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This collection contains WLU alumnus Michael Barr's collection of letters and recorded lectures of WLU Professor Jefferson Davis Futch, III. It also contains an undated audiorecording of WLU alumnus, Dr. Ward W. Briggs remarks about James Graham Leyburn. Briggs'remarks were likely given at an alumni event on the subject of liberal arts education and Greek philosophy.

Papers of gay rights activist Don (Donald H.) Amador (1943-1992) of Los Angeles.

Diaries, circa 1900-1908, of Elizabeth F. McKoy (1887-1984) of Wilmington, North Carolina. Includes entries from her time in high school as well as her time at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Includes information about her meetings with friends, classes she is taking at Converse College, school events, her life as a teacher after college, and other activities. Elizabeth McKoy became a tutor and author and remained unmarried. Her diary suggests relationships with other women. She refers to a female friend as her "sweetheart." It also contains love notes to Jean and Juanita, two girls at her college. May 5, 1906 she kissed Jean goodnight and also speaks about kissing other women. She wrote that "Jean [a woman] was the only man I could ever fall in love with." and "I really believe I am foolish about the girl." on page 100 of the second diary.

Hon's diary includes 146 handwritten pages and 7 pages typed via email between June 1994 and January 1996. Hon describes his life while living in California, recording experiences regarding platonic and romantic relationships, drug and alcohol use, international travel to Indonesia and Hong Kong, immigration, HIV/AIDS, and the process of self-discovery. Hon's entries are influenced by his intersectional identity as a gay male Asian immigrant living in the United States. Hon utilizes this diary to process and reflect upon his mental health, particularly when grappling with the impacts of interpersonal relationships upon his sense of well-being. Hon's writing includes his thoughts about love, identity, alcoholism, and drug use. Ephemera in this diary include a business card for "Party Boy Productions of Southern California" and an invitation to a house party in the front sleeve of the diary, as well as two photographs of a frontal view of a naked man in the middle of the diary. The full name of the writer is unknown. For privacy purposes, this item is not eligible for digitization, and photographs are not allowed. Content warnings: substance abuse (including drugs and alcohol), relationship abuse, mental health, nudity.

The Thomas Long Papers document Long's editorship of Harrington Gay Men's Fiction Quarterly. The collection includes published and unpublished manuscripts, volumes of the journals, correspdondence, and syllabi.