Photographs taken by Frank C. Hirahara of Patti Throop, a Portland Rose Festival princess who became Miss Oregon in 1953 and was a semi-finalist in the Miss America contest of 1954. Hirahara was an amateur photographer who lived in Portland, Oregon, from 1948 to 1954 and was a member of the Photographic Society of America, the Portland Photographic Society, and the Oregon Camera Club.

Collection consists primarily of photographs taken from 1970-2002 by Donna Pollach, a photographer based in Portland, Oregon. The majority of the collection features portraits and community scenes that document people and activities in Portland's lesbian community, and the women's rights movement in the city. Other subjects include protest marches, performing arts, and animals at the Washington Park Zoo.