Scrapbooks, lesson materials, and other materials relating to child development and marriage classes.

The majority of the collection is related to Spark's work as an author. This includes biographical material, correspondence from readers and publishers, manuscripts and printer proofs, and other material Sparks collected relating to her books. There is also correspondence and information documenting the mission she and her husband served for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Dates range from 1949 to 2005.

Contains the records of the Women's Research Institute regarding the general conditions of women. Records include information on child development and child care, the economic and legal status of women, resources available to women, information on the women's movement and the Equal Rights Amendments, women's health issues, including abortion, fertility, and depression, women's history, gender roles, and women and religion, 1973-1992.