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Medical doctor and anthropologist George Way Harley (1894-1966) and botanist Winifred Jewell Harley (1895-1979) founded the Ganta United Methodist Mission in Ganta, Liberia, in 1926 and worked there until retiring to Lancaster, Va. in 1960. Collection includes awards, clippings, correspondence, diaries, diplomas and certificates, maps, notes, photographs, scrapbooks, writings, and other printed materials that document George and Winifred Harley's careers as anthropologists, botanists, and medical missionaries in Ganta, Liberia, as well as their retirement in Lancaster, Va. Persons and institutions represented in the collection include: American Foundation for Tropical Medicine; Duke University; Earnest Hooton; Edward Hume; Elbert Mathews; Farlow Herbarium; Firestone Plantations Company; Ganta United Methodist Mission; George Schwab; Jean Curran; Methodist Board of Foreign Missions; Nya Kwiawon Taryor; Peabody Museum; Thomas Donohugh; U.S. Foreign Economic Administration; and William V.S. Tubman. Topics about Liberia include: Art; economy; Ganta; history; indigenous religion; Mano language and people; medical practice; missionary work; ritual masks; Sanniquellie District; secret societies (Poro, Sande); slavery and emancipation; snake mythology; traditional medicine; travel; and the effects of World War II on Liberia. Tropical diseases discussed include Leprosy; Schistosomiasis; sleeping sickness (Trypanosomiasis) and control of the Tsetse-fly; Smallpox; and Yaws.

The collection documents short-term, time-sensitive and event-specific aspects of marketing and sales promotion. Advertising campaigns ordinarily seek to promote sales, increase market share, and strive to maintain the enduring integrity of a brand name. Ephemeral marketing products work within a more limited frame that terminates at the end of an event or with the issue of a superseding edition: a dated catalog of products; new book announcements; festival programs; an advertisement for an auction or sales event; limited-time premiums such as silverware or collector cards included with a purchase. The collection includes articles; broadsides; brochures; business and trade cards; catalogs; circulars; clippings; direct-to-consumer mailings; event programs; manuals; maps; memoranda to sales agents; premium offers; price lists; religious literature; sales bulletins and announcements; souvenirs; travel and tourism literature; and other materials. Topical areas include: Agricultural and industrial machinery; banking and finance; building materials; business, correspondence, and other schools; clothing and footwear; death care (cemeteries, funeral supplies, gravestones, etc.); fairs and festivals; food; furniture; hair care; hardware; household appliances and furnishings; insurance; livestock; musical instruments; real estate; sewing goods; sporting goods; textiles; toiletries; transportation (airlines, automobiles, buggies and carriages, railroads, steam and cruise ships). Throughout the collection, images and artwork depict caricatures of Asians, Black and Indigenous people, women, occupations, and social classes that reflect racist, sexist, and classist attitudes and prejudices of the periods represented in the collection. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.