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Series consists mainly of correspondence relating to Turner's work at Ft. Columbus, in particular the acquisition of supplies and matters relating to Turner's pay, and a manuscript physician's prescription and logbook.

Contains correspondence, financial and legal papers, and poetry. The majority of the series is addressed to or stems from John Turner and Nancy Turner, two of Philip Turner's children. Some of the material is related to the efforts of John Turner and John Turner Wait (Philip Turner's grandson) to receive compensation for Turner's Revolutionary War service. Judith Sargent Murray, American essayist and advocate for women's rights, and her husband, John Murray, were friends of the Turners and wrote mainly of family matters as well as one letter from Sargent Murray about the forthcoming publication of her book The Gleaner. The Financial and Legal Papers Subseries includes material from the Department of the Interior Pension Office arranged in original order, as well as the 1812 will for Mehitabel Waterman, of which John Turner is one of the executors. The Writings Subseries includes undated and unsigned poetry and eulogies.

The Religious Writings concern Robert Burns Mayes's book The Tecnobaptist (published 1857) and related topics including his essays on aeiparthenia, anti-Romanism, and church music.

This series contains much of Lucy Mason's work output as the CIO's Public Relations Representative and is largely composed of her writings and associated drafts and notes, her speeches and associated notes, and the field notes and memoranda that she created during or shortly after site visits to towns or workplaces. Of note are drafts of Mason's CIO memoirs, To Win These Rights, as well as other shorter publications by Mason. Also of interest are Mason's field notes, which give hyper-local and detailed insight into a given town or company's attitudes towards organized labor and their employment policies and history. Due to the nature of Mason's work, her field notes also contain copious amounts of contact information for community members in each place that she visited. While labor unions are the largest focus of this material, other topics in this series include the relationship between Christianity and labor, economic problems in the South, racial tensions caused by these economic issues, and the importance of interracial cooperation.

The central part of this series consists of files related to the writing and publication of The Turkey Shoot: Tracking the Attica Cover-up, published by Grove Press in 1985, and re-published in expanded form in 2017 and in paperback form in 2022. An important single piece is an original copy of Bell's 1975 whistle-blowing report (160 pp.) about the Attica Prison uprising cover-up, sent to New York State Governor Hugh Carey.

The Writings/Speeches Series includes drafts, essays, articles, and speeches written by C.C. Spaulding, Asa T. Spaulding, and W.J. Kennedy, Jr. Within C.C. Spaulding's materials are writings and speeches delivered in his capacity as NC Mutual president. Other writings include articles, letters to the editor, and commencement or other public addresses.

Contains published copies and unpublished manuscripts of poetry, prose and non-fiction written by Weir. Arranged alphabetically.

Chiefly contains guides written by Henry Schuman for writers of biographies, to be used for essays submitted for inclusion in the Life of Science Library published by Henry Schuman, Inc., Publishers in 1948. Other writings include a mission statement for the Life of Science Library, a chronology of important collections, expositions, and museum of medicine and public health, and a draft of a manuscript by an unknown author possibly edited by Schuman, titled "The Medical Man of 18th Century Virginia as Revealed in the Life of Hugh Mercer." Arranged alphabetically by title.

Arranged alphabetically by book title. Folders for single stories are filed after the book titles in a separate alphabetical sequence. Writings in other genres, including poetry, and miscellaneous fragments of fiction manuscripts appear at the end of the series. A number of the typescripts were printed out from diskettes included in the collection; these are marked with a "Disk" number in the upper left hand corner of the first page.

Typescripts and printed material by various authors, most of it inscribed to Bausch by the authors. Arranged alphabetically by author.

Includes articles and books by Rosen on package design and typography, along with industry reviews of Rosen's design work. Bulk of series is comprised of published book manuscripts, drafts, research, correspondence, and accompanying promotional brochures and reviews for three books by Rosen: The Corporate Search for Visual Identity, Digital Type Specimens, Type & Typography, along with materials relating to the Treasury of Alphabets by Jan Tschichold, for which Rosen wrote the introduction. Also contains unpublished book concepts for two illustrated children's books, a graphic design project on visual identification, and teaching materials on package design and typography. Arranged alphabetically.

Contains several short stories and novels written by Silvette as well as his semi-autobiographical novel "A Chapter of Chances." Most of the short stories deal with medical or scientific themes. Silvette also wrote under the pseudonym Dogbolt Barnaby.

Contains manuscripts of academic papers, business proposals, and reports written by Harris. Arranged alphabetically by title.

