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Views of Mount Vernon spanning more than 100 years. The Robert Waldsmith Collection consists of approximately 300 stereographs and cabinet cards by Alexander Gardner, N. G. Johnson, Luke D. Dillon, and others. Highlights of the collection include: several west front views of the Mansion, including the earlist known one by Frederick Langenheim, circa 1856; an early view of the tomb, circa 1857, and a collection of Washington statues and buildings honoring the first President.

Photographs, letters, and clippings related to Harriette Vaden Price, resident of Williamsburg, Virginia.

This collection consists of the subscription list presented to members of the House of Burgesses and other leading politicans and judicial officers of that time by the Presbytery of Hanover (Virginia) to raise funds to move Augusta Academy to a location in Timber Ridge. In addition to outlying the purpose of the funding request and naming who the academy's leadership would be, including Rev. William Graham, the document includes the signatures and financial pledges of the individuals who subscribed their support as well as noting if they paid. Of particular note, in addition to a "who's who" in the earliest days of the history of Virginia and the American Revolution, this list is signed by 5 future signers of the Declaration of Independence: Thomas Jefferson, George Wythe, Carter Braxton, Benjamin Harrison, and General [Thomas] Nelson [Jr.].

The Historical Photograph Collection is largely comprised of materials created by or for the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. Some of the earliest photographs of the estate were created and sold to visitors by the Association as a means of income. Those efforts helped to establish an important collection of 19th century views. The collection spans the 1850s to 2000s and includes over 140 linear feet of analog material providing a visual history of the Mansion, outbuildings, tombs, grounds, events, visitors, collection objects, personnel, and changes throughout the estate.

Collection contains two items. One is an empty brown glass bottle with a label for glycerin, the other is a small pot made of pewter.

Collection contains newsletters from the Vintage Ladies of Williamsburg as well as two scrapbooks containing photographs and ephemera.

Collection includes glass lantern slides primarily documenting images found in everyday life of Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown, Virginia. Other slides includes those documenting life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Images includes those found at William & Mary alumni, the custom house in America located in Yorktown, Virginia and the old church tower found in Jamestown, Virginia.