- American Civil War collection, 1860/18951
- Appomattox Manor Music Collection, 1800/1940, bulk 1850/19101
- Bound Music Collection, 1800/19701
- John Alexander Graham Papers, 1910/1947, bulk 1915/194713
- Racial and Ethnic Ephemera Collection, 1778/20051
- Richard Wright collection, 1806/20171
- Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, 1875/20051
- Sheet Music Collection, 1827/19741
- Sheila and Terry Meyers Collection of Swinburneiana, 1854/19321
- Stonewall Jackson papers, 1844/19151
- VMI sheet music collection, 1857/19301