The collection consists of papers of Chuck Currie, an advocate for unhoused people and low-income housing in Portland, Oregon. The bulk of these papers relate to his advocacy work, including records of the Burnside Advocates Group, which he co-founded; and records of the Oregon Housing NOW Coalition, Outside In, and the Multnomah County Community Action Commission. Currie's papers also include correspondence with figures such as Portland Mayor Vera Katz and Portland City Commissioner Gretchen Kafoury. Other materials in the collection relate to Currie's work as a minister and to his political activism, including records of voter registration drives and materials for an interfaith sermon he delivered against the anti-gay Ballot Measure 9 in 2000. The collection also includes some photographs; most of these are of Burnside Advocates Group events or of the 1990s offices of Outside In.