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A letter to Dr. Le Hardy, dated May 20, 1899, from J.G. Jarrell, a fellow physician, who mentions "five new cases of variola" and his need to "visit the Rest Home this afternoon."

The J. Henshaw letter collection is a single piece of correspondence regarding Point Peter, Georgia, located near St. Mary's, Georgia, and the conditions there. Unhealthy marshes and the sicknesses and death of local individuals is discussed. This area was later the site of a fort built in 1795 that was later burned by the British after the War of 1812.

The collection consists of one letter: dated Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, October 10, 1864, to "My dearest wife" [Sallie], concerning yellow fever in Charleston, South Carolina, the deaths of "Lieutenant Jones Jackson and old man Roberson", and the possibility of Sallie coming for a visit. Also included is a transcript of the handwritten letter, and reproduction of a small printed map of the Andersonville, Georgia Prison (undated).

The collection consists of one letter regarding the events surrounding the death of Dr. Charles Thompson.

The collection consists of one letter: dated Camp New Market, August 8, 1862, to "My Dear Wife," signed "Jimmie McCulloch," regarding a battle at Malvern Hill, causalities, Union prisoners, and movements of Union troops.

This commemorative consists of a silver coin cast with a profile of President Carter and three canceled postage stamps dated on Inauguration Day, 1977: one from Washington, D.C., one from Plains, GA (home town of Jimmy Carter), and a third from Ceylon, MN (home town of Walter Mondale). The commemorative is housed in a blue, leatherette folder adorned with the Presidential Seal.

The collection consists of one letter: dated Camp near Rienzi, August 7, 1862, to Mr. A. J. Rockwell, signed "Jim Wilson Co. C 36th Regt.," regarding Wilson's current location and his views on arming African Americans to join Union soldiers.

Journal was kept by Reverend J.J. Little in Harris Georgia. Most entries pertain to his crops, the weather, and church congregation. He also documents Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860, as well as the secession of southern states from the union, the breakout and events of the Civil War, and his son's army career.

The collection consists of one letter: dated Atlanta, Georgia, November 30, 1864, "To Genl W. P. Howard," signed "J. J. Toon," regarding the damage to Atlanta after its destruction and burning at the hands of "Yankee soldiers."

One letter written on Southern Baptist Publication Society stationary: dated Charleston, South Carolina, July 22, 1857, to Rev. J. H. DeVotie, signed "J. J. Toon," regarding book sales and Toon's philosophy of management.