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This collection contains papers relating to the planning of the University of Georgia's bicentennial celebration. This includes correspondence, committee minutes, programs, and clippings. Of note are correspondence and papers from President Jimmy Carter, President Ronald Reagan, President Gerald Ford, and Vice President George Bush. Also included is memorabilia from the bicentennial celebrations.

The collection consists of typescripts that focus on Georgia history, and include: Georgia's delegates to the federal convention of 1787, who they were and what they did, Saye's thesis, includes handwritten notations and corrections; Diary of a Beck Scholar, with a newspaper clipping regarding the Beck Scholarship; Abraham Baldwin; and Decision making in the Southern Baptist Convention. The collection also consists of typewritten correspondence from 1985-1986, regarding Saye's essay.

The collection consists of one letter: dated New Haven, to "Josiah Meigs", signed "Abraham Bishop," regarding Bishop's view on the variety of American titles of honor.

The collection consists of three letters (facsimiles): dated Crawfordville, Georgia, December 14, 1860, "My dear sir," signed "Alexander H. Stephens"; dated Springfield, Illinois, December 22, 1860, "Honorable A.H. Stephens," signed "A. Lincoln," regarding fear that Southern states have regarding Republican administration; dated Springfield, Illinois, November 30, 1860, "Honorable A.H. Stephens," signed "A. Lincoln," regarding Stephens' recent speech.

The collection consists of papers of George Wagner from 1862-1868 and includes diaries, correspondence, official reports, and military documents. The bulk of the material pertains to Wagner's service in the Veteran Reserve Corps with the Freedman's Bureau in Georgia from 1866-1868. Written during this period, the diaries describe Wagner's daily duties as an officer with the Bureau, political activities in Georgia during Reconstruction, and problems between the freedmen and whites. The collection also includes monthly reports sent from Americus, Columbus, and Griffin, Georgia by Wagner to Bureau headquarters in Washington, D.C. detailing supplies and clothing issued to Freedman. Additional materials pertain to Wagner's service with the 110th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, the Invalid Corps, and the Indiana Confederate prison, Camp Morton.

The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, and documents signed by presidents of the United States from 1780-1991. Documents include appointments, bank notes, indentures, and pardons. Presidents include John Quincy Adams, James Buchanan, George H. W. Bush, Calvin Coolidge, Millard Fillmore, James A. Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Warren Harding, Herbert Hoover, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Johnson, Lyndon B. Johnson, Abraham Lincoln, James Madison, William McKinley, James Monroe, Richard Nixon, Franklin Pierce, James K. Polk, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, Zachary Taylor, Harry Truman, John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, George Washington, and Woodrow Wilson.

The collection consists of bylaws, clippings, alumni files and photographs of events and activities.

The collection consists of two diaries of Abram Rinker from 1863-1864. Rinker was stationed in Beaufort, Morris, James, and Folly Islands, South Carolina; and Ft. Strong, North Carolina. Diary entries discuss Rinker's health, the weather, camp life (drills, guard duty, foraging for food, and officers), bombardments and shelling along the coast, and ship movements. Other entries pertain to arrival of Confederate prisoners, news of battles in other states, and election results in the North.

The collection consists of one score (undated) titled Crazy Jane, "music by Miss Abrams." Page six is the notation for Drops of brandy--a country dance.

The collection consists of sixty photographs of Atlanta-related scenes, showing buildings, homes, downtown views, parks, sports, and recreation. Photographs include images of the Atlanta Municipal Airport, City Hall, Emory University, the Gone With The Wind premier, and Spelman College among others.