The material donated to the University of Idaho Library by Allen and Eleanor Morrill is contained in one large file box. A majority of this material was collected by the Morrills in the course of their research for a book on Kate and Sue McBeth, missionaries to the Nez Perce. entitled Out of the Blanket (Moscow: University Press of Idaho, 1978). The remainder of the material. deals with the Camas Prairie, but has nothing to do with the McBeths or... the Nez Perce.

Included in this group are many photographs, those used as illustrations in the book and some belonging to Kate McBeth. There are many newspaper articles, some dating from the late 1800's and others of a more recent date, research notes, photocopies of manuscript material., published and unpublished articles, some correspondence, brochures, and several issues of the newsletter of the Nez Perce churches.

The most valuable items in this archival group are the diary which Kate McBeth kept from 1879 to 1891, a notebook in which she wrote down some Nez Perce legends and also a brief history of the Nez Perce and of the missions to the tribe which give an account of the works of Rev. Spalding and also talk of her own work among the Indians in Lapwai and Kamiah, and finally there is a letter from Kate to her sister Sue in May 1890.

The items in this archival group are discussed in more detail in the following Description of Series.