Consists of correspondence, certificates, journals, genealogical notes, wills, military papers, and legal documents.

The Richards-Woody Family Papers comprise correspondence, photographs, obituaries, legal documents, and a family history of the Richards-Woody family. The collection includes Civil War-era correspondence between King David Richards and his wife, Harriet Love Richards, describing several accounts of battles fought by the Confederate Army's 57th Virginia Infantry during the years 1862 and 1863.

Correspondence, deeds, bills of sale, shipping invoices, wills, mortgages, accounts, receipts, notes, and other business and personal papers of the Richards family. Includes correspondence, shipping invoices, and other business papers of John M. Richards (b. 1834), merchant and owner of two schooners. Other persons represented include Richards's wife, Gertrude (Baldwin) Richards (b. 1834) and his father-in-law, Silas I. Baldwin (b. 1801) and merchants William Cowperthwaite and Archibald Blakeslee.

Clothing worn for 1969 inaugural celebration, 1972 trip to China, Tricia's wedding, a family Christmas, more. 6 dolls depict President and Mrs. Nixon, daughters Tricia and Julie, and their husbands. 26 costumes.