The contents are as follows: Copy of ‘Memoranda’ by James Augustus Grant, (no publisher, undated), consisting of biographical data, with some later ink additions by Grant, [After April 1880] (MS.17925);

Newspaper cuttings, 1892, on James Augustus Grant's death, funeral, etc., pasted into an album (MS.17926);

Copy of 'A system of water-colour painting', 17th edition (London, 1858), by Aaron Penley, used by James Augustus Grant on his African expedition (MS.17927);

Correspondence, [?1765-?1891] of the family of James Augustus Grant (MS.17929).