This collection consists of letters, publications, course materials, and other items documenting the education, life, and work of Ben Harris McClary. Other individuals and families documented in this collection include Graf family, Richard Beale Davis (a literature professor at the University of Tennessee), Marcus Cunliffe (professor at Sussex), Mitzi Cunliffe (a British sculptor), and Joan Van Mort (at one time the oldest living relative of Washington Irving). Most materials date from between 1959 and 2001.