Papers relating to Harry Lane (1855-1917), who was mayor of Portland, Oregon, from 1905-1909 and a U.S. senator for Oregon from 1913 until his death. Papers include a small amount of original correspondence from and to Lane; drafts and research materials for a biography by the Federal Writers' Project, circa 1940; news clippings about Lane; and writings and notes by Lane's daughter Nina Lane McBride (later Nina Lane Faubion).

Fred Lockley (1871-1958) was a well-known columnist for the Oregon Journal. Collection consists of reminiscences, notes and stories, circa 1920-1940, regarding Oregon pioneers, including the Lane family, and steamboating in the Pacific Northwest.