The notebooks contain notes whilst on location and elsewhere, sketches (mostly geological) in pencil, ink and watercolour. There is also ephemera such as business cards and railway timetables.

These notebooks contains notes, sketches and details of specimens collected on a large number of excursions. They include a lot of material relating to work undertaken for the Geological Survey.

Comprising field maps and keys with some annotations. Many are published maps from the Ordnance survey series of maps.

The series comprises numbered and un-numbered field notebooks;specimen catalogues; sketchbooks, photograph albums, and maps.

Includes letter to J. Peile, signed by T. McKenny Hughes, Alfred Harker, Henry Woods, F.R. Cowper Reed and John Edward Marr, and list of Ziffel's publications

Comprising 9 albums of photographs which include bought photographs and personal ones depicting places, people, animals, and landscapes. Most of these relate to the Isles of Scotland.

Comprising sketchbooks reflecting research undertaken in the Scottish islands. The sketches are mostly of geological features and landscapes. The sketches have been made in pen and black ink and often occupy two facing pages. Some sketches retain the original penciled grid pattern. There are some watercolours.

Comprising sketchbooks detailing visits made to Yorkshire and Scotland.

The series comprises numbered and un-numbered field notebooks;specimen catalogues; sketchbooks, photograph albums, and maps.

The collection comprises notebooks, sketchbooks, and photograph albums detailing geological excursions in the U.K from the late nineteenth century. These mostly cover the Isle of Skye, Isle of Arran, Yorkshire (Scarborough), and other Scottish Highlands. There are also notebooks detailing specimens collected (catalogues); lecture note drafts; maps; and some personal records including details of an 80th birthday event.

Comprising lecture notes; notebooks; transcripts of stories; and details of papers written and cited.