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This collection includes numerous rack cards, flyers, posters, newsletters and news clippings concerning activities and events connected with the Lamar Dodd School of Art. There are also interior and exterior photographic shots of the School of Art from 1962. Of particular interest are instructional slides (1929-1989) featuring the art work of Lamar Dodd and Abbot Pattison, the artist best known for creating the Iron Horse sculpture.

This collection contains photographs and documents regarding Austin E. Guinn's activities as a US Navy steward and photographer from 1909-1922, and as an egg farmer in Butler, Georgia from 1923 until his death in 1945. Included are photographs of events in the Mexican War, Navy ships in ports in the Caribbean and in World War I Atlantic convoys, Washington DC monuments seen from the air, photographs of Woodrow Wilson, General Pershing and Marshall Foch, aerial photos of the Billy Mitchell ship bombing tests, Glenn Curtiss' first seaplane, as well as various other airships in development by the Navy. There are also many pictures depicting life on the Peach Valley Egg Farm, including legal documents and genealogical information about the Guinn family and the egg farm.

This collection contains family clippings, photographs and correspondence; materials regarding the development of Donald Roebling's amphibious vehicle, The Alligator; and W.R. Roebling's efforts to record memories and organize reunions of veterans who served in the 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps. It also contains manuscripts and research for several of Karl Roebling's military pubications.

This collection contains family records, correspondence and photographs, scrapbooks, diaries and memoirs from the Tipton and Little familes, as well as military yearbooks, photographs and records of James Tipton.

This collection contains photographs, correspondence, wills and deeds, scrapbooks, and genealogy research of the Stephens, Evans, Bryan, Avary, Carr and associated families. It also includes drafts and research of Robert G. Stephens writing, several clippings scrapbooks, house plans, and George Lippincott's genealogy research notebooks. General Clement A. Evans life is well documented in writing and research by several family members, as well as correspondence, photographs and scrapbooks. It also includes materials about various Confederate veteran groups and reunions. Several documents contain information of enslaved people

The papers of Mary Warren document her work collecting genealogical resources and they reflect a wide variety of genealogical topics in the South. This collection focused on Georgia and South Carolina primarily in scope, but also includes other southern states. A considerable amount of the collection focuses on individuals and includes their personal and professional information.

This collection contains correspondence, photographs, writings, and printed material covering the Lassiter and Harris families, through wartime, college education, and church life. It features written sermon notes, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority materials, church histories, and a complete set of letters written from Cleveland Lassiter to Dorothy during his time in Burma during WWII. The collection also has a wealth of printed material regarding choral performances that were recorded throughout Georgia and New York.

The collection consists of a costume, masks, marionettes, and a handful of costume designs by Charles Berliner. The costume (a dress and hat) and designs are for the 1996 National Theatre of the Deaf production of The Italian Straw Hat. The masks and marionettes are from a production of Faust that Berliner helped design at Brandeis University in 1971, and represent the seven deadly sins, as well as Faust and Gretchen. Additionally there is a framed costume design Berliner made for Bill T. Jones for the Bacchae Project.

This collection contains architect's files including slides, specifications for materials and construction, and working drawings for residences and professional buildings mostly in and around Athens, Georgia.

This collection contains correspondence and writings, photographs and newspaper clippings chiefly by and about Florence Ewell Atkins, her speeches, and her work with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.