- Alumni and VMI certificates and citations collection, 1860/20131
- American Civil War collection, 1860/18954
- Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans, 1775/2018, bulk 1970/20112
- Andrew C. L. Gatewood papers, 1860/19932
- Anna Maria Hickman Otis Mead Chalmers family papers, 1821/18974
- Appalachian Prints Collection, 1839/2010, bulk 1859/190910
- Archibald W. Campbell (1839-1899), Newspaperman, Papers, 1855/1941, bulk 1855/18992
- Armistead-Cocke Papers, 1680/19173
- Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896) Papers, 1861/18951
- Arthur I. Boreman Papers, 1830/19495
- Asa Moore Janney Forest Mills ledgers, 1861/18751
- Atkeson-Morgan Family Papers, 1833/1923, bulk 1850/190012
- Austin-Twyman Papers, 1765/19394
- Bailey-Law Collection, 1825/19711
- Barker-Cooke Papers, 1809/1889, bulk 1848/18662