- Adele Blow Chatfield-Taylor family papers, 1899/19773
- Adele Goodman Clark papers, 1849/197812
- Albert L. Sturm Papers, 1904/19881
- Alexander Farish Robertson Papers, 1867/19313
- Alexander Haight family collection, 1764/19761
- Alfred C. Payne Collection, 1917/20031
- Algernon B. Chandler, Jr. Records, 1912/19281
- Alleghany Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records,, 1890/20221
- Alumni Association Records, 1833/2014, bulk 1950/20054
- Alumni Association Records, 1924/20161
- American Association of University Women, Norfolk Branch (AAUW) Records, 1902/20001
- Amos Koontz Papers II, 1865/19701
- Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans, 1775/2018, bulk 1970/201113
- Armistead Boothe Papers (MS164), 1803/19902
- Arthur E. Scott photograph collection7