Consists of material that appears to have been collected for a book that George de Boer was compiling about Spurn with contributions from other authors. The book does not appear to have been published. There are multiple versions of the content and chapter headings, but the following has been used as the structure for this catalogue 'Section A Evolution and History of Spurn' comprising 'Introduction', 'Beach Pebbles' by J. A. Catt, 'Winds, waves, tides and their effects' by AWP [Ada W. Phillips] and George de Boer, 'Evolution of Spurn', 'Spurn 1608-1851', 'Predecessors of Spurn' and 'Spurn 1851-.'

A number of published articles appear to have arisen from this research including 'Spurn Head: Its History and Evolution', 'Spurn Head: Its History and Evolution - a summary' and 'The Predecessors of Spurn Point'.

Comprises handwritten research notes from original records, correspondence, copies of articles and draft chapters, maps and illustrations.