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Across the pond with Rex Wailes: To Pittsburgh

Extracts from Rex Wailes’ 1929 diary of his trip to the USA and Canada. Part 20. Observation platorm of a...

Volunteer Spotlight: Forged French Assignats Part II: Britain’s and Charles X’s Roles

You may remember from a previous blog post the story of Albury Park Paper Mill, Guildford, Surrey and forged French...

Across the pond with Rex Wailes: Sunday in Philadelphia

Extracts from Rex Wailes’ 1929 diary of his trip to the USA and Canada. Part 19. Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church...

Gems of the Archive: Milling Miscreants

Have you ever heard the phrase ‘an honest miller has hairy palms’? Or perhaps the old expression ‘safe as a...

Across the pond with Rex Wailes: Philadelphia

Extracts from Rex Wailes’ 1929 diary of his trip to the USA and Canada. Part 18. The Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Philadelphia,...

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’...

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