This collection is arranged into 3 boxes, 1 oversize folder, and 1 rolled item:
Box 1 contains: publications by Ivan R. Tomkins including The Birdlife of the Savannah River Delta and Life History Notes on the American Oyster-catcher; correspondence with Mrs. Elsa Allen of Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology, 1955-1966; information of John Abbot; information on the Charles C. Harrold Nature Sanctuary and the plant Elliottia Racemosa; information on the spinymussel; ornithological research including plant and bird lists of Ft. Pulaski and Cumberland Island, Ga.; publications of Francis Harper including William Bartram and the American Revolution; correspondence between Coolidge and David K. Caldwell, Associate Professor at the University of Florida regarding mammals; information on Georgia and South Carolina Birds including a Sapelo Island bird count and Georgia Ornithological Society membership list. There are also books and other publications including: Birds of the AEC Savannah River Plant Area by Robert A. Norris, Ph.D.; Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia by Bernard S. Martof; articles from Emory University Scholl of Business Administration 1950: 'Retracing the Old Federal Road' and 'Cow Punching in Old Georgia' by John H. Goff, Ph.D. (two copies);Robert E. Lee and Fort Pulaski by NPS; An Old Darky's Reminiscences of St. Simon's Island; 'Bird Casualties at Leon County, Florida TV Tower: October 1966-September 1973'; 'Bird Casualties at a Leon County, Florida TV Tower, 1955-1961' by Herbert L. Stoddard, Sr.; 'Bird Casualties at a Leon County, Florida TV Tower: An Eleven-Year Study,' by Herbert L. Stoddard, Sr. and Robert A. Norris; Winter Birds of the Okefenokee and Coleraine by Frederick V. Hebard; 'The Birds of Athens: Clarke County, Georgia,' by Robert A. Norris; Mammals of Georgia: A Study of Their Distribution and Functional Role in the Ecosystem by Frank B. Golley; Birds of Georgia: A Preliminary Check-List and Biography by Greene, Griffin, Odum, Stoddard, and Tomkins; Creatures of Mystery by Gray Meek; Around Fitzgerald, Georgia in Vintage Postcards by Milton N. Hopkins, Jr.; Some Native Hollies Rare and Common in Brookgreen Gardens by F.G. Tarbox, Jr.; Birds of Grady County, Georgia by Herbert L. Stoddard, Sr.; The Bird Life of Ben Hill County, Georgia and Adjacent Areas by Milton N. Hopkins, Jr.; 'The Birds of Athens: Clarke County, Georgia,' by Thos D. Burleigh; 'The Three Millionth Volume of the University of Georgia Libraries Collection of Essays'; Bookgreen Gardens (South Carolina): List of Plants by F.G. Tarbox, Jr.; Guide to Georgia Trees by Wilbur H. Duncan; 'Soil Survey of McIntosh County, GA,' by Fuller, Hendrickson, and Moon; The History of the German Friendly Society of Savannah, Georgia 1837-1937 by Rev. C.A. Linn, Ph.D.; Constitution, Bylaws and Sailing Regulations of the Savannah Yacht Club; Birds of Sapelo Island and Vicinity by John M. Teal; Chronological History of Savannah, From its Settlement by Oglethorpe down to December, 1899 by A.E. Sholes, Complier; Savannah: The River and the Port 1900-1962 by Frank Spencer; A History of the Ocmulgee and Flint Railroad by Robert B. Gresette; 'A Guide and Key to the Aquatic Plants of the Southeastern United States,' Public Health Bulletin No. 286; Common Forest Trees of Georgia: How to Know Them by Georgia State College of Agriculture; The University of Georgia Research Reporter; 'English Crown Grants for Islands in Georgia, 1755-1775,' by Ben W. Fortson, Jr.; 'Deer Browse Plants of Southern Forests'; 'Distribution of Fiddler Crabs in Georgia Salt Marshes,' by John M. Teal; The National Horticultural Magazine, October 1955; Pleistocene Shore Lines in Florida and Georgia by F. Stearns MacNeil; 'Savannah Wilderness Study,' Department of the Interior; The Savannah River Swamp- A Multiple-Use Environment by Charles H. Wharton; Geneology of Grefe Family (in German); Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 'The History of American Ornithology Before Audobon,' by Elsa Guerdrum Allen.
Box 2 contains: artifacts including Judge Herman Coolidge's door name plate and his U.S. Bankruptcy Court identification cards;Der Geheiligte Tag, a German common prayer book owned by George Ball, 1864; constable bonds from the estate of Barney Coolidge, 1869, 1871; miscellaneous items and photographs including the house destroyed by tornado in Savannah May 1, 1909 owned by William Coolidge, a guest pass for NS Savannah, States Marine Lines, Inc. August 24, 1962, Postcard with picture labelled, 'Landing of Oglethorpe, Georgia 1733,' marked USPS 1983, newsprint dated January 5, 1861 with the faces of the Georgia Delegates in Congress; original papers, mostly legal, regarding Joseph Clay, William McIntosh, Joseph Habersham, and others, some signed by George Walton, 1790s; Copy and transcription of a letter from Robert E. Lee to John (Jack) Mackay dated March 19, 1845; catalogue of Georgia birds; copies of legal papers regarding Henry Fredwick a Savannah shipbuilder, 1785-1873; and information on the Georgia Guidestones. There are also books including: In One Place: The Natural History of a Georgia Farmer by Milton N. Hopkins, Jr.; Wassaw Island Study by Wayne Francisco, Leerie T. Jenkins Jr., Melinda McWilliams, James Rathmann; Final Environmental Statement: Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Port Royal Sound, South Carolina to Cumberland Sound, Florida) by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; report folder titled, 'Quarterly Report on the Excavations at Irene Mound, April 15, 1939; Final Environmental Statement: Operation and Maintenance of Navigation Project Savannah River Below Augusta Including the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam Georgia and South Carolina by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Birds of South Carolina by Arthur Trezevant Wayne; The First Hundred Years: A History of the American National Bank of Brunswick by Edwin H. Ginn; Memoirs of Jerome B. Pound with Histories of Pound-Murphey-Willingham-Palmer-Pitts Families.
Box 3 contains: writings and speeches by Herman W. Coolidge, mostly naturalist in subject matter, including some photographs of birds and bird eggs, and an article on pelicans; Coolidge's memberships and certificates; miscellaneous event programs and invitations; clippings on Herman W. Cooldige; photographs; miscellaneous letters; Youth Museum of Savannah- related materials; UGA Law School and reunion items; information about Luther Zeigler, law partner; class photograph from Isle of Hope late 1920s early 1930s; various writings by local authors on Savannah and Georgia history; original and copy of the 'History of the Savannah Bar' by Gordon B. Smith; history of Wassaw Island as appearing in the colonial and county records; information from Frank 'Sonny' Seiler regarding fire at Batson Factory around 1912-1913; Savannah newspaper clippings from November 1934; various scenes of Savannah; information on Isle of Hope; correspondences with Elliott Bourquire; Coolidge family genealogical research; information on Herman W. Coolidge as Bankruptcy Court Judge, congratulations on the appointment of Herman W. Coolidge as Judge, and clippings on Coolidge's death and his church confirmation.
OS folder 1 contains: a class photograph of Richard Arnold circa 1929; reproduction photograph of a house at Blackbeard Yellow Fever Quarantine Station circa 1910; John Abbot print; newspaper clipping dated March 1, 1981 on Herman W. Coolidge; three pages from Harper's Weekly dated March 28, 1863, July 4, 1863 and January 1, 1865.
Rolled Item: Photostat of the last will and testament of Charles Odingwells, dated June 4, 1809.