'4 Quarter 1943' notebook containing research notes, 1943 23 x University of St Andrews' diaries containing research notes, with one containing a small artwork by his young daughter, 1947-1969
(1) Letter to B Way Esq. from Joseph Banks about receiving 'a strange trout from Ireland', calling it the Gizzard Trout, 1774 (2) Letter to Riley from Dr Keith Banister explaining Banks', 'Gizzard Trout', 1968 (3) Royal Horticultural Society, Sir Joseph Banks medal, nd
(1) Notebook containing copy letters of Sir Thomas Banks and genealogical information, nd (2) Letters [2] from Averil Lysaght thanking Riley for the loan of his notebook and his appreciation if her book about Joseph Banks, 1971 (3) Letter from the British Museum returning Riley's notebook after copying it, 1971
(1) 'A Chart of the North West Coast of Borneo....by James Barton' printed 1780 (2) 'A New Chart of the Oriental Seas and Islands....from the Isle of Ceylon to Amoye in China' Printed 1783
Correspondence concerning Riley's election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, with receipt, unrelated article and programme and two photographs of Riley giving a tutorial at the University of Montreal
List with copies of Riley's qualifications, appointments, his war service and publications. Also list and copies of his publications. With his entry into the Medical Directory, copies of articles and photographs taken on his retiral. Photograph of 'Graduates in Medicine', Edinburgh 1935. Also news cuttings and articles relating to Riley's death
Programme, with annotated envelope, featuring lectures to celebrate the centenary of Michael Faraday. Includes poster advertising Faraday exhibition and lecture series
Certificate and seal of the Royal College and Physicians of Edinburgh naming Alexander Munro, anatomist, as an honorary member, 1795. Also modern annotated envelope and list, in Riley's handwriting, of Munro's biography
'An Act for granting to His Majesty a certain Sum of Money out of the Sinking Fund....and for paying to John Harrison a further Reward for his Invention of a Time-keeper for ascertaining the Longitude at Sea, and his Discovery of the Principles upon which the same was constructed' With explanatory notes by Riley
Envelope containing typed documents written by Riley titled 'Darwin's error: the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy' and 'Scotland's oldest 'Hydro' Scheme: the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy', a photograph, handwritten notes and 2 letters from the Scots Magazine about using Riley's article.
Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings and articles relating to Michael Faraday and James Riley's research into the history of the Faraday family