The Writings Series contains Fritz's notebooks and diaries as well as drafts, published articles, and papers related to the publication of Fritz's prose writings, poetry, and book and article reviews. The Notebooks and Diaries subseries contains Fritz's diaries, notebooks, address books, and other volumes. Most of the volumes contain irregular diary entries, reflections, poetry drafts, and drawings. The Prose Subseries contains drafts and published versions of Fritz's essays, articles, letters to the editor, and other prose pieces. The bulk of these materials predate Fritz's emigration to England. Included in this series are drafts of Fritz's book, Dreamers and Dealers: An Intimate Appraisal of the Women's Movement. Also included are clippings, notes, and editorial comments on Fritz's work and an article submission index tracking the publications and journals to which Fritz submitted her writings. The Poetry subseries includes poetry manuscripts; drafts and proofs of Fritz's published poetry anthologies, including From Cookie to Witch is an Old Story, Going, Going..., Somewhere En Route - Poems, 1987-1992, The Way to Go, and an apparently unpublished collection of poems, Bureau de Change; materials related to the publication of Touching the Sun, an anthology dedicated to the memory of poet Adam Johnson, edited by Fritz; and other papers. The Book Reviews subseries contains drafts and published versions of Fritz's reviews of books, articles, and poetry.

Among Randel's writings in this collection are drafts and proofs or articles and books on Eggleston, a copy of his dissertation on Eggleston completed at Columbia University in 1945, bibliographic and other notes, and an index to the most important Eggleston correspondents.

This series contains proofs of The Circuit Rider, edited by Randel; reviews of Randel's book Edward Eggleston; a copy of Ronald Cansler's Ph.D. thesis entitled "Edward Eggleston's 'An Agnostic': a Novel of the Soul"; reprints by others; and two volumes of Scribner's Monthly Magazine for 1878, which contain the serialized story "Roxy" by Eggleston, which Randel edited for republication.

The largest component of the series is the typewritten manuscript of The Member of the Wedding, with the author's hand-written corrections. There are numerous variants for certain portions of the novel and material not used in the published version. The series also contains a copy of the manuscript of The Clock without Hands, which was sent at the request of McCullers to Jordan Massee by Robert Lantz of Robin Productions. Other material includes Jordan Massee's notes about The Member of the Wedding, as well as published and unpublished short pieces written by McCullers. Among these are an essay by McCullers entitled "Russian Realists and Southern Writers"; her contemplation on the writing process; a collection of verses for children originally bound in a notebook, Sweet as a Pickle and Clean as a Pig; handwritten lyrics for a song from The Ballad of the Sad Cafe; and finally, typescripts of "The Dual Angel" and "A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud," inscribed and signed by the author. At the end of the series, there are also two poems by Edith Sitwell, accompanied by Jordan Massee's notes.

Contains early drafts and master proof manuscripts of Blair's writing. Drafts of chapters for America's Humor from Poor Richard to Doonesbury makes up the bulk of the material in this series, but the series also includes drafts of Blair's earlier publications. In addition, the series includes correspondence regarding publication of these materials.

Primarily manuscripts of Jackson's and Thomas's Poe Log, including a complete draft of Jackson's early, unpublished, solo version, entitled In Search of Eldorado, which has a foreword by Jay B. Hubbell. Other significant materials include Jackson's research for Poe and the Southern Literary Messenger (SLM), and for his book on 19th-century humorist Hardin E. Taliaferro. The remainder of the series includes such items as his work as an undergraduate and graduate student at Duke University, a number of books reviews, a draft of an article on Politian, and a listing of Jackson's Poe library. Arrangement is roughly chronological with some overlap, following the sequence of projects on which Jackson worked during the course of his life.

The Writings Series is arranged into three subseries: Miscellaneous Writings, These Same Long Bones, and Trespassing.

Writings by Leijonhufvud and others (including his thesis and dissertation), teaching material, coursework, and research and notes. Organized into seven subseries: Writings; Events; Lecture Notes; Dissertation; Graduate Work; Research, Notes, and Sketches; and Writings by Others.

Series represents Taylor's creative endeavors and includes a wide range of materials, beginning with poems and songs and ending with political reflections and essays on Black culture. Common themes are the oppression that Taylor faced in prison, the beauty of Black women, and Black Americans' struggle for justice. Some of these materials were published as letters to the editor or as poems in Black newspapers; others were simply compiled by Taylor into booklets.