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The collection consists of one typescript copy of the autobiography of John Jasper Methvin (undated). Also included are explanatory letters from Marvin Methvin to Betty Methvin Resnick (dated 1969 and 1978), and a photocopy of Hotch-Potch by Rev. J. J. Methvin.

The collection consists of two notebooks containing writings of John Jones Gresham. The larger volume contains orations delivered at exhibitions and events at the University of Georgia (1830-1833). Reversing the book, Gresham wrote Moot questions, notes, and accounts of money received and paid out (1835). The smaller volume includes Gresham's valedictory speech delivered at his graduation from the University of Georgia in 1833 (which is also included in the larger volume).

The collection consists of five (reproductions of) typescripts by John J. Roche titled: Forty years after, The soldier and the state: the Summa Arya encounters Hollywood, The place of Maastricht in European military history, To save and defend the people: essays on the philosophy of European military history, and Kindred spirits: an introduction to the philosophy of European military history for combat soldiers. The typescripts concern Roche's activities in World War II. The place of Maastricht in European military history is a commentary regarding the state of the world almost fifty years after Roche's participation in World War II.

The collection consists of an order to James Finley, surveyor for Camden County, to survey a tract of land of 920 acres for John King, Esq. It is dated May 7, 1787 and signed by Jacob Weed, attested by William Niblack. There is a note on the back reading "Granted."

The collection consists of a letter written by John K. Mayes to his parents from Portsmouth, Virginia, and two copybooks in which are drafts of letters and copies of statements about vacation, printing papers, and departure from school. Also included is a bill of sale for "one negro man, Aaron, about thirty-three of yellow complexion" (1853) to Josiah Brinkley.

A two-page autograph letter signed by John Knox, dated "Augusta, Ga. December 11th 1843," addressed to his brother James N. Knox of the Chester District, South Carolina. The letter is a personal letter discussing family matters including the death of their mother, John's lack of money, and James' difficulties with the family's land. Although John does not directly give his reasons for being in Augusta, he was a student at the time, probably at the Medical College of Georgia.

The collection consists of a letter from John Laurens, Chancery Lane on December 7, 1774, to his father Henry Laurens, Charleston, South Carolina regarding England's reaction to the revolt of the American colonies, including that of the Parliament, the King, and Lord North.

The collection consists of background material for Linley's Architecture of Middle Georgia: The Oconee Area (Athens : Univerity of Georgia Press, 1972), house survey reports, manuscript notes, various states of typescript and publisher's proofs, correspondence, press releases, and advertising material giving great insight into the development of an important book on Georgia architecture. Architecture in middle Georgia has become a classic work of detailed scholarship and research in both the architectural features of middle Georgia and the sociological and historical implications as well. From 1807 to 1869 Milledgeville was the capital of Georgia, and many superb examples of antebellum architecture are still to be found there in Baldwin County and in the surrounding counties of the Oconee area - Hancock, Jasper, Johnson, Putnam, Washington, and Wilkinson.

The collection consists of one letter written on Hardeman & Nottingham, Attorneys at Law, Macon, Georgia letterhead: dated February 21, 1889, "Dear sir," signed "J. L. Hardeman," regarding the founding University of Georgia's Demosthenian Literary Society.