just thought i would share this link to possibly help others looking for info on older ben pearsons.
http://www.benpearson.com/vb/showthread.php?924-First-Set-of-Catalogs
thank you for all your guys' help and i hope that i am able to help some one with this.
The link brings up an "Error 404 - page not found" message.
Sure would like to see what you're referring to, though.
looks like there is a new owner in 2014 & website has been redeveloped.