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 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 and Mahonri Moriancumer Steele diaries
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231017549]
Identifier: MSS 7541
Scope and Contents
Collection contains the mission diaries of John and Mahonri M. Steele. Included in the diaries of John are day to day descriptions of his time serving as a Mormon missionary, and serving in the Mormon Battalion. He also gives some family history and autobiographical information about his life prior to the journal. The journals written by Mahonri M. Steele tell about his time as a Mormon missionary to England and Scotland.
Dates:
1840-1893
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
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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John Steele papers