George Docking served as Governor of Kansas from 1957-1961. This collection of papers contains photographs, newspaper clippings compiled during Docking's first term as governor, memorabilia, scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, and correspondence between various people and organizations, including 1956 campaign correspondence.

This collection of papers of Virginia B. Docking, wife of Kansas Governor George Docking and mother of Kansas Governor Robert B. Docking, includes letters received by her from U.S. Presidents Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Baines Johnson and their wives from 1955 to 1961. The collection also includes slides and an accompanying audio tape and script, presented March 11, 1978 by the Shawnee County Democratic Party at an event honoring Mrs. Docking.