After Katherine Scott's death, her papers were inherited by Barbara Tate. They were donated by Mrs. Tate to Georgia College in 1993. The first preliminary arrangement was done in 1997 by Robin O. Harris. Final arrangement and finding aid preparation was completed by Mauriel Joslyn, April 2000.
The collection is organized as follows:
- Personal Papers
- Correspondence
- Financial Statements
- Miscellaneous Writings
- Miscellaneous Writings on Local History Topics
- Fiction Manuscripts
- Manuscripts
- Composition Books
- Notebooks of unfinished novels
- Family Records
- Photographs
- Papers and Genealogical information
- Mary Agnes Scott Items
- Local History
- Miscellaneous Clipping File
