The Lee Allen Collection of Card Paintings consists of one document box containing 54 paintings on individual cards each measuring, on average, five by seven inches. The collection also includes 48 photographic prints of many of the paintings. The paintings chronicle Mr. Allen's personal experience with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), symptoms of which he first noticed at age 78. They were used in part to illustrate his book, 'The Hole in My Vision: An Artist's View of His Own Macular Degeneration' (Iowa City, IA: Penfield Press, 2000). The collection is arranged in two series: paintings and photographic prints. Each series is arranged first by depiction of left eye ("O.S.") and right eye ("O.D.") activity. Within the O.S. and O.D. groupings the images are arranged chronologically. Notes by the artist are on the back of each image and generally include information about date, time, and references to pre- and post-treatment, such as laser therapy. The notes are transcribed in the box inventory below.