- African American Family photograph album, 1910/19601
- African and African American photograph collection, 1850/19451
- Booker T. Washington, Commemorative Articles and Other Miscellaneous Items, 1881/19811
- Carther A. Lewis scrapbook, 1917/19461
- James City County and City of Williamsburg Personal Property Tax Books, 1865/19491
- Jean Schroeder papers, 1939/19511
- Joel E. Spingarn Papers, 1934/19391
- Katherine G. Johnson, Mathematician, Papers, 1800/2024, bulk 2016/20211
- Leonard Born Papers, 1924/19851
- Mildred Davenport dance ephemera collection, 1936/19401
- Nydrie and Algoma related papers, 1890/19891
- Obelia "Bee" Graves Papers, 1936/1945, bulk 1937/19391
- Racial and Ethnic Ephemera Collection, 1778/20051
- Stephen Railton collection of Uncle Tom's Cabin ephemera, 1884/20151