The collection consists of a bound notebook containing about 800 cyanotypes, 300 halftones and process illustrations, and 32 hand illustrated images of architecture ranging from Ancient Egypt until 1900. The notebook is an expandable binder filled with leaves of lined notebook paper, signed by a Winifred Parsons and, though undated, appears to have been made for a class assignment sometime between 1900-1906.

The categories of architecture in the notebook, arranged chronologically, are listed as Pyramids, Assyria, Mycenae, Greece, Rome, Medieval, Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, 18th century United States, and classical American buildings. Next to the images are notes carefully copied by Parsons about each category as well as marks and comments from an instructor.