes’ 1929 trip to the USA and Canada. Railway station...

Archivist’s Choice: Archive Oddities

One of the most exciting parts of working in an archive is opening up a newly donated box of material....

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