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Letters to Ms. Post from her daughter and her daughter's friends detailing their daily lives. Some of the letters include postcards, newspaper clippings, package tags, or photographs.

Collection of 31 postcards depicting various scenes related to prohibition, temperance, and women's suffrage. Majority of the postcards relate to temperance and include scenes and poems about the perils of drinking alcohol. One postcard celebrates the repeal of the prohibition amendment, telling of all of the jobs and prosperity the new brewery businesses will bring. Two postcards show women as Uncle Sam and another trumpeting with a banner that reads 'Votes for Women'. One postcard is titled Suffragette Madonna and ridicules the notion of granting women the right to vote. Many of the postcards indicate that they are published from A. T. Cook, Seedsman from Hyde Park, NY and are part of sets of 'Special Temperance Series'.

Correspondence to Richard Byrd, Jr. from various federal and state officials. Most of the letters relate to official business, Byrd's father, Admiral Richard Byrd who did extensive research in Antarctica.

One page document written in Spanish in 1642.

A series of two letters and two pamphlets regarding the policies and curriculum of the Union Co-Operative School in Bedford city, Virginia. Correspondence is addressed to Mr. R.A. Bradley of Hammett, Virginia from the Union Co-Operative School and includes information on tuition and boarding costs as well as the structure of the curriculum. The two pamphlets outline the school's policies and initiatives as well as the courses offered within the program for prospective students.

Collection contains letters from Seargent Weldon E. Lewis who served in the US military in 1944, to his wife, Ms. Weldon E. Lewis. Written during WWII, the letters contain messages to his wife. All letters are stamped with US army postage.

Collection contains letters describing officer William C. Hensyl's time in France from late summer 1918 to late summer 1919. One letter contains a booklet from a hotel in southern France. Letters are addressed to his sister, Annie, as well as to her husband and son.

Dowd described his first trip to Paris. He calls the French "wine drinking" and "frog eating." The ship made an unscheduled trip to Cowes. He had a rift with customs over cigars. He saw a map in a window which showed his home address of College Place and Murray St. The Church Madaleine is the 'most magnificent edifice.' Notes that Paris women show more of their legs than American women.

Scene of the Christopher Wren Building at the College of William & Mary etched on pure silver with 24 karat gold electroplate, and burnished in copper and bronze. The damascene was part of a limited edition produced by Reed & Barton, numbered 35 and registered and issued to Archie Roy Stubbs, Class of 1931.