The Loretto Chappell Collection consists of 12.5 liner feet of material housed in thirteen separate boxes which consists of primarily vertical file type material that Miss Chappell collected at her home; it should not be confused with her vertical file in the Reference Room of the Bradley Library, even though they probably should be viewed as companion collections.

Boxes 1 through 4 (4 linear feet) contain a mix of newspaper and magazine clippings that deal with general historical, cultural and social topics from Georgia and other southern states, clippings of historical and contemporary Columbusites, and clippings of contemporary southern literary figures.

Boxes 5 through 10 (6 linear feet) contain materials that are a mix of personal items that include several letters of Lucius H. Chappell and notes documenting the Lamar/Chappell genealogy. Also included in these boxes are the diaries of Loretto Chappell and a transcript of an oral history with Miss Chappell that highlight family and everyday life in Columbus, Georgia.

½ linear feet of material are housed in Box 10. The box contains 10-framed Chappell family photographs and a photograph album.

Boxes 12 and 13 contain 2 linear feet of books that document the historical and literary legacy of Georgia and the South.