Collection consists largely of correspondence and professional papers of American banker and diplomat, John Work Garrett. Included are items from Garrett's foreign service in Venezuela, Argentina, the Netherlands, and Italy. Other materials relate to political events, locally and internationally (1920-1940). Also in the collection is extensive personal correspondence of Garrett and his wife, Alice, which describes personal friendships, travels, entertainments, and cultural interests.

This collection consists of subject files, press clippings, reports, and audio tapes on the same topics, from the 1940s to the 1990s (bulk: 1980s -1990s).

William H. Buckler (1867-1952) was an archaeologist, lawyer and diplomat. This collection consists of one program for "The Tempest," 1902, one photograph of W.H. Buckler, 1908, and the thesis of William Charles Dunning, "The Diplomatic Career of William Hepburn Buckler," 1954.