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This collection includes early Washington and Lee University papers and miscellaneous materials supplementary to the university's trustee's records, faculty meeting minutes, and treaurer's records. Much of this collection was found over decades from various locations on campus and housed in the Treasurer's Office.

This collection consists of files compiled in preparing the history of the Cooperative Extension Service entitled College of the Fields: Highlights of the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service, 1914-1980. Included in the collection are: lists of county agents (1914-80); correspondence, articles, speeches and other items from the files of Ella Agnew, first home demonstration agent in the U.S.; information on Seaman Knapp, T.O. Sandy, Maude Wallace, and other pioneers of extension work; information on Negro extension work, 4-H, Black Extension Homemakers Club, Virginia Extension Homemakers Council, and home demonstration work; typed manuscripts of articles and speeches by John R. Hutcheson; photographs of home demonstration work and the people involved; publications consulted for the history; and a rough draft of the history with margin notes and editing.

The Board of Trustees records contain minutes, agendas, correspondence, reports, subject files, committee files, recommendations, resolutions, and the oath book.

This collection consists of items collected by Claud Baxter Bush while a student at Washington and Lee University. It includes a photograph of Bush dressed in his WLU gymnasium team uniform, a photograph of Doremus gymnasium, a program from the Interscholastic Track and Field Games (April 26, 1913) and an accompanying Inspector ribbon, and a WLU Athletic Council certificate certifying Bush was awarded a monogram as a member of the Gymnasium Team for Season of 1912. The ribbon is ripped and extremely fragile.

This collection includes Washington and Lee University-related photographs, documents, and mementos from McWane's days as a student and member of Omicron Delta Kappa, as well as a citation for his later work with the Virginia State Ports Authority.

This collection contains a scrapbook created by Fred M. Bailey while he was a student at Washington and Lee University. There are photographs, clippings, and ephemera throughout the scrapbook. The ephemera includes ticket stubs and event programs and broadsides. The newsclippings primarily pertain to athlethics. The first several pages of the scrapbook provided Bailey the opportunity to list some of his favorite things and describe events he attended and his impressions of them as well as tidbits regarding some of his W&L professors. It also provided space for Bailey to write one sentence a day regarding something he did or something that happened between September 1916-August 1917.

This collection includes secretary's books, treasurer's book, librarian's book, treasurer's books, librarian's books, roll books, and constitutions of the Graham Philanthropic Society. The secretary's books document the minutes of the meetings. The first volume in the collection includes the creating documents when the Society was founded in 1809. The books include accounts of debates on current political and social questions, financial information, membership information, and records of student library use.

This collection contains individual biographical files for all 19th and early 20th century cadets; and historical faculty/staff, Board of Visitors members, and other people associated with VMI history.

This collection contains a scrapbook compiled by James "Fats" Miller while he attended Washington and Lee University 1911-1914. It includes clippings, ephemera, and photographs. The clippings primarily relate to athletics, specifically football. Miller was a W&L football player, and the scrapbook has telegrams congratulating him and the team on their wins. The ephemera relates to W&L Athletic Association and social events. There is a program for the Annual Interscholastic Track and Field Games dated April 25, 1914, tickets stubs, Finals 1913, dance card book, and W&L receipts. The photograph subjects include campus buildings and people, a Lexington parade, football, baseball, basketball, and a large format print of the crew team rowing in the North River. Of particular note is a photograph labeled "Pride of KA" that shows two young African American boys posed in a boxing stance and wearing boxing gloves. There is also a pencil drawing of Miller. The scrapbook also contained a number of loose sheets of composition paper that appear to have been used to create an autograph book. The individuals signed their names, sometimes drew images such as alcohol bottles or revolvers, and wrote quotes that usually pertain to women or football. A number of these individuals also included the initials "F.L.S." and "KKK" in their entries. Some write out Ku Klux Klan. Based on the entries, it's highly probably these individuals attended Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, Virginia.

Matriculation books document the enrollment of students at the university. The earliest matriculation signatures available for Washington and Lee University are from June 1805. From the 1805-1813, the pages include the student's signature and then a sequential number after each name documenting the order that they signed. Please note that there is at least one page missing from 1805 as the numbering of student signatures begins with 42. Starting in 1814, the matriculation pages include the names of the students, the sequential number that follows the order in which the students signed, the names of parents or guardians, and the place of residence of parents or guardians and later the post office location including city, town, county, and state.