The collection consists of photographs of newspaper owner C. S. Jackson (1860-1924) of Pendleton and Portland, Oregon; family members including his wife, Maria C. Jackson (1862-1956), his sons, Francis C. Jackson (1887-1919) and Philip L. Jackson (1893-1953), and his grandson, C. S. Jackson (1914-1947); and images relating to his newspaper enterprises, the East Oregonian and the Oregon Journal.

C. S. Jackson (1860-1924) was the publisher of the Oregon Journal newspaper in Portland. Collection includes correspondence, 1881-1924, regarding Oregon conservation, local and national politics, and the newspaper business. Other materials include a diary, scrapbooks for the Journal Publishing Co. and on the dairy industry in Oregon; and papers of Maria Clopton Jackson.