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The collection consists of documents pertaining to the estate of Theodore G. Sledge. Sledge died leaving behind six enslaved men and women, Maria, Lucinda, Spencer, Hester, Minerva, and Francey, and fifteen hundred and thirty six dollars of Confederate currency. Several family members sought legal action, but the case was dismissed in November 1864.

The collection consists of one typescript: The revival of the Ku Klux Klan, by Frank McCallister, dated June 1940, 15 pages, outlining the development and revival of the Ku Klux Klan. Includes newspaper clippings and editorial cartoons about the Klan from 1937-1940. The text was for an anti-Klan pamphlet issued by the Workers Defense League to "aid the campaing to make secure our Bill of Rights; help extend our democracy ot embrace Southern mill workers adn Negroes."

The collection consists of a typescript titled The Role of the Yankee in the Old South, by Fletcher M. Green, published by the University of Georgia Press. The typescript contains handwritten typesetting notations.

The collection consists of two typescripts for publication by The University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia: The University of Georgia: a Bicentennial History, 1785-1985 by Thomas G. Dyer, copyright 1985; and To Raise Myself a Little: The Diaries and Letters of Jennie, a Georgia Teacher, 1851-1886 by Amelia Akehurst Lines, edited by Thomas Dyer, copyright 1981. Typescripts contain handwritten corrections and publishers notes.

The collection consists of three typewritten documents by Thirza McDonald Brooks: All-day-dinner-and-meeting-on-the-ground, the story of her experiences growing up in the family of a circuit-riding minister before World War I; Full Circle, an autobiographical reminiscense of her life. The collection contains two copies of Full Circle.

Warrant, Chatham County, signed by George Walton as Georgia Chief Justice, a warrant ordering the appearance of Thomas Galphin before the Superior Court. Additionally signed and inscribed by later governor of Georgia John Milledge on verso: "I appear for the / Def't to be tried in / Richmond County / Milledge Def'ts / Att'y."

The collection consists of eleven $25.00 road bond tickets dated August 1, 1929 and August 1, 1934 from Wayne County, Georgia.

This collection consists of ticket stubs from events at Hodgson Concert Hall , Ramsey Concert Hall and the Fine Arts Theatre. The tickets date from 2010 through 2013.

The collection consists of a typescript titled Give Us This Valley, by Tom Ham. The typescript contains handwritten notations and corrections.