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Scope and Contents 36 items. Printed material, including an electoral ticket for John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush, 1828; Abstract of the Laws relating to the…Surveyors of Roadsfor Augusta County, Virginia; list commissioner's sale of lands; advertisements for farm implements, pianos, livestock, shoes, medicine, and a plant nursery, some including printed pictures; electoral tickets for Middle River Township; broadsides containing weekly price lists for produce, livestock, furs, etc. in Richmond; religious material including daily lessons, a manual for the Presbyterian Progressive Program (1922-23), and financial information for home missions; an Eastern Normal College Catalogue; fiscal report for Staunton National Valley Bank; and a personal property tax form.

This series is comprised of various objects, personal items, tools, ephemera, jewelry, and textiles owned by Edward "Tedduy" Tucker and his family members, dating back to the mid-1800s. The majority of the items are items used in daily life or special events, such as utensils, spectacles, everyday tools, and personal accessories. The majority of the artifacts and textiles lack provenance within Tucker's family, with some exceptions, such as engraved silver utensils bearing the names of relatives that include Anna Maria Bolton, Sue Bolton, and Edward Henry Tucker.

This series includes the 1833 King James Version Bible of J. M. Byrnside and the 1870 pictorial Bible of Isaac F. and Rebecca Ballard.

Williams was committed to researching and chronicling the lives and activities at Mount Vernon, and Series 5 reflects this commitment. This section contains the majority of background research conducted by the Research and Restoration Department during Williams's time at Mount Vernon. Included in this series are numerous excerpts from primary resources such as diaries, letters, and ledgers that Williams found at various repositories, including the Library of Congress and the Harvard Library. Series 5 also holds written works on such subject matter as architecture, gardening, and material culture.

This series contains the following groupings of letters:
1. Wylie-Tomlinson Family Correspondence; 1834-1872, 1880-1893; Box 1, folder 20 through box 2, folder 39, 49-55.
2. Sarah Isabella Tomlinson to Eliza Wylie Tomlinson; 1876-1877; Box 2, folders 40-45, 50-55.
3. Alonzo Frescoln Smith to Sarah Isabella Tomlinson; 1877-1880; Box 2, folders 46-49.

Contains material regarding genealogy and family history collected by W. Guy Tetrick. The majority of the material in the series concerns the history of various West Virginia families. The series also contains a Harrison County Clerk's property book, birth certificates, letters, maps, news clippings, pamphlets, and other material.