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Series 1 of this collection primarily covers the period from 1763 through Samuel McDowell Reid's death in 1869. There are also a few later items dealing chiefly with his estate. The bulk of the papers deals with business matters. Documents concern such matters as the James River and Kanawha Company, the North River Navigation Company, Washington College's relationship with the Society of the Cincinnati, slavery, and the financial dealings of John Robinson and the Hare family. Series 2 is comprised of a second set of materials received at a later date. The correspondence supplements that found in Series 1. The other materials consist chiefly of court and other legal records during the 74-year period (1778-1852) in which Andrew and his son, Samuel McDowell Reid, were clerks of the court of Rockbridge County: tavern licenses, taxation lists, apprenticeship deeds, voter lists, militia rolls, invoices, etc. There are also some Washington College papers.

This collection contains a cabinet card photograph of an unidentified girl holding her doll. The photograph was taken by the Miley and Son photography studio in Lexington, Virginia. The child was photographed sitting in a chair. She is wearing a dress complete with a ribbon in her hair. The board was damaged and torn off in the upper left corner but the image is intact.

A photograph of Mamie Echols, of Glasgow, Virginia wearing a graduation cap and gown. The cabinet photo was taken by Michael Miley, Lexington, Virginia photographer.

Items in the collection include a scrapbook, a bound volume of the Ring-Tum Phi, a book of pressed leaves, Miller family birth records, photographs of Lexington and Campbell family members, newspapers, and personal letters.

his collection contains historic photographs collected by Mary Poole. The majority of the photographs were taken by Lexington-based photographers including Michael Miley and Mrs. N. L. Miller. The subjects are primarily unidentified individuals.

A photograph of a bronze plaque created by Edward Field Sanford in 1916. The plaque reads, "Charles Francis Adams - Presented by Southern Men in Appreciation of his Friendship for the South and his Noble Tribute to Robert E. Lee." Adams was the son of John Quincy Adams and served as an officer in the Massachusetts Cavalry of the Union army during the American Civil War. Adams gave the keynote address of the Robert E. Lee Centennial Celebration at Washington and Lee University on January 19, 1907.

This collection contains historic photographs and documents primarily related to the City of Lexington, Rockbridge County, and Washington and Lee University. Also included is small number of manuscripts and ephemeral items including broadsides and advertisements. Several photographs were produced by Michael Miley, Boude and Miley, or Miley and Son.