Walter S. Davis was a Washington State Senator (1912-1928) and a professor of history and political science at the College of Puget Sound (now University of Puget Sound), in Tacoma, Washington, from 1907-1943. The collection contains mainly CPS-related correspondence, papers, notebooks, lecture notes, and also genealogical information.

Francis Wayland Hanawalt (1859-1933) was born in Monticello, Indiana. Hanawalt joined the University of Puget Sound in 1908 as Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy and served in this position until his death in November 1933. The Francis Wayland Hanawalt Teaching Notebooks consist of four small notebooks and one document created by Professor Francis Wayland Hanawalt.

Lyle Stanton "Stan" Shelmidine was a professor of Near and Far East History at the College of Puget Sound (now University of Puget Sound), 1936-1966. This collection contains biographical information, personal and departmental correspondence, course exams, bibliographies, syllabi, and lecture notes.

The University of Puget Sound Faculty Oral History project is led by Florence Sandler, Professor Emerita, English, and Bob Matthews, Professor Emeriti, Mathematics & Computer Science. The interviewees are retired faculty from the University of Puget Sound. The University of Puget Sound Faculty Oral History project aims to document faculty responses to events that occurred on campus in the 1960s-early 2000s.

This collection contains the records of the primary governing body for the faculty of the University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, Washington) including official documents, meeting minutes, reports, committees, and some publications.