The Tom Walz papers include Walz's curriculum vita; academic, non-academic, and creative publications authored or collected by Walz; certificates; photographic material, including photograph albums; and scrapbooks.

Specifically, the collection includes a number of Walz's published articles and poetry, a manuscript by Barry Morrow titled On My Own: A Story Based on the Life of William Sackter, newspaper articles about Uptown Bill’s Small Mall, and "Mass Media in Social Work" course curriculum and academic papers.