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The papers of American writer Molly Elliot Seawell include personal diaries, correspondence, memoirs, photographs, news clippings, and other materials. Also included are photocopies of Seawell's business papers housed at the New York Public Library and at the Columbia University Library. The collection also contains other records from the Seawell family, mostly relating to Molly's aunt Maria Seawell Edwards, John T. Seawell and wife Isabella Josephine Brady, and Philip Hairston Seawell. The collection comprises four series: Diaries, 1900-1914; Personal Records, 1901-1916; Professional Records, 1889-1915; and Seawell Family Records, 1859-2001.

A Sanford Howard production of the screenplay, Mr. Kool final draft script dated June 19, 1973. The film was released in the United States August 7, 1974 titled Together Brothers. As part of the Blaxploitation Cinema, the story is about an African American policeman, nicknamed Mr. Kool, who is gunned down in a poor neighborhood in Galveston, Texas. The only witness to the crime was a young boy named Tommy who is rendered mute by the trauma he suffered when the gunman tried to kill him, too. Tommy's brother, H.J. is the leader of a local African and Hispanic gang that call themselves the "Brothers United". They endeavor to protect Tommy as the killer proceeds to stalk him. They also make an effort to bring Mr. Kool's unknown killer to justice. It later becomes revealed that Mr. Kool's killer is a transgender child molester whose motive for committing the crime was embarrassment and public shaming by Mr. Kool when he was arrested at an earlier date. The movie was filmed in Galveston, Texas. Screenplay was by Jack DeWitt and Joe Greene, based on a story created by Jack DeWitt. Produced by Robert L. Rosen and directed by William A. Graham. Cast included Ahmad Nurradin, Anthony Wilson, Nelson Sims, Kenneth Bell, Owen Pace, Kim Dorsey, Ed Bernard, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Glynn Turman, Richard Yniguez, Mwako Cumbuka, Francis E. WIlliams, Craig Campfield, Bessie Griffin, Angela Elayne Gibbs, and Lynne Holmes.

The racial and ethnic ephemera collection contains various materials regarding race, ethnicity, and racism in the United States. The collection includes papers and items that promote racial prejudice and propaganda. The collection also contains items and papers that exemplify the fight for civil and equal rights. African Americans are the most broadly represented group in the collection. Other ethnic groups include Native Americans, Asian Americans, Jewish Americans, Muslim Americans, and Cuban Americans. Ku Klux Klan pamphlets and anti-immigration publications are also included. Through this collection, the American struggle of racism and prejudice is realized.