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This box contains personal correspondence, photos, certificates (most notably, Rathbone’s birth certificate), and newspaper clippings. Some folders pertain directly to the funerals of Rathbone family members, namely Lynne Rathbone, Gladys Rathbone, Fay Rathbone, Wally Rathbone, and Ken Rathbone. There is also material related to Don E. Rathbone’s retirement.

This box contains personal and professional correspondence to and from Don and Lynne Rathbone. There are many subjects, but the majority of these writings pertain to holidays, recreational organizations, and Don E. Rathbone’s retirement.

This box contains 4 individual slide boxes pertaining to both professional and personal photos. Those related to K-State include campus photos, presentation events, class displays, design work, presentation slides, speeches, Engineering parades, KSU Society of Automotive Engineers, Department of Nuclear Energy, American Society of Civil Engineers, NASA, and Controlled Demolition Incorporated. The personal slides include family photos, Christmas photos, vacation photos, Montana World Fair (1965) photos.

This box contains books and booklets related to Rathbone’s personal life, Kansas State University, and other engineering-related works.
The personal items include a Stony Island photo album and the Schenley Journal (the Schenley High School yearbook) volumes from 1950, 1951, 1952, and 1953.
The KSU items include the KSU College of Engineering Alumni Directory volumes from 1986, 1995, 2000, and 2008; The KSU College of Engineering Fact Book volumes from 1990-2000 and 2012-2013; Legacy: Engineering at Kansas State University by Cheryl May; The Impact of K-State Engineering; and Kansas State University: A Walk Through the Campus.
The other engineering-related items include In My Words: The Oral History Project as told by Perdue History printed for Donald E. Rathbone (1939-2021), Burlington Handbook of Mathematical Tables and Forumlas, Engineering: An Introduction to a Creative Profession, 5th Edition (by George C. Beakley, Donovan L. Evans, and John Bertrand Keats), the 1979 Tuttle Creek Hydroelectric Project Feasibility Assessment Report, and The Making of an Engineer by Lawrence P. Grayson.