The Muggeridge Collection comes to The Mills Archive
We have just received the newest addition to our growing archive from all the way across the pond! The Muggeridge Collection arrived from the US
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Mills Archive to the rescue
We have just received a fascinating collection of material that otherwise faced an uncertain future. The stunning editions of the Northwestern Miller, a US publication
On this day, 217 years ago
Author: Alex Miller Whilst cataloguing a volume from the Kent Mills Group, I found the reproduction of a drawing showing 86 oxen pulling a post
A photograph on iron
One of the oldest photos in the archive is this c.1880 image of Mr Holman and his employees, printed on iron. Tintypes or Ferrotypes were
New at the archive: John Munnings Collection
A collection of detailed watermill sketches by artist John Munnings, together with his notes and the typescript for a book, is the latest addition to
Arthur C. Smith, 1924-2013, RIP
Arthur died on Tuesday 18th June at a residential home in Newton Abbot. A polymath with strong interests in windmills, music, natural history and aeroplanes,
Niall Roberts Collection
Hello, my name is Guy Boocock and I have been a work experience volunteer here at MAT since November 2010. As you may have read
Mills Archive new accessions
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
Last chance for that prize and to have your say!
The response to our request for your views has been heartening. If you have not yet got round to it, there is still time and
Is nothing safe?
Archivist leads attack on museum pieces sale. The Brent and Whetstone Press reports that “bosses at Barnet Museum, in Wood Street, Barnet, have accused the