The William Winans family papers consist of photocopy facsimiles of documents. A letter dated 1836 from William Winans to his wife Martha concerns his trip to Ohio for the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. A letter dated 1845 from Wesley P. Winans to his mother Martha includes Wesley’s report card from Centenary College (Brandon Springs, Miss.), comments on the newly-formed Methodist Episcopal Church South, and mentions the possible move of Centenary to Jackson, Louisiana. The collection also includes a newspaper clipping of Mary Susanna Winans Wall’s obituary (1897) and William Winans biography from the dedication of a pulpit in Centerville Methodist Church (Centerville, Miss.).