• Journal letters.
• October 3, 1881, to May 8, 1882.
• Handwritten.
• Petrie's main activity was the continuation of the measurement-survey of the pyramids at Giza, which was started the preceding season (1880 to 1881). This was the first season that Petrie took photographs using the pinhole camera he built himself.
  -Main site: Giza.
• Other sites: Saqqara, Abusir, Maidum, el-Hiba, Kom el-Ahmar, Amarna, Dendera, Thebes, Medinet Habu, Ramesseum, Luxor, Medinet el-Faiyum, Dahshur, Hawara.

• Journal letters
• November 23, 1885, to June 1, 1886.
• Handwritten.
• Petrie, assisted by F. Ll. Griffith and E. A. Gardner, resumes excavating at Naucratis. In January 1886, Gardner is left to continue excavating at Naucratis while Petrie and Griffith begin excavating at Nebesha. At the end of March 1886, Petrie moves to Dafana and excavates there.
• Main sites: Naucratis (Naukratis), Nabesha (Tell Nebesha; Tell Farun), and Dafana (Tell Dafana; Daphnae).
• Other sites: Tanis (San el-Hagar).
• Pages 7-9 and 45-6 are copies of letters by Petrie's mother Anne.

• Journal letters.
• December 5, 1887, through to May 12, 1888.
• Handwritten.
• Petrie begins the season excavating in the temple of Sobek at Medinet el-Faiyum, then moves on to Hawara where he surveys the pyramid, as well as finding many mummy-portraits from the Roman Period cemetery there.
• Main sites: Medinet el-Faiyum and Hawara.
• Other sites: Byahmu (Biyahmu), Medinet el-Gurob (Ghurab; Gourob).

Handwritten copies, created by Kate Bradbury (m. Griffith), excerpts of Petrie's journals from December 1893 to January 1897. Presumably created by Bradbury when the Petrie journals were circulated to friends and sponsors. The excerpts include:

• Pages 1-9 - February-April 1893 - Petrie photographing objects in the museums in Bologna, Florence, and Turin, as well as visits to archaeological sites in Italy including Pompeii.
• Pages 11-51 - 1893-4 - excavations at Qift (Koptos).
• Pages 52-81 - 1894-5 - excavations at Tukh (Nubt), Ballas and Naqada, Petrie assisted by J. E. Quibell, B. P. Grenfell and Hugh Price.
• Pages 82-90 - 1895-6 - excavations at Thebes including the Ramesseum, Temple of Thutmose IV and the Temple of Amenophis II.
• Pages 91-119 - 1896-7 - excavations at Beni Mazar and Bibeh.

Handwritten copies, created by Kate Bradbury (m. Griffith), excerpts of Petrie's journals from November 1897 to February January 1901, notes associated with the journal and copy of the N. de Garis Davies journal for 1898 to 1899. Presumably created by Bradbury when the Petrie journals were circulated to friends and sponsors.

• Pages 1-21 - 1897-8 - Excavations at Dendera of the mastaba tombs and cemetery, also a description of a trip into the desert around Dendera, Petrie assisted by A. C. Mace and N. de Garis Davies.

• Pages 23-39 - 1898 to 1899 - Excavations at Hu (Diospolis Parva), Petrie assisted by A. C. Mace, and D. Randall-MacIver.

• Pages 40-51 - 1899 to 1900 - Excavations at Abydos, Umm El Qa‘ab.

• Pages 52-58 - 1900 to 1901 - Excavations at Abydos, Umm El Qa‘ab.

• Pages 59-62 - 1901 to 1902 - Excavations at Abydos, temple and cemeteries.

• Pages 63-73 - loose items associated with the notebook, some related to Petrie’s journals.

• Pages 74-76 - Excerpts from Norman de Garis Davies journal - 1898-1899 - Excavating the tomb of Ptah-hotep at Saqqara, includes a brief letter and note in Davies' hand.