- Board of Visitors minutes, 18391
- Charles A. Derby papers, 1839/18911
- Charles P. Deyerle papers, 1842/18551
- Eliza L. Pitzer letter, 18451
- Francis H. Smith Circular Letter Soliciting Items to Establish a Museum at VMI, 18451
- John M. Cary papers, 1845/18491
- John T. L. Preston papers, 1806/18891
- Matriculation Books, 1839/19942
- Records of Superintendent Francis H. Smith, 1839-1889, 1839/18891
- Society of Cadets and Virginia Dialectic Society certificates, 1842/18741
- Stonewall Jackson papers, 1844/19153
- VMI Order Books and memoranda, 1839/20162
- William Couper papers, 1901/19641