This collection contains Linda Lear's research materials gathered for her biography Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature. It also contains published works by and about Carson.

This collection consists of materials gathered by Neil Goodwin, producer and founder of Peace River Films, in creating the 1993 American Experience documentary Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. Materials included in the collection include VHS tapes, photographs, correspondence, memos, notes, typescripts, slides, ads, articles, committee hearings, and magazines.