Category: Featured Collections

John Munnings Collection

Authors: Nathanael Hodge & Laura Felton-Hustwitt The John Munnings Collection contains detailed watermill sketches by artist John Munnings, together with his notes...

James Venn Collection

The James Venn Collection is in fact two collections, one built on top of the other. The story starts with Stanley Freese,...

Over Family Collection

The Over Family Collection contains records relating to the family’s work in milling in the 19th and 20th centuries, a period of...

Peter Dolman Collection

Peter Dolman was a millwright and mill expert from Suffolk. His extensive collection contains photographs and research on wind and watermills throughout the...

Derek Ogden Collection

A millwright for many years, Derek Ogden repaired mills throughout the UK until he moved to the USA in 1974,...

Geoff Holman Collection

Geoff Holman came from a family of millwrights, the Holmans of Canterbury, and this milling connection in his family sparked a life...

E M Gardner Collection

Emilie Montgomery Gardner, known to the milling world as E. M. Gardner, remains an elusive and enigmatic character shrouded in...

Bodley Foundry Collection

The iron foundry of Bodley & Co was located on Commercial Road in Exeter, Devon. Much archival material, relating to...

Mildred Cookson Collection

Mildred M. Cookson’s collection is one of the four Foundation Collections of the Mills Archive, and is one of the most...

Frank W. Gregory Collection

Frank W. Gregory’s collection of mill-related archival material has been catalogued as part of a collaborative project, hosted by the Mills...

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