This collection contains the professional and personal papers of the Honorable Horace Taliaferro Ward. Records include articles and newspaper clippings, awards, court case documents, and event programs. Also included are speeches and publications from organizations of which Ward was a member such as the National Bar Association. Additionally, there is correspondence with Ward's mother, Minnie Harrison, and records from Ward's wife, Ruth LeFlore Ward. Of particular interest is correspondence with attorneys Austin (A.T.) Walden and Donald Hollowell during Ward’s case against the University of Georgia as well as with Dr. William Boyd, Atlanta University professor and President of the State Conference of the Georgia National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The transcript of Ward's deposition in the civil action case, Horace T. Ward vs. Regents of the University System of Georgia in 1956 is also included.