This collection includes correspondence and ephemera of Joseph Mackey Brown, and also for his father, Georgia Governor Joseph Emerson Brown. The bulk of his correspondence relates to his tenure as governor, and includes pledges of support, congratulatory letters, and requests for patronage and jobs. Campaign correspondence relates to his failed gubernatorial campaign of 1910. In addition to his gubernatorial correspondence, agriculture and farming were frequent topics, as was the Georgia Railroad strike, and an infamous rape and murder case in Forsyth County, Georgia in 1912. Political materials primarily include campaign materials such as broadsides, ballots, and campaign literature. Also included are printed speeches given by Joseph Emerson Brown, and financial and legal documents pertaining to his estate.