Caroline L. Whiting, known professionally as Caroline Whiting Fellows, received a diploma in illustrative advertising from the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (later, Parsons School of Design) in 1925. The collection consists of two notebooks of hand-written lecture notes, tracings, drawing exercises, and visual research Whiting maintained during her studies.

Notes taken by Cleora Clark Wheeler during lectures given by Frank Alvah Parsons at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (later, Parsons School of Design), which Wheeler attended in 1912-1913. Also included is a set of bookplates, which was the focus of Wheeler's later career.

A student notebook kept by Marion Reed, who attended Parsons School of Design's Paris Atelier in the summer of 1927. The notebook contains lecture notes, postcards and class handouts.