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The collection consists of papers pertaining to the family and decedents of the Oliver Hillhouse Prince from 1785-1919. A considerable number of documents focus on Oliver Hillhouse Prince, Jr., including his interest in the genealogy of the Prince family and documents relating to his service in Cobb's Legion during the Civil War. Correspondence is written by or addressed to Abraham Baldwin, Mrs. Martha Price, Martha J. Jackson, Dr. H. Jackson, and John B. Lamar. Of particular interest is a parody of a court case at the Honorable Mouse-Owlry court, in Bibb County, where Billy Beeswax of Honey Comb Hall is petitioning that Peter Pushroot pays him the 400 bushels of potatoes he is owed. The collection also includes wills of Oliver H. Prince, Henry Jackson, Joseph Webber; and a scrapbook containing mostly printed pictures and newspaper clippings relating to Georgia political matters and deaths of Prince family members and notable Athenians.

The collection consists of a letter to Governor Peter Early from the Solicitor General of the Western District of Georgia Thomas W. Cobb, dated October 31, 1814, which discusses court business and a letter from Early to Seaborn Jones, dated January 8, 1815, regarding land sales and the settlement of debts between Early and Jones.

A letter dated September 19, 1871 from W. A. Hemphill, proprietor of the Atlanta Constitution, discussing another of his business enterprises -- that of running an undertaking establishment -- is written to the manager of his funeral parlor and concerns financial matters. Accompanying is a note of October 8, 1971 from Reg Murphy, the editor (in 1971) of the Atlanta Constitution to Gary L. Doster referring to Hemphill's letter.

This collection consists of a letter, a newsclipping and a photograph. Both the personal letter and news clipping are addressed to Rosemary Lyons Jones and date from 1941. The photograph features Moina Michael in a jeep driven by a female Air Forces person. The back is stamped "Army Air Forces" and is dated January 24th, 1944.

The collection consists of one letter (photocopy): dated Athens, Georgia, June 8, 1859, "Dear Father," signed "W.D. Jameson," regarding Jameson's personal life, courses, and finances.

The collection consists of two letters from William P. Trent to William E. Boggs (Chancellor of the University of Georgia). The first dated University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, November 14, 1890, regarding an offer from Chancellor Boggs to Mr. Trent to fill the Chair of History at University of Georgia; Trent speaks about advantages and disadvantages of being at Sewanee, and asks about teaching loads at the University of Georgia (final page of letter is missing). The second letter dated Westmoreland Club, Richmond, Virginia, February 4, 1891, regarding his complicated decision to decline the offer for Chair of History; he speaks of positions at University of Georgia, and the policy for hiring; he plans to visit Athens and see the University, "provided always that the Trustees do not require a formal application."

The collection consists of two letters from William C. N. Swift at Camp Desert Plantation, Riceboro, Liberty County, Georgia to his parents in New Bedford (Mass.) in 1838 and three letters to Swift in Charleston (S.C.) from his brother O. N. Swift in 1839. The letters discuss family news and describe various aspects and problems of hauling and shipping lumber. The collection also includes an account (1848) for William C. N. Swift with Baring Brothers Company (London).

The collection consists of letters from Phil Crawford to his wife (and some letters from his wife back to him) during his service in World War II. Most of the letters are about areas that he was stationed in, including England, North Africa and Italy.

This collection contains correspondence between Private Willis W. Pitts and his wife Elizabeth "Betty" Pitts during his service in the Confederate Army from 1862 until his death in the Battle of Missionary Ridge in 1863. Pitts served in Company I, of the Georgia 37th Infantry. Also included is a letter from Mary A.A.C. Wates to Betty Pitts from 1860.

This collection includes three handwritten letters addressed to Attorney Walter H. Pemberton in Keo, Arkansas signed by O. E. French containing racist complaints of a property line dispute with an African American neighbor named Lydia Washing[ton], as well as a typed, unsigned letter addressed to O. E. French on Walter H. Pemberton Counsellor at Law letterhead.