Forty-four negatives, sized 4 by 5 inches, made from original photographs by John E. Whitman. The negatives were made in the early 1990s. The collection also includes prints on regular photocopy paper made from those negatives, an identification list, and 44 digital files.

This collection contains prominent photographs of East Alabama and the West Georgia area. In this collection are photographs that capture education, dress, Freemasons, church practices, family portraits, and a photograph of the Benefield brothers which was deemed as the bloodiest shooting in the history of Cleburne County.