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The collection consists of a photograph taken in August of 1926 at the International Congress of Plant Scientists held at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. The photograph depicts members of the Botanical Society of America Mycology group. Two members of this group, Drs. Julian H. Miller and John Moore Reade, were (or became) influential UGA-affiliated professors and scientists.

The collection consists of several hundred newspaper clippings covering the period from March - May, 1946, re the International Monetary Conference held in Savannah. This was a meeting of financial and diplomatic experts seeking to organize a multi-billion dollar International Monetary Fund and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (or World Bank, as it is now called). This meeting in Savannah was the first meeting since the Bank was officially organized on paper, December 27, 1945.

The collection consists of Associated Press wirephotos depicting the invasion of Nazi-occupied France by Allied forces in June, 1944. The collection also consists of photographs of maps and various news events of 1944. Photographs contain captions.

The collection consists of some business papers and legal records of James Monroe Smith. The papers are concened mostly with a lawsuit against Cowan, Usry & Co., of Worth County, Georgia, and a suit contesting the disposition of the estate of Smith, who died intestate. The business papers include statements, receipts, and ledger sheets regarding "hiring convicts." The legal papers include copies of injuctions, contracts, depositions, petitions and promisory notes. The letters to and from lawyers refer to a case heard before the state court of appeals after Smith's death.

The collection consists of twenty-three manuscript inventories of deceased persons from Upson County, Georgia, from 1835-1865. Each inventory includes a list of the individual's possessions at the time of death and a record of their sale.

Collection consists of correspondence and inventories related to portraits, busts, and memorials at the University of Georgia.

The collection consists of photographs by Lewis W. Hine from 1909-1913 depicting child laborers in Georgia. The photographs show mill children at their work or grouped before the mills. A few of the photographs show the impoverished areas surrounding the mills where the children lived with their families. The collection includes photographs from the following Georgia mill sites: Augusta, Columbus, LaFayette, Lindale, Macon, Rome, Rossville, Tifton, and Valdosta.

The collection consists of a handwritten estate inventory created December 11, 1779, by Henry Bourguin's daughters. The inventory includes a list of the people enslaved by Bourguin, including name with approximate preceived monetary value, and is divided into three columns showing the division of his estate by his three daughters.

A pamphlet containing portions of testimony from fifteen citizens of Atlanta regarding the ill conduct of Mayor Woodward from the investigation conducted by City Attorney J. A. Anderson on June 8-16, 1900.

The collection consists of an invitation to a reception at Hopeton, the family plantation. The reception is in honor of Couper's daughter and her fiance Robert M. Stiles. The cards of each are included here.