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The Volck Collection is comprised of 29 Confederate War Etchings and three folders containing articles about the artist and his work. Also included is an original first edition of "The Grasshopper," a cantata written by a Virginian, Innes Randolph, and illustrated by Volck.

A letter from Biddle Boggs to Mrs. B. Miller discussing the American Civil War (1861-1865).

Collection contains correspondence and a single photograph of Courtland Way Starr. Correspondence contains accounts from soldier Courtland Way Starr to mother in Long Island N.Y. Corrrespondence includes accounts from Harrisburg PA on June 26, 1863, recounting his experiences in the army and with the 23rd Regiment of Brooklyn. Letter to mother on July 5, 1863, from Laurel Ford in Pennsylvania describes the exhaustive, cold conditions and the harsh realities of army life. Letter to Mother about twenty miles from Harrisburg Pennsylvania on July 2, 1863, discusses his regiments movement, a skirmish, and his concerns regarding the enemy also noted is that the Battle of Gettysburg occurred July 1-3, 1863.

Print of German and English language political cartoon on newsprint by George Colt satirizing William & Mary's efforts to seek restitution from damages to campus sustained during the Civil War. In 1893 the U.S. government paid William & Mary for damages. The College is depicted as a "rebel claims monster." The print is undated, but was likely printed between 1890-1895.

Letter from a Union soldier stationed in Rappahannock Station, VA in 1864 as part of the 11th US Infantry. He wrote to his aunt about his visit North. Ingham describes his intent to visit his aunt in Schenectady and how he opted to visit his brother at Yale instead. The letter describes individuals such as a Douglas Campbell and an Alex and Clara Pennington. The letter goes on to descibe how he sat with the Pennington couple for a carte and stereoscopic picture. The leter mentions General George Sykes, whom Ingham describes as sending his regards.

1862 Civil War map of Gloucester Point, Virginia signed by William H. Powers and Henry Andrew Black, members of the Piedmont Artillery formed in Bedford County, Virginia. The map is hand-drawn and colored, and is thought to be a sentry map so soldiers knew where to go for guard duty.

This letter was sent by a woman named "Jennie" to an unidentified person on January 8, 1864, from Union-controlled Norfolk, Virginia.

Lizzie Earle Cary Daniel (1848-1915) kept this journal from 1875-1883. She titled it "A Life and its Gleanings." The contents include handwritten poetry, philosophical musings, and newspaper clippings. Many clippings are simply layered between the pages by Daniel. The journal is accompanied by a 1916 "Interrogatory for Listing by Taxpayer and Commissioner of Revenue Tangible and Intangible Personal Property, and Money" form.

One, single poster titled "Lincoln at Springfield: January, 1859. A Three Act Play by Louis E. Catron of Springfield." Presented by Lincolnland Drama Festival, and held at the Thorne Deuel Auditorium Illinois State Museum.

An album reportedly given to Orsina M. Paskell Canfield by her husband, Edgar Woodward Canfield. Edgar wrote a dedication in encoded writing in the opening pages. Several of Orsina's friends wrote signed and dated poetry on other pages. Various clippings, envelopes, cards, and other ephemera are laid between the writings, including a silhouette of Orsina's son Isaac Paskell Canfield, and an 1884 ticket for a river trip.