The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings from a variety of papers including the Maitland Mercury, and covering the period 1889-1902, 1915, 1939. Many of the news items relate to the Maitland district and Scobie family (early settlers of the district). The scrapbook was received in 1968, and was the second deposit made by the Scobie family (for earlier accession, see A326).