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In the correspondence series, separate folders are maintained for General John Hodges, Colonel James Gregory Hodges, William Henry Harrison Hodges (2 folders), and Captain Andrew Ainsworth. Captain Ainsworth was an Englishman who joined the Union forces and served as captain of the port at Hampton Roads during the Union occupation. After the Civil War he remained in the area and one of his descendants married into the Hodges line. Of interest in the series include a letter from James Gregory Hodges to his father requesting marital advice, and William Henry Harrison Hodges' letters to his wife, Mary Abigail Griswold Hodges, and his requests for release from imprisonment.

This is a small series consisting of receipts, a bill, and a promissory note..

Included in this series are deeds of sale showing how General John Hodges acquired Wildwood and other property. Also included are wills, statements, a legal claim, and an 1809 land survey of the Western Branch land that Hodges eventually acquired. Items of special interest include a bill of sale for slaves and the 1754 will of William Hodges.

This series consits of publications owned by members of the Hodges family.

This series consists of a few military communications. Included in the series are William Henry Harrison Hodges' notice to report to the Provost Marshall's Office, and his official prison sentence.

This series contains oversize material that was pulled from various parts of the collection. Included in the series are an indenture of Arthur and Mary Ann Emerson to John Hodges, a prayer book owned by Sarah A.F. Wilson Hodges, and oversize newsclippings on the American Civil War.

This series includes a lithograph, invitations, and fragments of documents.

Most of the items in this series are photographic prints of earlier prints, paintings, and daguerreotypes. Included are members of the Hodges-Ainsworth-Armistead-Lindsay line. Turn-of- the-century photographs of Portsmouth's Confederate Monument and Trinity Episcopal Church and a later photograph of the house William Henry Harrison Hodges built are also included.