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The collection consists of a photocopy of Amos Ettinger's journal (1926-1927), and illustrations and photographs of James Edward Oglethorpe for James Edward Oglethorpe, imperial idealist (and receipts from University Press, Oxford, for prints of Oglethorpe that Ettinger ordered). Also included are correspondence and two issues of The Rambler, newsletter of the Boswell Club of Chicago (1945).

The collection consists of letters written to A. D. & J. Y. Smith (1856-1858), and Amos D. Smith & Co. (1867), mostly from cotton merchants in Columbus and Savannah, Georgia. The letters discuss the cotton market, cotton prices and shipping orders including invoices and receipts. One letter dated November 15, 1867 is written on a printed copy of "Savannah Weekly Review and Prices Current." Companies include Hall & Dexter (later Charles E. & Amory Dexter); Padelford, Fay & Co. (later Padelford & Cope); Ruse, Davis & Long; and N. L. McCready & Co. (in New York).

The collection consists of three manuscripts, written in the form of a detailed diary, signed "Amos Guthrie," dated May 9, 1864-May 31, 1864. Guthrie writes about marching through Chickamauga Creek, Tunnel Hill, Ringgold, Dalton, Big Blue Spring, Cassville, and Dallas, Georgia. Diary entries mention different infantries, General Sherman, Johnston, rumors, positions, and the weather. The collection also includes a transcript of the manuscripts.

The collection consists of a monogrammed amputation kit belonging to Dr. William Preston Harden, Sr.; procedures for treating Confederate casualties issued by the Surgeon General of the Confederate States of America; procedures for treating Confederate casualties issued by the Surgeon General of the State of North Carolina; a daybook for the Empire State Hospital Train containing transcripts of outgoing and incoming telegraph messages written by a Confederate aide-de-camp, including requests for medicines and food from the Confederate government in Richmond and directives from Richmond to Dr. Harden concerning his movements; tax list from 1857 for John Pruett, brother of Sam Pruett; unplated obstetric forceps and two extracting forceps belonging to Robert Raymond Harden; and one stethoscope belonging to William Preston Harden, Sr.

The collection consists of ephemera regarding Georgia writers such as Byron Herbert Reece, Henry W. Grady, Erskine Caldwell, Flannery O'Connor, Sidney Lanier, Pat Conroy, Lillian Smith, and others. Many of the materials are invitations, programs, pamphlets, and brochures that document events or exhibitions celebrating these authors and their works.

The collection consists of one letter: dated Atlanta, Georgia, April 16, 1861, to Mrs. Asa S. Hazleton, from A. M. Usher, regarding the war, the South, travels, and mutual acquaintances.

Contains materials pertaining to the lives of the Paschal family members, namely Jesse, Renza, and Marjorie Paschal. Much of the collection covers both Renza and Marjorie's time in the army during WWII, including correspondence and memorabilia. Many of the legal documents pertain to Jesse Paschal's time as sheriff of Eatonton from the 1930s-1950s, including legal issues pertaining to prisoners in Putnam County and letters sent to Sheriff Paschal from concerned Eatonton citizens.

This collection consists of zines from the Georgia community.