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Series II: Writing and Composition, 1944-1976, Undated, holds materials including her manuscripts "Glamour Birds", "Tar and Snow", "Haunted Trails of Great Smoky Mountains", "A Lamb Named Emmeline", "Secrets of the Everglades", and "Let's Paint Glamour Birds". Series also includes Joy's "Poetry and Prose" and Sheet Music.

The writings by Alex Haley series contains drafts and final works by Alex Haley, such as articles, a forward, stories, scripts, notes, interview notes, research, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and supplementary materials. The series encompasses works, contributions, and interviews from magazines, journals, and periodicals as Raggs International, People on the Way Up (POTWUP), a featured person piece, Playboy, Reader's Digest, and Freighter Fancier, a writer's guide. "The Imaging" is a series of aritcles of accounts from people in the United States and United Kingdom about their impressions of black people. Alex Haley also wrote for organizations, such as the International Friend League. Works are arranged alphabetically by title or medium.

The writings by others series contains works sent to Alex Haley for reading or review, or otherwise works written by others that were collected by Alex Haley. The series includes a family historical record "Moore of Westmoreland and Barbados and South Carolina – Family Records and Traditions", the technical script of a movie entitled "Paradise Lost", and "The African Project" by Alfred Garrett, among others. Works are organized alphabetically by title.