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The James W. Massie papers consist of the personal papers (40 items) of Massie, including:

• Incoming correspondence (1855-1857)
• Civil War papers, primarily incoming letters, orders, and commissions (1861-1863)
• Post-War papers, including letters written by Massie's wife, Sophonisba Breckinridge McDowell (Massie), and documents related to their son, James McDowell Massie
• Confederate bonds
• Envelopes

This collection consists of the papers of Jefferson H. Clark, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania physician, who was a field surgeon in France during World War I, and of the research papers of his daughter Mary Clark Shade (1928-2009), who was working on a book documenting her father's WWI duty.

The collection consists of items related to John H. Randolph, Jr., including:

• Military orders
• Documents relating to bombing missions
• Military records
• Five photographs

The John J. Clarke Civil War papers consist of documents, including commissions, military orders, correspondence, and dispatches that relate to activities in and around Charleston, South Carolina during the period of 1864 to 1865. One letter (dated February 4, 1865) to Colonel Clarke from Headquarters discusses proposed training of African-American troops in the Confederate States of America Corps of Engineers.

This collection consists of J. Russell Major's World War II papers, including:

• Correspondence to his parents (dated 1942-1945). The early letters cover his training as a field artillery officer at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma (1942-1944) and other United States bases, including Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base (Glider School) and Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. Letters from July 1944 to May 1945 date from his service as a forward artillery observer in France and Germany.
• Military orders (1942-1945)
• Papers relating to his awards (Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart).
• Service record
• Notes relating to his United States Army career.
• Four volumes of the United States Army official history (European Theater), with one volume annotated by Major.

The Lawson Botts papers consist of Civil War papers, including:

• A receipt (May 10, 1861)
• A letter of commission (September 12, 1861)
• A promotion order (September 12, 1861)
• A general order to assume duties of Provost Marshall in Winchester, Virginia (November 18, 1861)
• A furlough request (January 11, 1862)
• A letter to Captain O'Brien complaining about shortage of rations (May 22, 1862)

This collection consists primarily of items dating from the United States Air Force career of Lieutenant Colonel Linford B. Bachtell. Included are flight records, log books, certificates, and military orders. The collection also includes snapshots and negatives that date from Bachtell's VMI cadetship.

An artificial collection of papers created from material acquired during the 1930's and 1940's. Mostly letters, financial records, published material and official records of individuals in Virginia and elsewhere. Includes documents and signatures of well known people, such as Benjamin Harrison, John Randolph and Franklin D. Roosevelt.