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Personal papers include documents from Easter Lily Gates and family members. General papers contain tax and deed forms belonging to Easter and George Gates, stock certificates, church bulletins, church programs, Easter Lily Gates' obituary, East Side School Parent Teachers Association documents, and financial documents belonging to George Gates. Prayer books collected by Easter Lily Gates include bible verses, pocket prayer books, and gospel hymns. Photographs include personal and professional pictures of Easter Lily Gates. Images of her hat collection are also included.

The Personal Papers Series contains handwritten notes, correspondence, and parts of mailers.

Personal papers include documents collected by Michael Shaara in his personal life. Michael Shaara wrote his writing ideas in journals. The series contains his Army insignia (1946), papers from the St. Petersburg, Florida Police Department, his curriculum vitae, a medical report from his brain injury (1987), and student papers from Rutgers University.

Personal papers of Alex Haley inlcude his biography, Grammy Awards ceremony program (1978), United States Coast Guard articles, materials he collected from organizations, blueprints of an auditorium, family history research, documents on the Haley Manors, notes, and a wallet.