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This collection contains six certificates of distinction awarded to Charles V. Taylor by Washington and Lee University on June 26, 1878 and June 25, 1879 for study in chemistry, English, mathematics, rhetoric, English literature, and moral philosophy.

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 contains four certificates of distinction awarded to David J. Wilson on June 18, 1868. The certificate specific to study in history and literature is signed by President Robert E. Lee but not dated or signed by faculty representatives but there is another for the same that is completely signed. The other certificates were awarded for study in chemistry, and moral philosophy.

This collection contains a certificate presented to Donald Allen for proficiency in natural philosophy by Washington and Lee University, then Washington College, on June 18, 1868.

This collection consists of two manuscripts written by Dr. William S. Plumer. The earliest is titled "Our Country" and was an address presented before the Washington College alumni in June 1841. The manuscript includes his edits and notes. The second one was written in June 1867 and was also presented before the alumni of Washington College about the study of ancient languages. It is also includes edits and notes.

Edward M. Eustler's photographic scrapbook documents his experience while a student at Washington and Lee University from 1910-1911. The scrapbook has approximately 350 photographs. Subjects campus and dorm life, athletics, architecture, local landmarks and historic sights, fraternity and club initiations, the Lexington, Virginia downtown area, the Virginia Military Institute, faculty and staff, local residents such as Jeff Shields and Henry O. Dold, friends, and family. The scrapbook also documents Eustler and others at Camp Ogburn in Summerfield, North Carolina in the summer of 1910 as well as a camping excursion to the summit of North Carolina's Mt. Mitchell in 1911.

"Fall in Line" is a documentary produced and narrated by W&L alumnus Phifer Helms ('74) commemorating one of the university's most successful athletic teams, the 1974 Washington and Lee University Men's Lacrosse team. After an undefeated regular season, the 1974 team advanced to the NCAA Division I national tournament defeating Navy in their quarterfinal game and narrowly falling to eventual champion Johns Hopkins 11-10 in the semifinals. The loss brought their historic season to a close with a record of 15-1. The 1974 Men's Lacrosse team was inducted into the W&L's athletic hall of fame in 2023. The '74 team produced seven All-Americans and head coach Jack Emmer, after an incredible coaching career at Cortland State, Washington and Lee, and the United States Military Academy, was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2005. This documentary was made in 2024 and combines archival film footage and original photographs with interviews of team members Jim Farrar ('74), Skip Lichtfuss ('74), Skeet Chadwick ('74) , Ted Bauer ('74) and coaches John McDaniel ('64), Chuck O'Connell, and Jack Emmer.

This collection contains a certificate of distinction for study in chemistry awarded to Frank A. Waddill by Washington and Lee University, then Washington College, on June 24, 1869.

This collection contains a scrapbook make by Franklin Leonard Shipman between 1924-1930. The front cover of the scrapbook has the name "Mark Kelly, '29" embossed on it, but the interior pages are specific to Shipman. Also embossed on the front cover are the Greek letters for the fraternity Beta Theta Pi.

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.