Drawings by and photographs of or relating to Gordon Gilkey (1912-2000) from his childhood and early adulthood. Gilkey was an artist, a professor at Oregon State University, and an art collector. Most of the drawings in the collection are practice cartoon drawings Gilkey did through a correspondence course.

Oral history interview with Gordon W. Gilkey by Jim Strassmaier, conducted from January 19 to April 1, 1998. Gilkey was an artist and a curator at the Portland Art Museum, as well as an art professor at Stephens College in Missouri, Oregon State University, and the Pacific Northwest College of Art.