The collection contains a variety of items reflecting the rich history of Athens culture and industry, including key chains, coin purses, clothes pins, t-shirts, coffee mugs, commemorative coffee tins from local business Jittery Joe's, and a Hana Batrite miniature baseball bat. Important general Athens history items found here include a 1973 reproduction of a 1903 pamphlet about Athens, featuring the “new $50,000 City Hall Building” on its cover and reproductions of photographs of buildings and other scenes of that time, and a University of Georgia 1949 calendar, illustrated with reproductions of photographs of varied campus sights. In addition, there is a Bible presented to Charles Carter upon his inauguration as a member of the Athens-Clarke County Commission in 1991; included with it is the program for the inauguration ceremony, held on January 14th, 1991, for the newly-unified city-county government, which was meeting for the first time.

Also noteworthy is a copy of the Normaltown River of Music poster. This article and illustration was originally published in the Athens Observer, February 22nd, 1979, and also made available as a poster at the time. Dan Johnson had new prints of the poster made circa 2004 after a copy of an original was found at Allen's, the Normaltown restaurant that closed at the end of 2003; this copy is one of those new prints.

Another large item is a framed photograph of the Athens Academy sixth-grade class, March 1974, taken during a visit to the U. S. Capitol building; the names of all of those pictured are listed on a sheet of paper attached to the back; also on the back is a sticker identifying the Tanner Lumber Company’s Custom Frame & Art Shop. Another school-related item is an undated photograph of an unidentified class at David C. Barrow School held in a coil-bound booklet; title on front of the booklet: “School Memories by H & W Studios,” the cover also bearing a reproduction of a photograph of the Barrow Elementary building. Another school-related item is a directory for the 45th-anniversary reunion of Athens High School’s 1953 class, held Charlie Williams’ Pinecrest Lodge, 1998; and a photograph and commemorative coffee mug from the reunion.

Other music-related items include a 50th-Anniversary hat and t-shirt, plus a V. I. P. tag, for the local music ensemble the Jesters; and a brick from the steeple of St. Mary’s Protestant Episcopal Church, site of the musical ensemble R. E. M.’s first performance on April 5th, 1980. Salvaged during stabilization of the steeple undertaken by Nuci’s Space in 2013, the brick is numbered and dated on a certificate of authenticity, signed by Robert A. Sleppy, executive director of Nuci’s Space. The brick is no. 685 out of a total of 2,000 bricks and was purchased by Laura W. and Charles Carter.