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The collection consists of manuscripts, clippings, pamphlets and reserach notes on the subjects of history and genealogy. Additionally, there are invitations, family letters, memoirs, diaries, programs, family pictures, photograph albums, and scrapbooks.

The collection consists of biographical information, genealogy, correspondence, writings, artwork, scrapbooks, financial papers, printed material and photographs. Much of the correspondence is between Sewell and Mary Brumby and from their friends, especially their friends in Japan. The Hart family correspondence revolves around Mary Elmira Bullard Hart, with letters from her husband William Thomas Hart, and their children Louise Hart Hunt (1911-1987), Mary Hart, and William Bullard Hart (1918-1985). There is also correspondence of Marianne Brumby, Mira Lee "Candle" Brumby, Sewell Robeson Brumby, the Bullard family, the Blackmar family and the Pittman family. John Ray (1792-1868) was a lawyer and teacher in Newnan, Georgia. The connection between the Ray/ Barker families and the Brumby/Hart families is unclear. Genealogy research done by Sewell Brumby concerns the Brumby, Hart, Sewell and Pittman extended families and includes research correspondence with family members. Writings are by various family members, especially the poetry of Louise Hart Hunt and family cookbooks and recipes used for Mary Brumby's publication. Several Blackmar family scrapbooks are included. Financial papers include estate papers of Mary Blackmar Bullard and Mary Elmira Hart with personal property inventories. There is also a household inventory of Sewell Brumby's house for insurance purposes, and information on loans and donations of Japanese items to museums. There are numerous photographs of family, houses and other subjects.

The collection consists of materials covering the life and career of Coleman Barks, with materials ranging from 1959-2017. Includes correspondence with other authors, such as John Moyne, Robert Bly, Annie Dillard, Mary Oliver, Reshad Feild, and James Dickey. Other notable correspondence includes filmmaker Dorothy Fadiman, actress Debra Winger, and former White House Press Secretary Bill Moyers.

The collection consists of material relating to the Branch Family of Oconee County, Georgia and date from around 1836-1986. Papers relating to Vivian B. Phillips and her husband includes personal correspondence and farm business papers of her parents. Also included are church records, legal documents, photographs, scrapbooks, and other miscellaneous items. Of special note is a bill of sale of the property of William Scott Branch and includes a list of enslave people by name, purchaser, and price of each (See box 82, folder 2).

This collection contains working files, artifacts, and photographic materials used over a long career in portrait and still photography covering a wide range of subjects. Slides and polaroids, transparencies, contact sheets and prints of many sizes and formats are included of celebrities, dancers, opera performers, politicians, movie stills, and projects including Barbie Live calendars, figurative and mixed media collaborations. There are many photographs and some correspondence with Bill and Hillary Clinton included.

The Jack Leigh collection contains an array of material covering both Leigh's personal and professional life. The collection includes photographs, negatives, slides, audio tapes, video tapes, journals, notebooks, appointment books, schedules, letters, printed material, correspondence/subject files, material relating to his published books, financial papers, legal documents, medical and insurance papers, and other items.

The collection consists of personal papers as well as those related to Hill's administrative career at the University of Georgia. Of particular interest are the papers documenting a fact-finding trip to the University of Wisconsin to investigate the program of Agricultural Education in place there; various files detailing the in loco parentis functions performed by the University; a substantial subseries of correspondence with George Foster Peabody; a limited series of correspondence with Trustees of the University, including Hill's function as Chairman of the Committee on State Institutions; a substantial volume of speeches and articles delineating Hill's engagement with the serious national debate underway on the future of public education for everyone.

The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, legal papers, financial papers, writings, photographs, printed material and artifacts. The correspondence includes family, personal, business letters, and several Civil War Letters. There are also letters and notes from tenants who worked on the Jones' plantations, which included Ogeechee, Crab Apple, and Canaan. Legal matters consist of cases the firm handled, deeds, estate papers, fi fas, bonds for title, wills, contracts, and guardianship papers. The firm John J. Jones & Son served as counsel for the Central of Georgia Railway, and these lawsuits against the railroad often involved the killing of cows and pigs on the tracks. There is material about the Ideal Theatre built by Seaborn Jones in Waynesboro (GA) for a movie theater. Financial papers include bills and receipts from various stores and receipts from cotton sales. Writings include information on the history of Canaan plantation and a diary by John James Jones about his trip to Europe in 1926.

The collection consists of papers of Robert Preston Brooks including correspondence, writings, speeches, clippings, research, printed material, and scrapbooks. While the materials document Brooks' duties and activities with the University of Georgia, a large part of the collection deals with his research and writings on economics, Georgia history, agriculture, and the plantation system.