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The collection consists of a letterbook of Henry Lathrop Turner from 1895-1897. Approximately five hundred letters addressed to several recipients address a plethora of issues. Several letters concern the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta in 1895. Letters addressed to Alfred Orendorff, Mayor Porter King, Captain Henry C. Ward (and others) regard exposition grounds, pitching up camps and feeding regiments, running out of cups, setting up programs and parades, football games between athletic clubs, and battle exercises. Further letters addressed to Thomas Cratty, General George W. Wingate, E.P. Ripley, and A.B. Nettleton (to name a few) regard stocks, stock holders, franchises, and "the butter matter."

The collection consists of one bound manuscript entitled Key to Bourdon's Algebra (Edition of 1835), by Henry M. Bruns, dated 1837. The appendix contains answers to problems in later editions dated 1844 and 1854.

The collection consists of photocopies of Henry Newman Salzburger letterbooks as follows: Extracts of Letters; Letters to the Saltzburghers & Georgia, vol. 1; Letters from the Saltzburghers, etc., vol. 1; Letters from the Salzburg & Georgia, vol. 2; Letters from and to the Saltzburghers & Georgia, vol. 2; Letters from Saltzburghers & Georgia, vol. 3; An Account of Receipts and Disbursements; The Several Accounts of Receipts and Disbursements; Saltzburgh Emigration to Georgia; Index of Letters Sent. The collection also includes an incomplete typescript of Henry Newman's Salzburger letterbooks, transcribed and edited by George Fenwick Jones. The typescript contains handwritten notations and corrections.

The collection consists of two items: original manuscript Some reminiscences of early life and times, by Reverend Henry Netwon, regarding recollections of his childhood from 1830-1842 in Athens, Georgia; Papers of the Athens Historical Society, volume two, published in 1979, which includes Some reminiscences of early life and times.

This collection contains a roster of general and field officers under the command of Brigadier General Henry R. Jackson in the Confederate Army in northwest Virginia. The list of twenty-one officers includes name, regiment, and date of commission.

The collection consists of one letter: dated Savannah, April 2, 1868, to "My dear Col.," signed "H. R. Jackson," concerning photography and chirography.

One scrapbook containing a number of pamphlets and clippings such as: Biographical Sketches of Hon. John C. Breckinbridge and General Joseph Lane (1860); Address of Hon. John C. Breckinridge preceding the Removal of the Senate from the old to the new chamber, January 4, 1859 (1860); Remarks of Hon. Joseph Lane, Dec. 19, 1859; The dividing line between federal and local authority (1859); Observations of territorial sovereignty (1860); Speech of Hon. J. P. Benjamin, May 22, 1860; Reply of Hon. Jefferson Davis to the speech of Senator Douglas, May 16-17, 1860 (1860); Speech of Hon. Robt. Toombs of Georgia, May 21, 1860; Speech of President Buchanan on the evening of Monday, July 9, 1860; Speech of Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson, July 18, 1860; Speech of Hon. B. F. Hallett, June 25, 1860; Minority report of Mr. Stephen (1860).

The collection consists of various manuscript pages, possibly written by Henry Grady. The manuscripts are drafts of speeches or newspaper articles.

The collection consists of a letter from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to Andrew A. Lipscomb dated Cambridge, July 4, 1853. Longfellow discusses his view of slavery "the meanest form of tyranny," the influence of newspapers upon public opinion, and his future meeting with Lipscomb.

The collection consists of typewritten correspondence to and from Herbert W. Kale II related to the Georgia Ornithological Society, in particular their efforts to pass a bill concerning bird conservation.