Foundation Collections
The Mills Archive Trust was set up
As a charity in the UK (Registered Charity No 1091534)
To care for, develop and make available to the public over time four Foundation Collections
- The extensive collection owned by the SPAB Mills Section
- Three historically significant collections of mill-related material still in private hands
Public Access
Our first priority is to obtain sufficient funds to
Protect unique and vulnerable historical material in secure facilities
Allow users supervised access for detailed study of the original, often quite large documents
Much early funding is devoted to indexing and cataloguing
Until we have a sufficient endowment to secure the long-term future of an archive building
- we are providing safe storage and where necessary conservation for our holdings
- albeit with only limited direct public access
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New Donations
We have already received several generous donations of material to add to our collections
The Michael Dunn Collection
- Photographs and negatives of some 400 English Windmills
The John Muller Milling Library
- More than 70 books and other items relating to mills and cereal processing
The John Richard Billings Collection of Lantern Slides
- More than 100 lantern slides of Kent Mills
The Arthur C Smith Windmill Collection
- Photos, negatives, slides, field notes and research material from his series of "County" windmill books
The Harry Meyer Collection
- 20 albums of windmill photos from 1926 onwards, neatly arranged and listed by county
The Paul Wilson (1908 - 1980) Collection
- Material on turbines, waterwheels and waterpower, from Lord Wilson of High Wray, owner of the Gilkes turbine makers
The Peter Dolman (1955 - 2002) Collection
- An extensive collection, including a large sub-collection of Suffolk material
Electronic Databases
- from Martin Bodman, Tony Bryan, Roy Gregory, Tony & Mary Yoward
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