C. S. Jackson (1860-1924) was the publisher of the Oregon Journal newspaper in Portland. Collection includes correspondence, 1881-1924, regarding Oregon conservation, local and national politics, and the newspaper business. Other materials include a diary, scrapbooks for the Journal Publishing Co. and on the dairy industry in Oregon; and papers of Maria Clopton Jackson.

Records consist of a stock ledger, 1903-1914, and graphs of circulation statistics, 1914-1931, comparing several Portland newspapers: the Daily Oregonian, the Sunday Oregonian, the Evening Telegram and the Daily News.

Manuscript letter from D. H. Stearns, publisher of the Daily Bee, Portland, Oregon, to his mother, February 6, 1882, regarding his newspaper career and dairy farms and products in Oregon.