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Series VIII: Artifacts contains campaign memorabilia, Congressional commissions, models of military airplanes, cartoons, awards and certificates of appreciation, and office signs. The series also includes items from the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and an airplane sent to protest funding for the C-17 airplane.

Series VIII: Artifacts includes awards plaques, mostly related to the armed services, certificates of appreciation and proclamations honoring Ray, framed photographs, "U.S. Presidential Series" postage stamps, and prints.

Series VIII. Audiovisual Materials documents D.W. Brooks' life and business career in cooperative agriculture through audio and video from Gold Kist meetings, his government service, documentaries about his life, awards ceremonies, and speeches.

This series contains materials related to Iêda de Barros Siqueira Wiarda's work collecting Literatura De Cordel, Brazilian folkloric chapbooks. These books are typically short poetic booklets, cheaply published and displayed in the marketplace on string, hence the name "literature of the chord." In addition to poetry, the books also feature woodblock prints, and typically address history, politics, and popular culture. The material can be serious or satirical, but always relates its content to the regions from which it came. The series includes articles, correspondences, and materials related to Iêda de Barros Siqueira Wiarda's work curating the Smithsonian's collection of these books, as well as some of the books themselves. The folders that contain these books will be labeled as such.

Lamartine Griffin Hardman Papers, Series VIII: General series consists of five subseries. World War I activities includes papers concerning Hardman's role as U.S. Fuel Administrator for the state of Georgia from 1916 to 1919. Personal Correspondence contains a wide range of material from the 1890s to 1926, including a folder of courtship letters from Rosa Taylor, correspondence concerning the unveiling of the memorial to Dr. Crawford Long, contracts, and speeches. Personal Interests contains miscellaneous publications, agricultural brochures, maps and church-related documents. Vault Papers consists of bank deposit books and financial statements. Publications includes information on public schools, speeches by others, and miscellaneous pamphlets. The 25 May 1944 issue of the Commerce News contains a feature on the 50th anniversary of Harmony Grove Mills. There are papers on prohibition, agriculture and education mixed throughout the series. Further documentation on these subjects can be found in Series IV. Legislative and Series V. Governor.

Series VIII. Office contains the computer files of Cleland's staff. The majority of these files are drafts of correspondence to constituents, research files, and drafts for Cleland's upcoming speeches. Common subjects include the military, veterans, and government affairs, and to a lesser extent the government's budget, the judiciary, labor, medicare, social security, and health care.

After Mattingly's service for the State Department, he returned to St. Simon's Island. As he has remained active and engaged in the Georgia Republican Party, national politics and presidential campaigns, this series includes correspondence (letters and printed emails), articles written by or about Mattingly, copies of the Congressional Record, reports, and programs. Arrangement is chronological.