The Herbert G. West Papers contain photographs evidencing events in West’s professional and political careers. This collection, which dates from 1940 through 1968, also consists of photographs and a scrapbook documenting General Wainwright’s visit to Walla Walla in 1945, photographs from West’s time as the Walla Walla mayor, records relating to the dedication of the Ice Harbor Dam, including photographs of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson at the dedication, and personal and professional photographs. Additional photographs depict the Whitman statue and the monument at the Whitman Mission.