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This collection consists of dedication programs, news clippings, floors plans and a picture of the dedication plaque. The materials date from the mid-1970s.

The diary was kept by University of Georgia student Julian J. Willingham in 1904 as he began his law studies. The diary contains some ledger entries of his finances at the end. Apart from the bound diary are several loose items, including a strip of black and white photographs, clippings, a 1904 commencement program, a 1908 intercollegiate debate program with Tulane University, and a letter dated 1911 from Mr. Willingham as a practicing attorney.

The collection consists of one letter: dated November 17, 1920, to Miss Rosalie Howell, from Julian V. Boehm, regarding Howell's work in the "Red Cross Roll Call."

The collection includes 4 songbooks, 1 theater playbill, a postcard, a printed illustrative cigar box label, and an original photo signed by early drag performer, Julian Eltinge.

The collection consists of papers and correspondences of Dr. Julius Caesar LeHardy from 1879-1897. Material included relates to LeHardy's work on yellow fever and quarantine. Correspondences are to Dr. Felix Formento of New Orleans, Louisiana, regarding participation in the Quarantine Conference held in New Orleans in 1880, and to mayor Herman Myers of Savannah, Georgia, regarding the disposal of sewage in the river.

The collection consists of one scrapbook containing letters, most typed on letterheads, from legislators, United States presidents, congressional representatives, and businesspersons. Letters are addressed to Mr. Sigo Myers, Mr. W.C. Poillon, Mr. Julius Edel, Ken Edel, and Mr. Herman M. Edel. Correspondents include Bernard M. Baruch, chair of the Advisory Commission of the Council of National Defense; Herbert Hoover; William J. Harris; Alfred E. Smith; Franklin D. Roosevelt; James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II, NASA Astronauts; and Richard B. Russell.

This collection contains a scrapbook containing information on the World War I service of Justus Erwin Owens in 1918 with newspaper clippings, photographs, and some correspondence. The correspondence is between Owens and his family while he was training at Camp Gordon, while in France, and at the time of his death. Of particular interest is a letter in which Owens describes the Battle of St. Mihiel.

The collection consists of transcripts of testimony taken April 19, 1897 in the hearing J.W. Bailey vs. D.C. Jones, Lee County Superior Court, November Term 1896. Transcripts begin with response of defendant to plaintiff's notice to produce letters written by J.W. Bailey, and cross examination (and re-cross examination) focuses on land conveyance and lumber business.

The collection consists of one letter dated August 24, 1944, from Katharine D. Lumpkin, Research Director, Institute of Labor Studies, Northampton, Massachusetts, to Mr. Ewing C. Baskette, Reference Librarian, University of Georgia Library, Athens, Georgia. In the letter, Lumpkin asks about newspapers being published in Oglethorpe County during the post-bellum period.