This collection contains copies of newspaper articles about the marriage of John Ray Sanford and Betty Joe Byrom. Also included are copies of their wedding invitation and marriage certificate.

This collection contains a copy of an undated letter to Maria C. Wynn from "Aunt Sophia" discussing marriage.

One letter dated May 12, 1856, from William Grisham to his niece, Miss N. E. Watson in Canton, Georgia, about his life in Washington D.C., request for information for a young lady of his acquaintance who is seeking a position to teach females, and advice on marriage to his niece.

This collection contains four letters and transcriptions written to Annis Hopkins by Wilson Lumpkin during their courtship. In the letters Lumpkin discussed issues in the legislature and his ideas on marriage.