This Gena Branscombe Papers contain materials from 1908 to 1978 related to composer and conductor Gena Branscombe, a former director of the piano department in the Whitman College Conservatory of Music. These papers contain sheet music, scores, and a published book of music. Also included are magazine articles, correspondence and photographs.

The Jessie McRae Papers, which dates from 1908 to 1967, contains the personal material of Jessie McRae, a 1912 Whitman College graduate and musician. The collection includes travel scrapbooks, letters, hymn books, and papers related to McRae’s music career and time at Whitman.