The collection consists of papers, photographs, and ephemera relating to the activities of the Portland, Oregon branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and its president, Thomas R. Vickers. The collection includes correspondence sent to Vickers, newsletters and bulletins, event programs, newspaper issues and clippings, and photographs. Topics represented include civil rights protests in Portland, local responses to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Oregon governor Tom McCall's 1970 statement for Negro History Week, an event that Vickers attended. The collection also includes two scrapbooks that contain clippings, photographs, and ephemera.