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A typed report detailing the history of Northern Alberta Railways from the first charter in 1907 to the crop season of 1961-62. The last page consists of unspecified statistical information on locomotives owned by the N.A.R.

Guidebook and business directory, largely focused on Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Also includes some information on British Columbia, Yukon, and Western Ontario.

Index to Contents:
Airways [Canadian Pacific Airlines; Trans-Canada Airlines; Northwest Airlines]; Bus Time Tables [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Alberta Government Members of Parliament [M.P] and Senators; Banks and Bankers [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta; British Columbia; Yukon; Western Ontario]; Barristers [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Calendar; Canadian National Railways [C.N.R.] Officials; Canadian Pacific Railway [C.P.R.] Officials; Churches [Winnipeg]; Civic Officers [Winnipeg]; Courts and Officials [Manitoba]; Courts and Sittings [Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Department of Mines and Resources; Dominion Government Cabinet Ministers; Education Department [Manitoba]; Express Rates and Money Orders; Game Laws [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Grain Commissioners Board; Grain Exchange [Winnipeg]; Health and Public Welfare [Manitoba]; Holidays; Hotels; Immigration Department; Judicial Districts [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Land Registration Districts [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Law Terms [Manitoba]; Manitoba Government M.P. and Senators; Municipal Wards [Winnipeg]; Municipalities [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Natural Resources and Mines [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Parks Board [Winnipeg]; Police Commissioners [Winnipeg]; Police [R.C.M.P. and Magistrates]; Population [Census and Towns]; Postal Guide and Post Offices; Provincial Executive [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Real Estate Agents Board [Winnipeg] and Directory; Registration Districts [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Registrars [Manitoba]; Registration Fees [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Saskatchewan Government M.P. and Senators; School Board [Winnipeg]; Sleep Car Tariff [C.N.R.; C.P.R.]; [Railway] Station Index; Street Index [Winnipeg]; Surrogate Court [Manitoba]; Telephone Rates; Telegraph Rates; Time Table Index; Weather Statistics.

Large, detailed four-colour map of Northwest Canada and Alaska. Includes cities, towns on railways, fishing villages, trading posts and mining camps, "points of interest in the North", resources and general information [in red text], Alaska Hishway [and controlled area on either side], main highways, roads or "good trails", trails, new roads under construction, parks or game preserves, prairie or "well settled area", Northern Limit of Woods, "West Bdy of PreCambrian", and regular mail and air service routes.

Inner front cover includes advertisement [with black and white [B&W] reproduction of photograph] for Edmonton's King Edward Hotel.

Back cover includes advertisements [with 2 B&W reproduction of photographs] for Hudson's Bay Company freight and passenger steamship services, and for the Hudson's Bay Company department stores.

Transcripts of a series of 12 radio addresses on Canada's Mining Industry over the National Network of the Canadian Radio Commission, given between 31 January and 24 April 1936. All speeches given by the Honourable T. A. Crerar, Minister of Mines, except the third [14 February 1936] and the eleventh [6 April 1936], which were given by Dr. Charles Camsell, C.M.G., Deputy Minister of the Federal Department of Mines.

Includes:
"The Development of Canada's Mineral Resources" - 31 January 1936
"The Lure of Gold Pushes Back Canada's Northern Frontiers" - 7 February 1936
"Northern Mining Forges New Link Between Eastern and Western Canada" - 14 February 1936
"The Nature and Distribution of Canada's Gold" - 21 February 1936
"The Role of the Mining Industry in Creating Employment" - 28 February 1936
"The New Traffic That Mines Are Creating for Canadian Railways" - 6 March 1936
"The Industrial Metals in Canada's Mining Industry" - 13 March 1936
"Metal Mining in British Columbia and Yukon" - 20 March 1936
"Canada's Mineral Industry in Its Relation to National Welfare" - 27 March 1936
"The International Importance of the Canadian Mineral Industry" - 3 April 1936
"The Non-Metallic Minerals in Canada's Mining Industry" - 6 April 1936
"An Epitome of the Mining Industry in Canada" - 24 April 1936

Tourism advertisement booklet produced by Canadian Pacific encouraging tourism to the Canadian Rockies. Inside front cover is a list of hotels and chalet-bungalow camps operated by Canadian Pacific. Inside back cover is a list of principal Canadian Pacific travel agencies throughout the world.

