This accession contains eighty-five letters sent to James Thomas "Cotton Tom" Heflin between the years 1932-1938. The bulk of the letters discuss his illness and the Alabama Special Democratic Primary election on January 4, 1938. Other items include Harrington Phillips Heflin’s certificate of law from 1887, three photographs, a U.S government transportation identification card from 1935, Harrington Phillips Heflin’s Roosevelt Elector Certificate, a religious book with poems, six speeches, an Alabama Power Company letter, and transcribed political clippings from 1918-1923. Notable items in this collection came from Heflin’s family members, including his brothers Harrington Phillips Heflin (1862-1946), politician and judge, John Tyler Heflin (1867-1948), politician and judge, and Reverend Walter Wilson Heflin (1863-1952) as well as his nieces Julia Reid Speed and Bessie Reid Ziegler.