The papers consist of articles, advertisements, books, datebooks, legal documents, professional records, and personal correspondence of the Avary and Stephens families. There are articles from the Atlanta Journal Constitution and various magazines throughout the 1920's covering topics such as movie costumes, filet crochet, floor plans, and women's sports. Advertisements include a circular for Thomas Edison's phonograph acquired from the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, a 1950 campus map of Emory University, and a 1966 map of metropolitan Atlanta. The two books in the collection include one hymnal book published in 1884 and a photocopy of a book documenting Confederate flags from the Civil War. Personal correspondence consists of greeting cards, postcards, invitations, and letters written between family, friends, unknown persons. One letter contains a crochet pattern for a bedspread. The majority of the legal documents are that of Alexander W. Stephens' work as a judge. The financial records are Alexander's and Janie's bank ledgers, bills, and receipts. The datebooks and stenography notebook are unidentified.