SERIES I: Research Materials (1859-1967) consists of material collected by Cyril Player, who was employed by the children of James Scripps to write his biography. The result was an unpublished manuscript. The collection consists chiefly of Player’s notes and portions of the book, with comments and correspondence from others. It contains biographical and genealogical research notes, correspondence, a few small publications and a small number of news clippings. This series also contains James Scripps’ travel diary, his smaller sketches of European churches and architectural details, and some miscellaneous Scripps’ correspondence.

SERIES II: WILKINSON SCRAPBOOKS (1859-1980) is a series of photocopies of materials compiled from various sources by Warren S. Wilkinson, a Scripps descendant, who ultimately donated the collection to the Bentley Historical Collection. Volume I contains the preface in which Warren lists the various collections he utilized in compiling the scrapbooks. Box 6 contains transparencies of Warren’s scrapbooks photographed by John Beresford and donated by him to the Archives. Also included here is James Scripps’s 1905 autobiography, transcribed by Wilkinson.

SERIES III: NEWSPAPERS is a collection of historic newspapers relating to the Scripps family. It is not known if these were collected by family members or by Cyril Player.