Myrna S. Pearson’s papers contain analytical data; student research data, laboratory notebooks, and research papers; correspondence between Myrna S. Pearson and area researchers and water quality professionals including Dr. Phillip Gidley, the Town of Norton, students, Wheaton College administrators and colleagues; newspaper articles about Norton Reservoir and area water bodies; official reports on Norton Reservoir Dredging Project, Norton Reservoir Regional Management Workshops, and Norton Reservoir Diagnostic Water Quality Study; Pearson Research Report on Town of Norton; research on history of Norton and Norton Reservoir. In 2013, this collection was removed from Myrna S. Pearson’s classroom and boxed.