Series I contains the contents of Robert Lee "Jackey" Beavers' Office. Beavers (1937-2008) was born in Cartersville, Georgia and was an aide to Speaker Murphy from 1993-2003. Prior to that time he served in the Air Force and was an accomplished Detroit soul music songwriter. Beavers returned to Cartersville and ran a club called Brothers Three, and during his spare time beginning in 1974, used the GI Bill to attend Reinhardt College, a Methodist School. Beavers first earned a bachelor's degree in business, but was soon drawn to the study of religion. In 1975 he became pastor of the New Hope Baptist Church in Cartersville and served in this capacity for more than ten years.

Beavers' career in the political realm began when he served as an executive assistant in charge of Minority Affairs for Governor, Joe Frank Harris from 1983-1991. Following this Beavers was a special assistant to the commissioner of the Department of Corrections, Bobby Whitworth. With this position he began working on a full service prison ministry called Glory Ministries, Inc. which was founded in 1991. Beavers then served as an aide to Speaker Murphy from 1993-2003. Following his service under Murphy, Beavers served as Chaplain of the Georgia House of the Representatives for two years under Speaker Terry Coleman. Until May of 2008 Beavers wrote a weekly column in the Cartersville Daily Tribune News and published a book called From Here to There and from There to Here. Beavers also served as the pastor of Glory Harvester Church in Cartersville, a church which he founded, for twenty years prior to his death in 2008. Beavers died on October 28, 2008 and is interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Cartersville, Georgia

Series I contains fifty boxes and is divided into three sub-series: