The William White Collection is comprised of photographs and ephemera related to the White family's work and lives in China, especially the British military and Shanghai Municipal Police career of Robert "Bob" John White. The photographs depict Shanghai, Peking, Soochow, Tsingtao, Penang, Mokanshan, and Hangchow in China. Many Shanghai locations are depicted, including Jessfield Park, Hongkew Park, French Club Park, Race Course, Nanking Road, the Bund, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Whangpoo River, Sinza Station, Soowchow Creek, Stone Bridge, general street scenes, and depictions of corporal punishment for crimes. There are many photographs related to the Anti-Foreign Riots, also known as the May Thirtieth Movement, which began after the British Shanghai Municipal Police opened fire on Chinese protestors in the International Settlement on May 30, 1925. Photographs of locations outside of China visited during White's British military service include Hong Kong, Suez Canal, Aden, Port Said, and Singapore. A limited number of photographs document the White family's social activities in China and their lives in the United States.