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Spanning the years 1824-1878, the Weaver-Brady Papers comprise ca. 1,500 items and 79 bound volumes. These are the business papers of William Weaver(1780-1863) ironmaster and pioneer in scientific agriculture. Correspondence, bills and receipts, legal papers, ledgers, daybooks, journals, timebooks, records of free and slave labor, provision account books, cash books and farm and dairy journals concern Weaver's mines, furnaces and forges in Rockbridge, Rockinghamand BotetourtCos., grist mills in Rockingham Co., corn production experiments, beef and hide dealings, and land sales. The names of his operations are as follows: Bath Iron Works, Buffalo Forge, Emma Mines, Etna Furnace, Liberty Furnace, Lydia Furnace, Potosi Mineand Spring Mills.

Martin Parks Burks was the deputy sheriff of Bedford County, Virginia. Chiefly accounts, receipts, and business letters of Martin P. Burks, 1798-1866, including records while he was deputy sheriff of Bedford County, Virginia.

Journal and ledger, 1817-1820, of Bedinger & Forman, millers, Berkeley County, Va. [W. Va.] which contains grist mill accounts, 1817-1820, and includes a copy of the constitution, 1850, of the Altonian Debating Society and minutes of the meetings.

This collection includes correspondence between John Augustine Washington III and his mother and wife, as well as other family members, mostly dealing with family matters and running Mount Vernon.

The Ben Benson Collection includes original portrait art of presidents and first ladies by Ben Benson, various formats of printed presidential iconography and related presidential and U.S. political memorabilia from George Washington to Barack Obama.

Research papers regarding Virgil Anson Lewis family history. Includes research correspondence; abstracts and facsimiles of deeds, marriage certificates, wills, etc.; books authored by VAL; maps; brochures, pamphlets, and newsletters; photos and postcards.

Kept by a merchant [of Rockingham County, Va. ?]. Mentions laborers at work, Shenandoah River Company stock and the hire of slaves.

Diaries and legal documents, 1810-1896, written by Benjamin Thompson (1810-1870) and Otis Thompson (1879-1896) of Topsham, Maine. Diaries include description of his life as a teenager working on a farm, people with whom he interacted, towns he visited, and the sermons at his church. There are also diaries of his life as a teacher, which include daily notes on what he taught. There are also descriptions of a trip that Thompson took to Ohio.