The series consists of a blueprint of the UBC Mining Building (1924).

The series consists of undated handwritten notes and printed material about Turnbull's classes at UBC.

The series consists of photo prints, glass slides, and negatives used by Turnbull in his teaching. The numbers assigned to the various small boxes have been retained. The series also includes a 16 mm film titled Metal Crystals, Microscopic Technique.

The fonds consists primarily of undated course notes (metal mining, coal and placer mining, mining machinery, and mine surveying); printed material; blueprints; and photographs. The photographs include class portraits from the Mining Short Courses at UBC (1917-1920) and also images of the mining industry from around the province in the early 1920s.

The series consists of photographs pertaining to Mining Short Courses (1917-1920).

The series consists of programs, class lists, brochures, reports, notes, and blueprints pertaining to Turnbull's role as Head of the Department of Mining and Metallurgy and generally to mining in British Columbia.