Records of the César E. Chávez Boulevard Committee, and press coverage of their activities, primarily from newspapers. The committee campaigned from 2007 to 2009 to name a street in Portland, Oregon, after Latino labor activist César E. Chávez (1927-1993). After a series of contentious hearings and adoption of a resolution to clarify the process of renaming strees, the Portland City Council voted to rename 39th Avenue as César E. Chávez Boulevard in July 2009.

Periodical "The Compass," 1881-1883, founded and edited by Harry W. Hogue, containing essays, poems, editorials, and Portland High School gossip.

Manuscript newspaper, "Flumgudgeon Gazette and Bumble Bee Budget, Vol. 1, No. 8," edited by Charles Pickett, August 20, 1845.

Photographs, publications, and ephemera relating to Charles P. Harman, Jr. (1908-1986) and Harlay Harman (1948-2001). Charles P. Harman, Jr. was an engineer who worked for the Kaiser Company at the Swan Island shipyard and the Detroit Dam; Harlay Harman was his nephew.

Manuscript periodical "Penny Whistle," 4 pages, August 1, 1859, Volume 1, Number 5, published in Albany, Oregon, featuring articles on Philaster Lee's divorce petition, the death of a bull, temperance, a saddle thief and an editorial on the difference between a kissing party and a dancing party.

Collection includes holiday and birthday greeting cards; announcements for weddings, births, and graduations; school merit cards; autograph books; and miscellaneous memorabilia. Also included are two undated issues of "Picket," a handwritten newspaper published near Mehama, Oregon; and "The College Dial," December 1871, the newspaper of Willamette University, Salem, Oregon.

Postcards and letters from Allen B. Tint (1895-1960), written during his service in World War I, to the family of his brother, Leopold "Lew" M. Tint, as well as newspaper clippings, a poem, and two issues of the newspaper for the base hospital where Allen B. Tint was stationed. The Tints were Latvian-Americans; Leopold M. Tint (1882-1951) moved to Portland, Oregon, in the early 1920s, while Allen B. Tint stayed on the U.S. East Coast.

Manuscript letter by F. E. Webster to Captain Z. C. Norton, of Portland, Oregon, dated August 15, 1852, and sent from San Francisco, California. It is bound with a condensed steamship issue of California News, dated August 14, 1852, featuring details of the funeral of Henry Clay and the death of Edward Gilbert in a duel.