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The collection consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, graduation announcements, correspondence, parish directories, a school diary, the Centennial Souvenir of the Catholic Church in the Walla Walla Valley, and copies of the parish records of St. Patrick's Catholic Church from 1847 to 1944. Information about the Sisters of Providence, St. Vincent Academy and St. Patrick's High School are also included. These photographs are a selection of the overall collection.

The collection consists of financial records, city charter and land records, city clerk scrapbooks, city council proceedings, newspaper clippings, planning information, published city ordinances and the recordings of departments, commissions, public services, organizations, and celebrations of the City of Walla Walla. These documents are a selection of the overall collection.

This collection contains an assortment of maps depicting the city of Walla Walla.

The collection consists of items related to Walla Walla's Pioneer Pageant of 1923 and 1924. It includes notes, minutes, and agendas of pageant officials; correspondence; financial reports and records; publicity records; photographs of the performances; published programs and script; tickets and other ephemera. These documents are a selection of the overall collection.

The collection consists of logs containing daily notations of weather data, newspaper clippings, a journal of letters received, and expense reports collected by the United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau. These documents are a selection of the overall collection.

The Wallace Gendron Papers includes photographs of World War II (1941-45), featuring aftermath photos of bombing raids carried out by Army Air Force pilots. Gendron, an Army Air Force photographer, would follow up on bombing raids, showing the results of air attacks on German targets. Items also include personal memorabilia collected by Gendron during his three years of service, including a survival kit issued to soldiers in the event they are captured. There is also correspondence and photographs of Walla Walla Air Base. These photographs are a selection from the overall collection.

This collection consists of records kept by the Alumni Office. Some of the records include: Alumni Association records, statistical records on alumni classes; records of events and programs; records concerning Alumni Office staff retreats and conferences, and individual files for deceased alumni. These photographs are a selection of the overall collection.

This collection consists of the Whitman College and Northwest Archives Newsletter ranging from 1978 to 2010.

In collaboration with students in Library 160: Documentation and Representation in Archives, the Whitman College and Northwest Archives created the Whitman Coronavirus Stories Project to capture the Whitman community’s experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020, Whitman classes were moved online for the remainder of the semester. The project aims to document how students, faculty and staff are impacted as they work, teach and learn from home, and practice social distancing. The goal is to collect the stories, experiences, and evidence of our changed lives, both the painful and difficult, and the unexpectedly beautiful and hopeful. Academic, creative, artistic or reflective submissions are encouraged and accepted. To read more about the project and how to participate, visit our website: https://library.whitman.edu/blog/whitman-coronavirus-stories/. We invite continued submissions of stories to this project. To make a submission, click here.

The collection consists of faculty and staff conferences, meetings, examination questions and homework, agendas, newsletters, memos, biographies, benefits, grants, announcements, procedures, applications, resumes, handbooks, photos, records. The photographs are a selection of the overall collection.

The collection consists of articles, photos, records, surveys, blueprints, flyers, bulletins, memos, maps, and timelines. These photographs are a selection of the overall collection.

The Whitman College LGBTQ+ Oral History Project, hosted by the Whitman College and Northwest Archives and supported by the Whitman History Department, was created in 2019 in order to document and preserve the story of Whitman's LGBTQ community. Initially the project was focused on the long-time LGBTQ+ student group PRISM, which was previously known as the GLA, GLBA and GLBTQ, and took the place of the activist group, Coalition Against Homophobia. Due to the confidential and historically off-campus nature of GLBTQ, there had been little record of LGBTQ+ life and activism at Whitman. Thus, the project hoped to address this incomplete history by conducting oral history interviews with alumni, as well as former staff and faculty, who were involved in Whitman’s LGBTQ+ community.

During the 2019-2020 academic year, the project was expanded beyond just the history of student groups to cover LGBTQ+ experiences at Whitman more generally in order to be inclusive of all LGBTQ+ community members. The fall 2019 semester was dedicated to recording the stories of trans and gender non-conforming alumni. Trans experiences are frequently left out or sidelined in LGBTQ+ historical work, and the project leaders wanted to prevent this from happening to this project by providing a space to intentionally include and prioritize trans narratives.

The collection consists of individual headshots, group photos, sports photos, color slides, negatives, professional portraits, and scenery photos of Whitman College. These photographs are a selection of the overall collection.

The Whitman Undergraduate Conference is an annual, day-long celebration of the scholarship and creativity of Whitman students.The conference gives students from every academic area of the college the opportunity to share their research and creative projects with the campus community and interested public. Conference presentations reflect original work produced by Whitman students through course study, senior theses, faculty-student collaborative research, independent projects, summer fellowships and internships, and study abroad.

The collection consists of printed materials including receipts, letters of correspondence, enrollment records, and charters related to Whitman Seminary. These documents are a selection of the overall collection.