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This collection contains a single black and white photograph of a street with a Liberty Loan mural in Roanoke, Virginia from the George C. Davis studio.

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 Joyce Crary show horse photo album (1940s; 0.2 cubic feet) contains photographs labeled by hand in white ink. 10 x 13 with 35 leaves containing around 120 black and white photographs, and a few pieces of ephemera, inserted into corner mounts. Photographs feature Joyce Crary, her family, and her friends and horses at the family ranch near Chico, California. Horses and riders are shown jumping, racing, and performing trick riding of various types. One image is of Joyce, her father, and a horse at a USO show and one image shows the horse Pawnee Sue participating in a rehabilitation program for wounded WWII veterans. Another depicts Pawnee Sue being ridden by a former marine as part of Mare Island's physical rehabilitation program. Some clippings are related to Chico Riding Club.

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.

The Lewis M. Coleman, Jr. papers (circa 1870-1926; 0.05 cubic feet) document Coleman's studies and travels to Richmond, VA and Charleston, SC. Collection materials include eleven letters Coleman wrote from Hanover Academy, VA to his mother Mary. Among other topics, Coleman discusses his friend Richard Henry Jesse (1853-1921), who briefly attended the University of Virginia. Collection materials also include two photographs, one of which depicts Coleman's son Lewis III among other University of Virginia students.