The Jamaica Manuscripts Collection contains 20 documents, most of which concern Jamaica in a variety of ways (others are regarding the British West Indies at large). Included, among other things, are plantation records, correspondence, journals, official documents such as power of attorney documents and affidavits, notes on the climate of Jamaica, and Spanish reports on English possessions.  Some of these are originals, where others are later 20th century documents about Jamaica or typescripts of letters.

This collection contains photo albums, photographs, calendars, interviews, news clippings, notes, correspondence, manuscripts, drafts, resumes/CVs, contracts and other legal documents, and other archival documents concerning Sue McCourt Cobb’s career as the United States Ambassador to Jamaica (2001-2005) under the George W. Bush administration, as the former Secretary of State of Florida (2005-2007), and her activities afterwards, along with her climb of Mt. Everest and her autobiography. The collection also features materials pertaining to her family members, including her husband Charles E. Cobb Jr., who was the United States Ambassador to Iceland and who held several national and local cabinet positions under the Reagan and Bush administrations.