Correspondence, photographs and other materials of the Steele-Winters family.

The Winters Family series contains materials of Helen S. Winters, including correspondence, school papers, artwork, and other personal items; Robert U. Winters, Jr. materials including correspondence, diaries, and other personal materials; Winters and related families materials, including correspondence and personal materials from the parents, brothers and sisters, and children of Robert U. Winters, Jr.

The Steele Family series contains materials of Georgia B. Steele including correspondence and personal materials; Steele and related family papers which include materials pertaining primarily to the relatives of Georgia B. Steele, her parents, siblings, and children. This series also contains a significant amount of personal material pertaining to Harold Line's (who was married to Marion Steele) naval service and work at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Also of interest is a memoir written by Mildred Anderson, a cousin of Helen Steele's, titled "My Experiences in the Working World" which describes her experiences traveling around the Midwest looking for work during the 1950s.

The Photographs series contains many portraits of Robert U. Winters, Jr., Helen and family; photographs taken by Robert Winters, Jr. while working with the CCC in Wisconsin; snapshots and photos taken by Harold Line during military service and at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, family homes and farms, photos of the extended Steele and Winters families, and a photo album compiled by Helen Winters.

The Printed Materials series contains a variety of calendars and greeting cards dating back to the late 19th century, including advertising calendars, Christmas, Easter, and Halloween cards, invitations, place cards, postcard books and Valentine cards which document virtually one hundred years of card history. The series also includes souvenir post cards from Chicago and the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition. The Yearbooks and Scrapbooks series contains yearbooks from high schools and colleges attended by Helen Steele Winters and other family members including Illiopolis High School, Illinois Woman's College. Princeton High School, and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Scrapbooks include those made by Georgia B. Steele of greeting cards and clippings, Helen Steele Winters, and other family members. Collection also contains 7 audiocassette tapes of family members reminiscing and singing old songs.