- "Liberty Hall Volunteers" Orderly Book, 18611
- Abraham Lincoln Collection, 1860/19651
- Ackerly Family Papers4
- Administration records collection, 1776/197611
- African and African American photograph collection, 1850/19451
- Alexander Lockhart Nelson papers, 1848/19021
- Alexander Sterrett Paxton Papers, 1858/1959, bulk 1861/18657
- Alexander Tedford "Ted" Barclay correspondence, 1861/186415
- Alexander, Fultz, and Willson Families Collection, 1770/19701
- Alfred Leyburn Papers, 1823/1899, bulk 1830/18391
- Almanac collection, 1850/19091
- American Civil War collection, 1860/189530
- Anderson Family papers, 1755/195825
- Ann Smith Academy Papers, 1807/19101
- Anne McClung Collection, 1844/19662