This collection consists mainly of surveys of cemeteries in the Columbus-Phenix City area. The two major surveys are for Linwood Cemetery and Pine Grove Cemetery. Ms. Hanna personally surveyed many of these cemeteries, sometimes with the aid of the husband, Lewis. In some surveys, she was assisted by other individuals, including Mattie Belle Smith and T. J. Peddy. Some of the cemetery research in the collection was gleaned from Mormon (LDS) records. Most of the cemetery surveys are typed on standard letter size paper. Some of the larger surveys are indexed. Part of the Linwood Survey is on note cards. NOTE: Ms. Hanna abandoned this system while in the BR's.

In addition to cemetery records, the collection also contains Bible Records, genealogical research, and a few family recipes. Some of the Bible records contain information on slave births. Much of the material in this collection is also on file at the Bradley Public Library. Ms. Hanna had some of the surveys and research published in Tap Roots, the Journal of the East Alabama Genealogical Society.