Pat Barth donated this collection which contains materials from her early school days and other miscellaneous papers from her days growing up in the Bloomington-Normal area.

The collection includes “Dick and Jane” children’s workbooks from about 1946 to 1949. These are colored, written in, and well used. Folder 2 includes additional workbooks; Folder contains miscellaneous items; Folder 4 includes two sheet music selections from the 1950s; Folder 5 holds an issue of Newsweek magazine.