CTreeView

What is the best data structure to access and store externally the contents of a Tree Control, tips and hints source welcome ?

class CItems : public CObject
{
public:
CTreeCursor m_treeItem; //Ptr to tree Item
CString m_szName; // name of tree Item
int m_nImageID; //Image Id - index of the image in Image List Resource
int m_nLevelNo; //Level in a tree
int m_nSts;
//int

.....and others items appropriate to the prog functionality