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.

A letter from John Steele to his wife, Catherine Campbell, dated 11 March 1878. Steele was serving a mission to the British Isles, in the Liverpool and Manchester areas. He tells of his feelings about missionary work and his desire for letters and information from home. He mentions people he is working with (e.g. “one of Bro. Heber C. Kimball’s sons,” Bro. Barrett, Bro. Dunford), and how the people are reacting to the missionary efforts.