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1. John Peter Mettauer's (HSC Class of 1811) biographical sketch written by George Ben Johnston, M.D. 2. John Peter Mettauer (HSC Class of 1811); "Dr. John Peter Mettauer: An Early Southern Gynecologist" written by Pierce Rucker, J.D. Reprint from Annals of Medical History, n.s., volume 10, number 1, 1938, pages 36 - 46. 3. John Peter Mettauer (HSC Class of 1811); John Peter Mettauer of Virginia written by William Bickers, M.D., published in JAMA, volume 184, number 11, June 15, 1963, pages 114 & 871. 4. John Peter Mettauer (HSC Class of 1811); A Memoir on Stricture of the Urethra, Farmville, Virginia, Saunders & Cowan, Printers, 1849, presented from the estate of Dr. and Mrs. Waller Morton Holladay. 5. John Peter Mettauer's (HSC Class of 1811) article from Farmville Herald, February 27, 1942. 6. Possible lecture notes from the Holladay Mettauer Collection concerning Mettauer's Medical Department at Randolph-Macon College. 7. William Cabell Rives' (HSC Class of 1811) "Retrenchment and reform" speech delivered in the U.S. House of Representatives, February 5, 1828.

1. Daniel Baker (HSC 1811-1813); photostat of a letter written by Baker who attended HSC from 1811-1813 but is believed to have graduated from Princeton, 1815.

1. Laws of Hampden-Sydney College; laws preceded the first edition of the HSC Catalog by one year.

1. HSC Catalogue of Officers and Students, December 1822; original copy of the first HSC Catalogue. 2. HSC Catalogue of Officers and Students, December 1822; typescript copy of the original catalogue. 3. David E. Swift; "Yankee in Virginia," James Marsh at Hampden-Sydney, 1823 – 1826, reprint from Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, volume 80, number 3, July 1972. 4. Photocopy of typed letters written by Mrs. Mary Ann Shields Bishop (1770 - 1831) of Prince Edward County, VA to her brother-in-law, Giles Bishop (1788-1862) of Middletown, CT from Cone's record of the descendants of John Bishop. 5. Glover D. Gilliam's (HSC Class of 1822) biographical sketch.

1. HSC Charter and Laws; photocopy. 2. (missing) HSC Commencement, 1823: newspaper notices, Alumni Record September 25, 1823, Virginia Herald (Fredericksburg) October 15, 1823, Virginian (Lynchburg) October 10, 1823. 3. John H. Rice; "To the Ministers of Religion and to the Members of the Christian Church in the Southern Country", inaugural discourse, January 1, 1824.

1. George W. Dame's (HSC Class of 1829) biographical sketch. 2. John H. Rice "The Power of Truth and Love"; sermon preached at Philadelphia, October 1, 1828 before the American Board of Foreign Missions, printed in the National Preacher, volume 3, number 5, October 1828. 3. (missing) Benjamin M. Smith's (HSC Class of 1829) portrait.

1. HSC Tuition Receipts; receipts paid by John T. Scott (3) and James M. Scott (1), 1830 and 1831. 2. Thomas F. Venable (HSC Class of 1831)(?) Letter to Thomas F. Venable when he was a student at the University of Virginia, dated December 25, 1830 written by his mother, accompanied by note from donor, Col. B. W. Venable (HSC Class of 1966). 3. Union Theological Seminary; copy of 1830 catalogue of UTS when it was located at Hampden-Sydney, 1830-1831, U.S. Bulletin, volume 7, serial 2, Number 1, (July - August - September) 1929. 4. Francis Nathaniel Watkins' (HSC Class of 1831) descriptive essay on "An English University." Original donated by Francis N. Watkins, referring to Mr. (?) as "our worthy and intelligent English friend." 5. Handwritten copy of Board of Trustees Minutes, May 31st, 1830

1. Ferdinand Jacobs (HSC Class of 1832); newspaper print of letter from Ferdinand Jacobs.

1. Walter Cole Shelton (HSC Class of 1833); microprint of diploma and letter from Dr. E. Randolph Trice. 2. Robert G. Branch (HSC Class of 1833); letter reminding Branch to close his subscription to the HSC Scholarship fund, dated February 15, 1849.

1. Richard J. H. Hatchett (HSC Class of 1834); newspaper account of "An old Virginia Frolic" which occurred in June 1832, reprint from Farmville Journal, March 27, 1884.