Series I: Family Genealogies contains articles, Bible records, birth records, cemetery records, census records, clippings, correspondence, death records, deeds, genealogical notes and charts, judicial records, lists, maps, marriage records, military records, newsletters, notes, obituaries, photographs and negatives, scrapbooks, video cds, and wills concerning the Beachbord, Byrd, Calwell, Chamblee, Cockrell, Davis, Dodson, Eatman, Garvin, Gilbert, Goodson, Hansford, Horton (includes video cd of an interview with Mary Jo King concerning the family), King, Legg, Locker, McAfee, McDaniel, Peebles, Smith, Stamps, Tallent, Taylor, Walters, Williams, Winstead, and related families that settled in Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.

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Series II: Genealogical Correspondence consists of correspondence to Mary Josephine King discussing the genealogies of the Beachboard, Chamblee, Cockrell, Davis, Dodson, Eatman, Gilbert, Goodson, Horton, King, Locker, McAfee, McDaniel, Peebles, Smith, Stamps, Tallent, Taylor, Walters, Williams, Winstead and related families that settled in Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. Correspondence also includes personal information on the writer and on King. Primary correspondents include Bob Allen Gray, Susan Edith Smith King, and Myra Hester Warren.

Series III: Miscellaneous Genealogical Material consists of abstracts, applications, bibliographies, biographies, birth records, books, bulletins, clippings, correspondence, death records, deeds, forms, journals, judicial records, maps, marriage records, newspapers, notes, photographs, poems, and stationary used by Mary Josephine King in her genealogical research. Research materials cover Virginia, Alabama, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, and includes information on churches in North and South Carolina, on Albemarle Parish in Virginia, and on Beech Grove Cemetery in Tennessee. Information, applications, and forms concern several genealogical societies, including the Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Series IV: Personal Papers contains autograph books, certificates, pamphlets, photographs, plaques, programs, and yearbooks detailing Mary Josephine King's junior high and high school education; her nursing education and career as a nursing instructor at schools and hospitals in Mississippi, West Virginia, and Virginia, including Portsmouth General Hospital. Also includes certificates for classes taken for personal interest, for her hobbies, and for membership in the National Genealogical Society. Also includes a pamphlet on Zuma Memorial Hospital in Nigeria.

Series V: Oversize contains photographs of Mary Josephine King, her nursing school class, and others; diplomas from Central High School (Birmingham, Alabama), Central High School (Charlotte, North Carolina), Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing, Queens College, and Old Dominion University; marriage certificates, and a commencement announcement. Also includes Girl Scout sash and hat, graduation cap, scout cards, and Girl Scout badge certificates. Also contains a copy of enlistments in the United States Army prior to May 1815 (letter K) and a Virginia auditor's account from 1783.