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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.

The collection consists of 27 letters from various Georgia congressmen and senators to their constituents regarding the Telepost Company Bill of 1910.

The collection consists of two letters: dated Albany, Georgia, August 3, 1868, to "Charles Lanman," signed "Nelson Tift," regarding Tift's inability to comply with Lanman's request; dated Albany, April 24, 1869, "My dear mother," signed "Nelson Tift," regarding family and friends. The letter to Tift's mother is written on Address of Hon. Nelson Tift to the Press & People of Georgia. From Albany News, April 23, 1869.

The collection consists of correspondences from Robert T. Wood to his family in Washington County, Georgia, in 1864. Wood writes from West Point, Georgia, Camp Wayne near Atlanta, and other camps near Atlanta. Also included is correspondence from a soldier in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and an agreement regarding Robert Wood's estate (1863-1879).