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The collection consists of one letter sent by Leonidas Watkins Walton (1853-1894) to his mother, Evelina S. Walton, on September 16, 1844. Leonidas writes of his travels through Georgia having just returned to Canton after travelling to Clarkesville, Ellijay, and Tallulah Falls. The letter is addressed to Evelina in Augusta, Georgia.

The collection consists of one letter: dated Confederate States of America, War Department, Richmond, May 20, 1861, to J. B. Jones, Richmond, Virginia, from Leroy Pope Walker, in which Walker informs Jones that Jones has been "appointed to a clerkship in this Department."

The collection consists of correspondence written by and concerning Leslie D. Hedges. Two postcards and one letter are from Leslie D. Hedges to his wife, written while Hedges was in training in Alabama and Shaw Field, South Carolina. Two letters are addressed to Pearl Hedges, Leslie's wife, and regard Leslie's flying career in the military and his death.

This collection contains an uncut sheet of 52 geographic playing cards created by Pierre Duval in 1669, and engraved by Robert Cordier. Each suit represents a continent, and each numbered card has the same number of facts about the regions they represent.

The collection consists of photocopies of genealogical materials related to the Lester and Daniell families who lived in the Bogart area of Georgia.

The collection consists of one letter, dated October 13, 1827, written by Thomasson de Lamassée in Savannah, Georgia to the Superintendents for Public Health at Marseilles. He describes the local conditions surrounding the yellow fever outbreak in the Savannah area, including the lack of precautions by citizens, poor ventilation in homes, and the lack of monitoring of the disease by authorities. He indicates that he has shared with local doctors the idea that the disease is the result of local conditions, and not contagious.

The collection consists of a typed letter by W. E. B. Du Bois responding to questions about his work as a teacher and writer. Specifically, he discusses the importance of support from black colleges and universities in gaining recogntion, his ability to support himself financially through his teaching and writing, and he identifies what he considers his most important scholarly work. The letter is signed by Du Bois.

The collection consists of one letter written by William J. A. Bradford in Davenport, Iowa, to Hugh Anderson Haralson, a representative in the Georgia General Assembly. Bradford communicates his desire to have a commission in the military service to participate in operation of the army in Mexico. He requests Haralson's aid in hopes of being brought to President James K. Polk's attention. Haralson appends a note to President Polk forwarding the request, but states that he does not know Bradford well enough to recommend him.