The Pacific Northwest Labor College was originally sponsored by the Portland Labor Temple and offered night courses and continuing education for labor union members until its closure in 1984. Records include correspondence, reports, minutes, lists of officers, by-laws, surveys, proposals, news releases, bibliographies, memoranda, curriculum materials, and financial grant materials.

Collection consists of the records of the Portland, Oregon coalition of Jobs with Justice, a national non-profit organization advocating for workers' rights. The records document several campaigns and other activities of the Portland branch from the tenure of its first executive director, Margaret Butler, from its founding in 1991 through 2016, and cover labor issues and actions primarily in the Pacific Northwest but also across the nation and the world.

Oral history interview with Jesse K. Stranahan, conducted by Bill Patten in three sessions from January 7 to February 4, 1995, for the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Stranahan discusses his involvement with the Longshore Supercargoes and Clerks Local 40 and ILWU Local 8, beginning in 1946. He also speaks about strikes by workers on the Portland waterfront during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1970s.

Collection consists of photographs taken primarily by staff of the Valley Migrant League for their program newspaper, "Opportunity News." Subjects depicted include VML-sponsored adult education and child care programs, working and living conditions for agricultural migrant laborers, labor organizing activities, and community events.

Collection includes correspondence, minutes, policy, procedures, and reports prepared by national, regional (in Seattle, Washington), state, and local boards and committees on implementation and control of labor-management conflicts during and immediately following World War II.