The William Allen White Collection, acquired through gifts and purchases by the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information at the University of Kansas, contains correspondence and writings by and about William Allen White and his associates, as well as photographs, clippings, and other memorabilia.

Included is a substantial component of correspondence, photographs, and clippings from Gazette managing editor Frank C. Clough, including manuscripts and proofs of his book, William Allen White of Emporia. More than 90 photographs of White and his associates--including those from the files of Frank Clough--are located at RH MS-P 929. Among these are many photographs of William Allen White, the White family, members of the Gazette staff, sites in the Emporia community, and prominent statesmen and writers, including U.S. President Herbert Hoover, Kansas Governor Henry J. Allen, and writer Walt Mason.

Items of additional note in the collection include a pair of riding stirrups used by White's daughter Mary and an audiotape of a William Allen White speech (both in Box 4 at RH MS 929), photographs of the March 31, 1931 wreckage of the plane carrying football coach Knute Rockne, and drawings by Associated Press sports cartoonist Tom "Pap" Paprocki, cartoonist Chester Gould, and artist Buck Martin of The Kansas City Star.

At RH MS Q137 are three oversize items, including one photograph. At RH MS R263 is the Nov. 18, 1977 reproduction of William Allen White's editorial in the The Emporia Gazette regarding the May 1921 death of his daughter, Mary White.