George Davis started collecting rare books, antique maps, signed photos, magazines and letters during a period of extensive International business travel from 1996-2012. At the time, he was a senior executive at Sony Pictures and Technicolor overseeing the technical operations of International cable networks in Latin America, Europe, India and SE Asia. The collection's focus is on historical figures of African descent and Asia-Pacific history (traveled to the region over 80 times). The collector's primary interest is to share these items with the public (not for sale at this time) and to properly document the collection for his children and grandchildren.