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2008.1.1.1.2.113 · File · Jul. 1902
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes letters from men who served with Steele in South Africa. Handwritten.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.1.1.2.115 · File · Sep. 1902
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes a family letter with attached photographs. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.1.1.2.126 · File · Aug. 1903
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – A letter from “The Veterans Locating and Colonization Association” (Canada). Handwritten; Typewritten.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.1.1.2.131 · File · Jan. - Mar. 1904
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Colonel Steele’s largely outgoing general typewritten correspondence, written on a variety of matters, including his application for the Command of the new military district to be formed in the North West Territories, with headquarters in Calgary; includes incoming personal letters and a handwritten listing of the “Personal Correspondence of Col. S.B. Steele” (1904). Handwritten; Typewritten.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.1.1.2.137 · File · Jan. 1905
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Colonel Steele’s outgoing general typewritten correspondence, written on a variety of matters, and incoming personal letters; includes a letter from J. Lyons Biggar. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Biggar, J.L. , Major
2008.1.1.1.2.148 · File · Dec. 1905
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes a letter from F.W. Borden discussing Steele’s possible future militia service in Canada. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Borden, F.W. (Frederick William), Sir, 1847-1917
2008.1.1.1.2.152 · File · Jul. 1906
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes several letters from A.M. Jarvis; and letters from widows of former Steele colleagues Alex Macdonell and D.W. Davis; information about a book on ‘corpulence’ ; also includes Steele’s corrected copy of his record of service sent to the Editor, Who’s Who [interesting to note that Steele did not correct his birth date which is listed as 5th Jan 1855, making him seven years younger than he actually was]. Handwritten; Typewritten

Jarvis, A.M.
2008.1.1.1.2.153 · File · Aug. 1906
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes several letters from family members, acquaintances, and a book order list. Also includes a letter from George Heaney regarding the Legion of Frontiersmen in South Africa. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.1.1.2.154 · File · Sep. 1906
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; including many discussing Steele’s upcoming departure from South Africa. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.1.1.2.157 · File · Dec. 1906
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, many from family re: various matters; includes correspondence around Sam Steele’s disappointment with an article written about him and published in the periodical: “Canada.” Handwritten; Typewritten.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.1.1.2.178 · File · Aug 1908
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes a letter from Sam’s mother-in-law; two letters from Z.I. Wood, Assistant Commissioner of the NWMP; and letters from former colleagues, including E. Dudley. Handwritten; Typewritten.

McDougall, John Alexander, 1854-1928
2008.1.1.1.2.184 · File · Feb. 1909
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes letters from former South African colleagues: [D. Roil]and Helen [Ilys]; and a letter from A.C. Macdonell on Militia and Defence Canada stationary. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Macdonell , A. Cameron , Sir
2008.1.3.3.1.1.89 · File · 01-26 Aug. 1914
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence sent to and from SBS in his capacity as Colonel in Command of Military District #10, based at the Fort Osborne Barracks in Winnipeg; correspondence around the war in Europe and including volunteers for military service; Commission requests; a request from SBS to Robert Rogers asking that Harwood Steele be taken on with the Department of Naval Affairs; a letter from SBS to Lady Strathcona (Lord Strathcona’s daughter) asking for her help in requesting that Lord Strathcona’s Horse Regiment be sent to the front; a printed lecture copied to Steele on “Important Points to be Considered by Guides of the Canadian Service Employed in the Present Campaign” by Captain A.C. Garner, Corps of Guides, Canada; memo regarding mobilization, etc. One interesting letter from the Assistant Private Secretary, Militia and Defence Canada, has SBS's terse comment scrolled on the bottom of the letter: "This man is ignorant". Handwritten; typewritten

Hughes, Sam, Sir, 1853-1921
2008.1.3.2.1.20 · File · Mar. 1901
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence sent to Colonel Steele in his capacity as Commander of the Lord Strathcona's Horse; continued general correspondence and memoranda around final payments, and tying up loose ends; includes a list of the non-commissioned officers and constables of the NWMP who served with the Corp under Steele's command and a letter from Minister F.W. Borden acknowledging Steele's request that men from LSH be allowed to join the South African Constabulary.

Borden, F.W. (Frederick William), Sir, 1847-1917
2008.1.3.3.1.1.3 · File · Jun. - Dec. 1906
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence from Militia Head-Quarters, Canada; the Minister’s Office of Militia and Defence Canada; and Baden-Powell, re: Steele’s post-SAC service activity with the Imperial Government’s Inspector of Cavalry; also further letters responding to recommendations for SAC officers to be appointed to Canadian Military corps.

Baden-Powell, Robert
2008.1.3.3.1.1.33 · File · Jun. 1909
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence sent to SBS in his capacity as Colonel in Command of Military Districts #13 and [acting] commander of #10, based at the Fort Osborne Barracks in Winnipeg; includes letters from the Port Arthur Canadian Club and a former South African colleague. Handwritten, typewritten

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.2.1.1.66 · File · Jun. 1901
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence sent to Steele from Comptroller Fred White; one letter informs Steele that he has been granted a further leave of absence from the NWMP in order to serve with the South African Constabulary.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.2.2.1.5 · File · Apr. 1901
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence related to SAC commissions, and a letter from the Acting Military Secretary to His Excellency The Governor General, granting Steele a two month leave of absence, and directions about how to proceed with his charges agains Captain Fall.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.2.2.1.6 · File · May 1901
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence related to SAC commissions; a letter from the British National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War offering to purchase [comforts] for SAC, Canadian Contingent; a decision regarding Captain Fall; a letter from F.W. Borden; and a Royal Warrant confirming grant of Companion of the Bath (Military Division) to Colonel Steele dated 11 May 1901.

Borden, F.W. (Frederick William), Sir, 1847-1917
2008.1.2.2.1.14 · File · Jan. 1902
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Memos; applications for duty; general matters; includes one letter from Lord Strathcona commenting on the fact that many LSH officers have joined SAC.

Smith, Donald Alexander, Lord Strathcona, 1820-1914
2008.1.2.2.1.24 · File · Sep. 1902
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Memos; applications for duty; reference letters; general matters and a memo from Robert Baden-Powell discussing Lord K[itchener]'s dispatches and transport.

Baden-Powell, Robert
2008.1.2.2.1.38 · File · Apr. 1904
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Memo; general letters including a reference to SAC men being eligible for land grants in British Columbia and Ontario for service rendered during the war.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.2.2.1.39 · File · May 1904
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Memo; letters from the Lydenburg region and correspondence concerning a dental practice, a hospital in the Middelburg District, an invention, and other matters.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919