Collection contains photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, memorabilia, medical records, music, research notes, and family histories. The materials document Connell's personal and professional lives, including his service as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Palestine, Syria, Mission. Materials date from 1947 to 1967.

Contains published and compositions and musical scores, drafts of compositions, and practice books. Stewart's musical works praise Mormon religion, her family, nature, and American patriotism. Many of these are intended for single performers, but some are choral arrangements. Materials date from between approximately 1930 and 1980.

Contains materials relating to the pageant Sand in their Shoes. Materials include original notes, scripts, sheet music, audio and video recordings, and a scrapbook.