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This collection contains an estimated nine hundred thousand printed photographs, negatives, and slides captured by professional photographers at Gitchell's Studio in Charlottesville between 1972 and 2016. The collection provides provides a photographic history of the Charlottesville, Virginia including the University of Virginia and includes printed photographs, negatives, slides, and photographs saved on CD-Rs and DVD-Rs. The collection is organized by year and event. Most of the content is commissioned photographs paid for by Charlottesville and Albemarle County residents or businesses. The subject matter of the photographs spans wedding portraits, personal portraits, family portraits, corporate events, commercial scenes, sporting events and graduations for the University of Virginia and area high schools, church events, University of Virginia sports, and the Dogwood Festival. This guide only describes accession 2017-0077 (addition 1) of the collection and does not include a description of the original deposit.

The Kathleen Bonnie Crispin Worsham papers (1860s-2018; 1.35 cubic feet) document Worsham's historical research on the unincorporated community of Cifax in Bedford County, Virginia. Materials include family histories, photocopies of municipal documents, photographs of residents past and present, building floor plans, topographical maps, application materials for the National Register of Historic Places, and architectural surveys. Worsham's research places special emphasis on The Cedars, the Cifax house she owns with her husband Raleigh, and the area's broader architectural significance. The collection has been arranged into four series.

This collections consists of Historic American Landscapes Survey documentation packets for the Rock Hill Landscape and McIntire Park in preparation for the work on the Route 250 Bypass Interchange at McIntire Road Project.

The Somerville family papers (1821-2013) consists of correspondence, photographs, printed materials, and extensive genealogical files. The papers and research detailing the history of the Somerville family, mainly in America, range from its colonial background to contemporary times. The extensive genealogical research is comprised of notes and charts, along with correspondence, photographs, military records, personal notes, clippings, and printed materials. The collection also includes records detailing financial history of family assets, including wills, estates, and records of the sale of enslaved laborers and land. Scattered throughout the collection are photographs, negatives, and daguerreotypes of many Somerville family members, as well as some sheet music, and artifacts. Part of the collection also details the backgrounds of other families genealogically related to the Somervilles, such as the Stringfellow and Nottingham families.