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Items transferred from the W&M College Papers. Includes a 1850s transcription Copy of Mary Whaley's 1741 will; Copy of bill of chancery, 1750, amended 1751, concerning the disposition by her executor of certain funds bequeathed by Mary Whaley to the Mattey School, 9 pp., 1751, and reply, 3 pp. Copy of court order, 1752, for the settlement of the estate of Mary Whaley, 22 pp. Clipping concerning the legacy left by Mary Whaley for the Mattey School. Copy of court order, 1866, transferring certain annuities to the College, 3 pp. Supplemental report on the Whaley legacy, by Benjamin S. Ewell, 1866, 2 pieces. Incomplete script of a pageant depicting a meeting of the faculty, 1866, with information on the Mattey fund, 1 piece. Broadside advertising the Mattey School, 1868. Lease of the grammar school building and lot to the city of Williamsburg, 1884, 1 piece. Copy of proposition made by the College to the school board of Williamsburg concerning a model school in connection with the Mattey School and the reply, 1889, 2 pieces. Outline of the course of study of the model school, 1899, 65 pp., 26 cm. Article: "Hoary old Williamsburg builds a modern school," by Helen Foss Weeks, undated, 1 piece. Lyon G. Tyler, "The Mattey Whaley model and practice school of the William and Mary College," Richmond, printed by Whittet and Shepperson, 1895, 18 pp., 23 cm

Series I. Jesse W. Lazear consists of materials relating to Lazear that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1800 to 1956 with the bulk of the items dating from 1863 to 1943. Much of the series consists of the correspondence of Jesse W. Lazear and his wife Mabel H. Lazear. Jesse's correspondence dates from his time as a student at Johns Hopkins University to his death in 1900. Researchers can learn a great deal about Jesse from these letters, including his relationships with friends and family, his educational background, and his professional life. Mabel's correspondence dates from the time she met Jesse to her death in 1946. This correspondence primarily concern her husband's historical legacy and a campaign to secure a pension from the U.S. government for herself and her family.

Series VIII. Miscellany consists of oversize and miscellaneous materials in the Philip S. Hench Walter Reed yellow fever collection that were, for various reasons, not included in any of the other series in the collection. Items in this series date from around 1849 to 1982 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1885 to 1974. These materials include, but are not limited to the following: