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The collection consists of a single letter from Maria Antoinette Singleton to her husband, Western District of Virginia Attorney, Washington G. Singleton.The letter details personal matters and a carriage accident involving Henry Clay in Winchester, Virginia.

Letter from Martha Rochelle Tyler, granddaughter of President John Tyler to her father, John Tyler, son of President Tyler. Martha writes about keeping house, the recent visit of a Bishop to the town an accompanying church service, and upcoming plans to see her father. The letter is dated June 14th, 1881, at Jerusalem, Virginia.

Collection contains family letters and other family accounts from Leila James Mosby and her husband Charles W. Russell. Russell was an officer during the American Civil War for the Confederate Army and an author as well as diplomat to Persia (modern day Iran). Mosby was the sister of Confederate officer John S. Mosby.

The collection consists of letters to Mr. Trevvett Matthews in Paris, France, from his mother, Mrs. William S. Matthews in Glenn Allen, VA, discussing her day and how she enjoys the letters she receives from him.

Seven letters consisting of twenty-eight pages and seven envelopes total, written by Nelie Wampler in Geer, Virginia, to her sister Susie Wenger who lived in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Primarily focuses on Wampler's life in a rural Mennonite community, describing crafting, cooking, and charity work.

Twenty-four letters written by members of the Niebling and Duke families. Seventeen of them are written to Salena Niebling Duke. Salena Niebling married Richard Hardin Duke and moved to Richmond, Virginia from Baltimore, Maryland. The couple had three sons, Frank M. Duke, Walter Garland Duke, and Charles R. H. Duke. This group of correspondence spans geographically from Virginia and Maryland to Massachusetts and Illinois, and features letters from all three Duke sons, Richard Duke, his brother P.H. Duke, Salena Duke's mother Elizabeth Crocker Niebling, her sister Eliza Keech, and another sister with the initials M.A.P among others.

Two letters from Pearl S. Buck to her editor. The first letter refers to something enclosed that she wanted to say to African Americans. The enclosed item is not present. She sent copies of this letter to all African American journals, and was glad to have her editor use the letter if they wished on or after February 28.

The collection contains 34 typed manuscripts for short stories, reviews, speeches, letters, and plays by Pearl Buck. The collection also contains letters and one other document signed by Buck. The collection also contains a photocopy of an interview with Buck dating from 1964.

A two page letter from Richard Paul Jodrell announcing the birth of his son to a "Mr. Hase." The ten article pages authored by Jodrell are about the "Illustrations of Euripides" and are listed as having been from the Monthly Review, 1792.

Two letters relating to the Robertson family of Virginia. The first letter is by Mary Lucinda Robertson (1833-1921); the daughter of Charles Henry Robertson, Mary was raised on the 2000 acre Pineland plantation and attended Ann Smith Academy in Lexington, Virginia. The second letter was sent to Miss Dora L. Judd of Williamsburg, VA. She was Charles Robertson's second wife. The letter is dated 1846 and was sent from Westhampton, Mississippi.