The Walter Gordy Papers include correspondence, bibliographies, vita, articles, speeches, notebooks, illustrations, photographs, and graphs of experimental results. Gordy's professional career, particularly his work at Duke, is well represented. Much of the material stems from his research in the Duke Microwave Laboratory. The correspondence in the collection is mainly professional. A few materials, such as trip souvenirs, represent Gordy's personal life. Major subjects include microwave spectroscopy, microwave radar, the Duke Microwave Laboratory, and the Duke Department of Physics.