This collection consists of photocopies of papers written by John L. Sutlive and read before the Cosmos Club in Savannah, 1959-1971. Subject include Pleasant A. Stovall and William G. Sutlive, society in Savannah as reported in the, Savannah Evening Press, Rebecca Latimer Felton and Gen. John B. Gordon, the Congressional inquiry of Judge Emory Speer, society in Savannah as reported by Harriet Ross Colquitt, the last chapter of the Alvah Chapman-Mills Lane partnership in Savannah newspapers, reflections of books on Georgia, and Georgia politics. The original papers remained in his possession.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by title.