Papers include clippings, research files, photographs, artifacts, audio, videos, a framed image of the Great Seal of the United States (which hung in Steely's congressional office in Carrollton from 1979 to 1993), and other materials which document Steely’s long-term work for Newt Gingrich as an administrative aide, campaigner, and biographer, especially regarding the early years of Gingrich’s political career. Also included are files related to Steely’s teaching career.

Papers of West Georgia College's fourth president, Ward B. Pafford, who served from 1971 to 1975. Much of his collection documents his interactions with various departments and organizations at West Georgia College. It also contains newsletters, periodicals, books, and correspondence in connection with his personal writing career.