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The collection consists of two scrapbooks constructed by Frank Weldon. Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, letters, and pamphlets concerning railroad commission matters, a Fulton County legislative campaign, 1920 re-election campaign of Mayor J. L. Key of Atlanta, and several other related topics pertaining to Atlanta and Fulton County governmental matters.

The collection consists of photographs of and postcards from Fred E. Barrett, Per. Det. H. A. S., stationed in France during World War I. Photographs include images of camp life and soldiers in uniform. Postcards are addressed to Miss Ruma Williamson in Jefferson, Georgia.

This collection contains letters, dated September 5-November 12, 1862, written by Chapman in Canada to his wife Caroline at home in Brookyn, New York. In the letters, Chapman tells her of his lodgings, his attempts to support himself by selling maps and books, his thoughts on the war, and his advice on how to manage the household and finances. He also describes getting his passport and the steamboat trip to Canada. By reading newspapers, he is able to keep up with the draft news. The last two letters are written from Vermont as Chapman prepares to come home.

This collection contains a letter from Dr. Frederick A. Blossom, president of the Birth Control League of New York, to Representative Jeannette Rankin expressing his appreciation for her work regarding her resistance to the war.

The collection consists of Honors Day, University of Georgia (photocopy), a speech delivered by Fred F. Manget at Honors Day at the University of Georgia, May 21 1980.

The collection consists of Fred Morris' scrapbook, 1889-1896. Included are report cards from Marietta Male Academy, a handwritten term paper, receipts from the University of Georgia, and newspaper articles regarding University of Georgia baseball and football games.

Collection includes two Freedmen's Bureau labor contracts. First contract shows hire of freedmen John Papur and James ward at $75/month and freedwoman Martha Andams at $40/month by Julius M. Binel. Second contract is a sharecropper agreement between Donald Graham and freedmen Thomas Parks, Silas Armstrong, Emma Armstrong Soloman King, Geoge Washington, and Jack Fletcher.

The collection consists of one volume containing meeting minutes of Cassville Lodge 136 of the Freemasons from March 1853-December 1871. Meeting minutes include a list of officers, business discussed, decisions made, and actions taken by the members present. Also included are minutes of three meetings of the Pine Log Lodge No. 136 from 1872-1884; and three letters regarding the minute book from 1913.