- African American and Hampton Normal Institute Postcards, 1897/19131
- African and African American photograph collection, 1850/19451
- Alan Clarke Railroad Research Papers, 1861/20121
- Alan R. Shirkey photograph collection, 1877/19171
- Albert Blakeslee White (1856-1941) Papers, 1888/19291
- Albert C. Swindler Papers, 1862/1929, bulk 1862/18641
- Albert Frederick Wilson papers, 1840/19341
- Albert L. Sturm Papers, 1904/19881
- Albert M. Reese (1872-1965) Papers, 1873/19541
- Albert Moore Reese, Zoology Professor, Miscellaneous Items, 1900/19701
- Albert Taylor Bledsoe and Sophia Bledsoe Herrick letters, 1858/19081
- Alderman family papers, 1779/19611
- Alexander Brown Papers (I), 1815/19101
- Alexander Farish Robertson Papers, 1867/19311
- Alexander Foreman, Photographer, Glass Plate Negatives, 1890/19251