The collection consists of reports, ballot measures, and other records for research studies undertaken by the City Club of Portland. The studies concern legislative bills, taxation, social issues, and infrastructure in Portland, Oregon. Notable reports include the 1945 proposal for a Municipal Forest Park; a 1948 study into law enforcement in Portland and Multnomah County; a 1955 report on the effects of water fluoridation; studies in 1960 of freeways and mass transit; 1980 studies concerning school integration; the group's controversial 1984 recommendation to legalize prostitution in Portland; and studies between 1991 and 1992 of racial and ethnic relations in Portland between.