The Karl Z. Morgan Papers house a variety of materials documenting Dr. Morgan's tenure at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The collection consists primarily of documents and reports but also contains a number of road maps and travel brochures, a Monnaie de Paris Eisenhower commemorative coin, and an American bicentennial commemorative bag. This collection houses the bulk of K.Z. Morgan's papers. Among the subjects documented are the Manhattan Project, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the detection of ionizing radiation, and radiation safety.