The Freddye Scarborough Henderson Family papers document the lives of Freddye Henderson and her family. The collection covers her family's involvement in creating the Henderson Travel Service, the first full-service African American travel service in Atlanta and the United States. The collection also throws light onto Freddye's educational background, highlighting her graduation from NYU's Master in Fashion and Merchandishing program as she was the first Black woman to do so, and her forays into teaching, writing fashion columns, and running her own fashion shows. Her children's accomplishments are documented as well, most noteably Jacob Henderson, Jr.'s ventures as a lawyer and head of the Africa Business Development Corporation. One of her daughters, Gaynelle, currently runs the Henderson Travel Service from Silver Spring, Maryland.

The collection contains correspondence, speeches, press releases, calendars, books, minutes, reports, financial records, publications, articles, photographs, textiles, trophies and awards, artwork, posters, programs, campaign memorabilia, manuscripts, maps, travel documents, notes, sermons, and ephemera.