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This collection consists of one photograph album with fifty-one black-and-white photographs taken between 1907 and 1934 that depict a logging community and the surrounding landscape in the Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.). Of particular interest is the photograph of the Derrick House, a hotel that existed in the deserted city of Derrick, New York, as well as several photographs of plank roads and bridges built for transporting lumber.

The collection consists of papers documenting the career of Zelda Sears and her husband, Louis C. Wiswell, from 1910-1941. Includes scrapbooks, correspondence, telegrams, notebooks, scripts, photographs, and music scores. The scrapbook contains mostly clippings (1910-1911) relating to "The Nest Egg", a play in which Sears starred. The notebooks contain anecdotes, jokes, quips, and brief outlines, evidently to be used in some of Sears' plays. The scripts are mainly of plays written by Sears', with a few written by others. The collection also includes short stories, scenarios, and lyrics written by Sears; photographs of plays particularly "The Nest Egg" and "The Show Shop"; and some correspondence and telegrams to Zelda and her husband from such show business people as Billie Burke, George M. Cohan, Jerome Kern, Jeanette MacDonald, and E.D. Starr.

The instruments series of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame collection consists of musical instruments owned and played by a wide range of Georgia musicians. Guitars, violins, and other stringed instruments dominate the collection, but brass, drums, and keyboard instruments are also included.

Collection includes photocopies of Great Britain's Public Records Office records from 1600-1900. Records are primarily derived from the Colonial Office, Treasury, and Admiralty Office and cover the financial, adminstratorial, and legal affairs of British colonies located in the Americas.

This collection consists of promotional materials, meeting minutes, photographs, and the founding by-laws of the Athens Studio Group.

J. Thomas Bowen's records consists of documents relating to his long-time position as UGA Associate Vice President in charge of space management and facilities planning. This collection has Bowen's administrative correspondence and subject files, miscellaneous small project files and program review files from 1980 through 1999.