The collection includes various publications printed by Gilbert as well as newspaper clippings, business receipts of the Daily Sun dating from the 1860s, etc. Specific items of local interest include Books in the Care and Possession of James J. Gilbert., 1940; “List of Old Newspapers Published at Columbus”; The Chattahoochee's Song, words by Frank Stanton and music by Louis F. Chase; List of Premiums to be Awarded at the annual Fair of the Columbus Industrial Association, 1871; Annual Reports of the Officers of the City of Columbus, Ga., 1874-75, 1877; various publications of the Chamber of Commerce; Brush Electric Light and Power Co., 1893; Columbus Water Works Company (1904); and The Columbus News, June 24, 1943.