The photographs in this collection were taken by and or relate to Grace Olivier Peck and the Olivier family from approximately 1890 through 1977. A notable part of the collection documents Grace Peck's service in the Oregon House of Representatives, 1948-1976, but the bulk of the photographs consist of portraits and snapshots of friends and family members, including soldiers and home-front activities during World War I. Locations represented include Portland, Canyonville, Seaside, and Zigzag, Oregon, as well as Alaska, and Washington state. Activities represented include blacksmithing, fishing, logging, photography, swimming, and Elks celebrations, primarily in the 1910s and 1920s. There are many images depicting the interiors and exteriors of steamboats and ships. The collection also includes three photographs of Charles Lindbergh, one of which was taken during a 1927 speech he delivered in Portland, and one 1967 photograph of Grace Peck and Ronald Reagan. In addition to photographic prints, the collection contains a small quantity of printed material and negatives.

Photographers represented in this collection include many from Portland, Oregon, as well as other places. They include, but are not limited to, Bruno Art Studio, David Perry Evans, Gladys Gilbert, Arvid D. Leroy, Patrick J. O'Connell, Roy J. Peterson, and William B. James.