Oral history interview with Ralph B. Bennett conducted by Jim Strassmaier on June 8, 1991. Bennett discusses working in public relations for the Bonneville Power Administration from 1946-1947, his association with Woody Guthrie, and living in Vanport, Oregon, at the time of the 1948 flood.

Oral history interview with Jean P. Black conducted by Karen Wingo on May 7, 1980. Black was the first librarian for Vanport College, later Portland State University.

Lease agreement, report card, and a newspaper clipping relating to the Cude family's time living in Portland and the aftermath of the 1948 Vanport Flood. The Cudes moved to Vanport, Oregon, in 1946, and remained in the Portland, Oregon, area following the flood.

Oral history interview with Walter E. Hazlett conducted by Jim Strassmaier in February, 1974. Hazlett discusses his marriage to Naomi Ruth Long and his experience during the 1948 Vanport flood.

Oral history interview with Ida Mae Shepherd conducted by Greta Smith Wisnewski from August 14 to October 26, 2020. Shepherd discusses her life in the Albina area of Portland, Oregon, particularly the Eliot neighborhood, as well as her involvement with Albina Fair Share.

Collection includes "Vanport City Rules and Regulations," 1943, with map of Vanport and index; photocopy of "Vanport City Flood 1948," an American Red Cross report; "Vanport: Emergency Relief Operations," a Salvation Army publication; and four watercolors depicting life in Vanport, 1942-1946.