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The collection consists of two hand-drawn plats. The Eliza Newton Estate plat details the individual lots established when the property was subdivided, adjoining Bloomfield's and Vonderette's land on the south, Watkinsville Road (Lumpkin Street) on the east, and essentially Pope Street on the west and Baxter Street on the north. The verso contains "Plat of town lots, property of J. Wilkerson, 1869". The northern boundary is the proposed Broad Street extension, with the proposed Oconee Avenue as its eastern and southern bounds, and includes the Cooke Bros. Armory (Chicapee Building).

The collection consists of three photocopied letters and transcriptions from Eliza G. Robarts to her uncle, Capt. Samuel Low in Warwick, Rhode Island. The letters contain concern for health, complaints about being low in the purse, religion, love of family, explanations of Southern news, such as the gold rush, Cherokee issues, and the nullification debate.

The collection consists of typewritten correspondences between Ella May Thornton, Mrs. Winifred Feilden, and others, regarding the life and military career of Henry Wemyss Feilden for a possible publication. Also included in the collection are photocopies of two typescript copies of writings: A Noble Englishman... by A. Trevor Battye, which recounts Feilden's participation with the 42nd Highlanders, the Punjab Regiment in China; Chapter 2: The Civil War in Americ, which recounts Feilden's service in the army of the Confederate States of American, serving under Generals G. T. Beauregard and Samuel Jones, mostly in Charleston, South Carolina.

The collection consists of correspondence between Ella May Thornton and John W. Bonner, Jr. regarding various papers Miss Thornton had given to the University of Georgia Libraries. Also included are letters from Norborne T. N. Robinson of the Congressional Digest, Washington, D.C., to Ella May regarding the questions Ella May had asked about General James Neil Bethune and John Bethune.

The collection consists of photographs taken in 1971 by Ellen Sumner. Photographs depict houses (interiors and exteriors), churches, buildings, and statues in Athens, Savannah, Penfield, and Greensboro, Georgia. Photographs taken in Athens portray Oconee Hill Cemetery, sorority houses (Alpha Gamma Delta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Gamma Phi Beta, Phi Mu), and other houses around the Milledge Avenue area. Also included is a photograph of Alfred Holbrook, Director of the Georgia Museum of Art (undated).

The collection consists of galley proofs of Georgia Waters: Tallulah Falls, Madison Springs, Scull Shoals and the Okefenokee Swamp, by E. Merton Coulter. Georgia Waters was published in 1965 by the Athens Historical Quarterly.

The collection consists of three letters dated 1939. Also included is a copy of an obituary resume of Ellison Van Hoose's life, and a portrait of Van Hoose.

The collection consists of a photocopy of Elmer D. Jones' typescript titled The 89th Light. Jones describes his experiences serving in World War II, and includes copies of newspaper clippings and letters from his father, Elmer T. Jones. The typescript is undated.