The papers consist of background and biographical research, correspondence, financial and tax records, motion picture scripts and production records relating to the motion picture "Heartland." The 35mm and 16mm film materials are all part of the "Heartland" project.

Correspondence of Lee, including correspondence concerning "Ghost-town," Garfield Co. School District, President Wilkinson, and other various personal correspondence, dated 1934-1980.

Educational papers, including pamphlets, handbooks, essays and papers, dated 1935-1972. Includes teaching notes, information on teaching in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and on teaching children.

Drafts of essays and other creative works by Lee, circa 1980-1981. Some works deal with Mormon and Western themes, as well as religious topics.

Unidentified or miscellaneous notes, circa 1930-1979.

Personal and family history of Lee, including biographies, certificates, essays, and correspondence, circa 1915-1937. Includes information on his personal history, as well as biographies of members of the Lee, Woolf, Hansen, Sorenson, and Holman families.

Contains unpublished maunscripts and drafts of short stories and essays by Lee; undated. Many of these works have Mormon themes, including historical accounts of life Kirtland, Ohio and Missouri.

Contains microfilm copies of histories, correspondence, and other records on Native American tribes compiled by Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker. Dated approximately 1848 to 1970.

Contains oversize indexes and other material compiled by Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker. Dated approximately 1891 to 1970.

Conaints records on California Indians compiled by Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker. Dated approximately 1948 to 1966.