Materials related to the operations of the Sanford Library/West Georgia College Library/Irvine S. Ingram Library from 1947-2018. Major milestones and events, reflected in the records, include Robert H. Simmons' tenure as head librarian (1969-1977), Charles Beard's arrival as library director in 1978 and his 26-year tenure in that position, the library's expansion of services and move from a manual (card catalog) system to the use of automated technology, the 1980 addition to the library and naming of the facility for past WGC president Irvine Sullivan Ingram.

Items include acquisition lists, budget statements, memoranda, annual reports, library status reports, " A Survey of the West Georgia Library" by a consulting librarian, catalog cards, statistical reports, grant applications, accession records, working papers, newspaper articles, library guides, ledgers, a guest book, budget reports, instructional manuals, the 1971 seven year plan, letters from patrons, cook books, weekend barcoding schedule, handwritten notes, envelopes, meeting agendae and minutes, photographs, newsletters, correspondence by Robert H. Simmons and others, photographs, self guided tours, library organizational charts, library handbook for faculty, additional handbooks, flyers, printed programs, printed invitations, instructional manuals, policy manuals, Special Collections accession sheets, minutes of Library Committee meetings, four Holocaust Center proclamations, notes, photographs and negatives, slides, reel-to-reel audiotapes, computer disks, mugs, and other historical objects.