Papers of Bob Kouns and Dee Dee Kouns, primarily relating to their organization Crime Victims United and their activism in the anti-crime movement. Bob Kouns and Dee Dee Kouns were Portland, Oregon, residents who, following the murder of their daughter, became active in lobbying for crime victims' rights and mandatory sentencing laws during the 1980s and 1990s.

Records of the Oregon Speak Out Project, as well as correspondence and ephemera relating to the No on 9 campaign and the related organization Northwest Speak Out Project. Oregon Speak Out Project was founded by Ed Reeves with the goal of teaching gays, lesbians, and their allies how to speak to people about sexual orientation nondiscrimination and inclusion, as a means of combating anti-LGBTQ ballot measures such as 1992's Measure 9.

Collection consists of three copies of a color comic book made for bulk mailing to voters by the organization People For A Better Oregon in 1985, along with paste-ups of the original artwork. The comic book, titled "Oregon's Balanced Tax Plan: Ballot Measure #1" describes and advocates for a ballot measure that would have created a sales tax to fund education in Oregon.