The collection consists of the records of the Portland Americanization Council in Oregon. These include administrative records, primarily correspondence and meeting minutes. Other records consist of rosters of board members and member organizations, financial records, two resolutions, and a partial president's report. The bulk of the administrative records are from either the 1920s and 1930s or the 1970s and 1980s. The collection also includes programs for the council's annual reception for recently naturalized citizens from 1922 to 1993, notices for receptions, and several speeches given at 1980s receptions. Additionally, there are some photographs in the collection, primarily of the 1978 naturalization reception. The collection also contains a folder of records of Oregon's State Board of Americanization from 1926 to 1930. Other materials in the collection include information about the council's early history, written in the mid-20th century; flyers and brochures for afternoon and night schools sponsored by the council, which taught the English language and U.S. civics; a scrapbook of clippings from the late 1920s about the council's work and about immigration in general; and additional programs, pamphlets, and brochures, including a 1915 pamphlet about Americanization efforts in Detroit, Michigan, which may have helped to inspire the Portland Americanization Council's founding.