Most of the papers are incoming letters to William E. Morris, many from his brother and sister-in-law, Hansel P. and Nancy E. Peeples Morris, who moved to Texas by 1874 and later to Oklahoma. William Morris's ordination records and some unattributed verses are included. The collection also contains the Civil War letters of William Washington Knight to his wife while he was serving in the 29th Regiment Georgia Volunteers., Company D.