The Vance Orchard Papers contains subject files, research notes, newspaper clippings, and correspondence by Vance Orchard, a prolific journalist active in eastern Washington from 1951 to 1983. Orchard was a reporter for the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin for 32 years and a published author. This collection dates from 1945 to 2004.

The Walla Walla Valley Agriculture and Tourism Scrapbook, which contains materials from circa 1930, consists of photographs, pamphlets, postcards, and maps, all of Walla Walla, Washington and nearby towns.