The collection consists of the papers of Mac Collins from 2003-2004 related to his service in the 108th Congress. It includes six series: (I) Legislative materials, (II) Washington, D.C. Office, (III) Constituent letters, (IV) Photographs, (V) Invitations, and (VI) Case files.

The legislative materials series includes materials generated and/or used by Collins’ service in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2003 to 2004. Files contain documents related to or summarizing specific legislative issues, House Resolution language, reports, correspondence, “Dear Colleague” letters, hand-written notes, and printed material. Major topics among the legislative materials include the State Infrastructure Bank, tobacco buyout, the Farm Bill, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (mad cow disease), temporary agriculture labor, No Child Left Behind, and transportation infrastructure funding. Also included in this series are materials related the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, efforts to obtain funding for needed Fish and Wildlife Service personnel at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport, a variety of local Georgia projects, air quality standard non-attainment, recognition of faith-based initiatives, sewer infrastructure funding, and other issues.

The Washington, DC Office series includes material created in or regarding Collins’ Washington, DC office during his U.S. House of Representatives service from 1993 to 2004. Contained here are receipts, invoices, statements, emails, official forms (blank and completed), office directory, lists, plans, correspondence, memoranda, and architectural drawings related to the day-to-day working of the Congressman’s D. C. office.

The constituent letters include correspondence written to Representative Collins along with his responses. Major topics include the conflict with Iraq, abortion politics, LGBT rights, health insurance and other medical issues, and gun control. Some of the constituent letters are form letters and have been sampled, with duplicate materials removed. Collins’s staff assigned a number to each letter which have been retained in the folder titles.

Photographs include constituents, art shows, Town Hall meetings, Fort Benning, and fundraisers among others. Many include Congressman Collins on the steps of the Capitol building or in his office.