Manuscripts
Helen S. Pratt and Edward S. Steele collection
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Helen Pratt papers, (bulk 1939-1940)
Manuscripts
This small group consists of a letter from Hale Woodruff (b. 1900) to Helen Pratt in regards to a mural he painted which included a depiction of her grandfather, James Steele; a signed typewritten note; a xerographic copy of a typewritten biography of Helen Pratt; a photograph; and ephemera related to the Amistad affair
mssHM 65939-65940
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James King Steele and travel-related ephemera collection
Manuscripts
This collection consists of material accumulated and produced by James King Steele during his time in China, Japan, and the Philippines. Some of the material created by Steele includes greeting cards and sheet music. There is also a letter from the Prince of Denmark where he thanks Steele for a book and a magazine.
mssSteeleEph
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Pratt family genealogy and record book
Manuscripts
Pratt family genealogy and record book probably kept from around 1912 until the mid-1930s. The beginning of the ledger contains concrete business records from 1912. Later pages include family notes for Anson Pratt, William D. Pratt, and Parley P. Pratt II. Also includes a record of the wives and children of Parley P. Pratt, a list of Joseph Smith's wives, a genealogy of Parley Pratt's mother Charity Dickinson, and an extended Pratt family tree. The back of the ledger contains notes from a publishing fund for Ralph M. Pratt and M.W. Pratt. With the ledger are pieces of ephemera including Pratt family badges from the Pioneer Jubilee Reunion of 1897, an agreement of separation for Mathoni W. Pratt and Agnes Ure Pratt (1935), a copy of the Deseret Evening News (July 4, 1904), a letter from Clyde E. Pratt to Mathoni W. Pratt regarding family records (1933), and some Pratt family genealogy notes.
mssHM 73032
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Steele Family Correspondence
Manuscripts
The collection contains thirty letters chiefly from the Steele family of Ann Arbor, Michigan, between 1856 and the 1870s, to Ellen Steele Sturges (1837-1930). All but one of which are addressed to Ellen (or Ellen and David) Sturges from her immediate family (and one friend, identified only as "Rebecca"). The aberrant letter was written in 1856 to David B. Sturges from Ellen (it is unclear if they were already married at this point). The correspondence contains detailed descriptions of the failing health and treatment of Julia and Valentine Steele in the months leading up to their deaths. There are occasional references to cultural and religious life in Ann Arbor in the letters of the 1866-1876 period, especially regarding the growth of the Methodist Church and the public speeches of Erastus Otis Haven (1863-1869), the second president of the University of Michigan and pastor of the First United Methodist Church. Though politics and national affairs are rarely discussed, HM 73855 includes Phebe Steele's thoughts on President Ulysses S. Grant's unsuccessful bid for a third term. Ebenezer and Phebe Steele express deep anxiety throughout the 1866 correspondence as to their daughter's safety from Indians in Montana, though no specific events are referenced. In addition to the correspondence, there is a family record, believed to be in the hand of Phebe Steele, detailing the birth and death dates of the siblings and parents of Ebenezer Steele, as well as a folder containing seven empty envelopes.
mssHM 73830-73862
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My Grandfather's story
Manuscripts
Biography of James Steele, an Oberlin College graduate, missionary, and abolitionst. Based on family papers and content of Oberlin evangelist (Oberlin, 1839-1842), the biography is focused on James Steele's involvement in the Amistad affair and anti-slavery movement
mssHM 58067
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Steele, Phebe. Family Record
Manuscripts
This collection contains thirty letters chiefly from the Steele family of Ann Arbor, Michigan, between 1856 and the 1870s, to Ellen Steele Sturges (1837-1930). All but one of which are addressed to Ellen (or Ellen and David) Sturges from her immediate family (and one friend, identified only as "Rebecca"). The aberrant letter was written in 1856 to David B. Sturges from Ellen (it is unclear if they were already married at this point). The correspondence contains detailed descriptions of the failing health and treatment of Julia and Valentine Steele in the months leading up to their deaths. There are occasional references to cultural and religious life in Ann Arbor in the letters of the 1866-1876 period, especially regarding the growth of the Methodist Church and the public speeches of Erastus Otis Haven (1863-1869), the second president of the University of Michigan and pastor of the First United Methodist Church. Though politics and national affairs are rarely discussed, HM 73855 includes Phebe Steele's thoughts on President Ulysses S. Grant's unsuccessful bid for a third term. Ebenezer and Phebe Steele express deep anxiety throughout the 1866 correspondence as to their daughter's safety from Indians in Montana, though no specific events are referenced. In addition to the correspondence, there is a family record, believed to be in the hand of Phebe Steele, detailing the birth and death dates of the siblings and parents of Ebenezer Steele, as well as a folder containing seven empty envelopes.
HM 73861