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Pioneers

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

John Steele business correspondence, 1852-1907

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains letters and other documents related to Steele's professional life and business interests.

Dates: 1852-1907

John Steele ephemera, 1868-1932

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 9
Scope and Contents

Contains ephemera and other miscellaneous notes, letters, envelopes, and other items related to John Steele. Also includes photocopies of the title pages of all books owned by Steele, and a photocopy of a photograph of Steele dated 1891.

Dates: 1868-1932

John Steele journals and notebooks, 1846-1961, bulk: 1846-1899

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains diaries and notebooks kept by John Steele, including his Mormon Battalion diary, dated 1846-1847, and a Paiute/English language dictionary, dated 1851. Also includes a typescript of Steele's diary that was created in 1961 but includes entries from 1840 to 1877. Also includes some biographical notes on various members of John Steele's family. Dated 1846-1961.

Dates: 1846-1961; Majority of material found within 1846-1899

John Steele personal and family correspondence, 1816-1922

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains letters to and from John Steele and his family, including his father, John Steele, Sr., his wives and children, including Mahonri Moriancumer Steele, grandchildren, as well as some extended family. Also includes some letters from friends and other personal acquaintances of John and Catherine Steele. Dated 1816-1922.

Dates: 1816-1922

John Steele papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 528
Scope and Contents Contains diaries, notes, correspondence, dictionaries, surveys, bonds, certificates, horoscopes, and military orders. The correspondence was to and from John Steele, other family members, and acquaintances. The materials document the activities of the Steele family, John's militia and Mormon Battalion activities, his missions to England and to the Indians, his migration to Utah, and his life in Utah and Nevada. Also included is a dictionary of the Southern Paiute language created by John...
Dates: 1816-1989