Includes information regarding: golf in Banff; the Banff Springs Hotel; "Indian Days" at the Calgary Stampede; recreational activities [fishing or angling; alpine climbing; horseback riding; special events in the Canadian Rockies in 1936 [Vancouver's Golden Jubilee; Sky Line Trail Hike; Amateur Golf Championships]; and a 2000-mile Alaska and the Yukon cruise.

Also contains multifold map titled "Panorama of the Canadian Rockies".

Government regulations respecting grazing lands and hay lands in Western Canada in 1905.

Regulations respecting grazing and hay lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta were established by Order-in-Council dated 27 July 1905 and include general regulations around the issue of leases for grazing and hay lands; leases of school lands for grazing; permits to cut hay; leases to cut hay; and penalties for cutting hay without authority.

Regulations for the administration of grazing and hay lands in the Railway Belt of British Columbia were approved by Orders-in-Council dated 4 June 1904 and 5 July 1904, and include general regulations around the issue of leases for grazing and hay lands.

Regulations for the administration of grazing and hay lands in the Yukon Territory were approved by Orders-in-Council dated 5 January 1901 and 8 April 1902, and include general regulations around the issue of leases for grazing and hay lands; permits for hay; and permits for grazing.

Printed 'Hand Book of Ready Reference, Police Duties for Non-Commissioned Officers and Constables of the North-West Mounted Police, Yukon Territory'; hand-written inscription at front of book reads: "Colonel S.B. Steele, C.B.M.V.O. With Compliments of [W.A.?], RNWMP of Canada, Dawson, Yukon, 1904".

A handwritten report sent to Col. S.B. Steele from an underground NWMP officer, Alfred J. Thomas, reporting on claim owners on Hunker Creek defrauding the Dominion Government. 5 pp.

Published report of the Royal North West Mounted Police, 1911. Reports and Other Papers Relating to the McPherson-Dawson Police Patrol - Winter 1910-1911 and the Death of Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald and all Members of the Patrol. Printed in Ottawa.

First Annual Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 1898. Supplement to the Thirty-First Annual Report of the Department of Marine and Fisheries. Printed in Ottawa by Order of Parliament.

Typewritten letter from Fred White, N.W.M.P. to Marie, discussing Sam's pay and mail delivery to the Yukon; the letter is dated November 22, 1898.

Petition sent to Minister of Interior Clifford Sifton requesting that Steele's recall order from the Yukon be recalled. Includes covering letter and list of signed names.

An undercover report written by a NWMP Officer, reporting on criminals and their activities in the Goldfields. Handwritten 2 pp.

An undercover report written by a NWMP Officer, reporting on criminals and their activities in the Goldfields. Handwritten 1 pp.

One handwritten page extract of a NWMP report concerning threats and shooting involving individuals named Paisley and Ferguson. 1 pp.

An undercover report written by a NWMP Officer, reporting on criminals and their activities in the Goldfields. Includes an envelope addressed to Col. Steele, Barracks

A handwritten report sent to Col. S.B. Steele from an underground NWMP officer, [N.G. Della Tarre], reporting on claim owners on Hunker Creek defrauding the Dominion Government. 3 pp.

A handwritten report sent to Col. S.B. Steele from Inspector W.H. Scarth, discussing claim activity and problems on Klondike Creeks. 3 pp.

Rules and regulations for the guardrooms and cells of the NWM Police [when] used as prisons; a printed rule book for the 'Government of Gaols' in the North West Territories, heavily annotated to apply to NWMP jails in the Yukon.

Typewritten letter from Fred White, N.W.M.P. to Marie discussing the poor mail service to the Yukon where SBS is stationed; letter is dated February 24th, 1899.

Handwritten letter from Fred White, N.W.M.P. to Marie discussing a cheque, mail delivery to the Yukon where SBS is stationed, and the fine reputation the police have in the Yukon; letter is dated February 24th, 1899.

Typewritten letter from Fred White, N.W.M.P. to Marie discussing SBS's upcoming departure from the Yukon, and possibilities for future N.W.M.P. command; letter is dated September 9th, 1899.

Black leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries, written while travelling from Fort Macleod to the Yukon. Notes at the back of the diary include lists of Miles Canyon pilots.

Prather, J.B. The Gold Fields of the Klondike. Brooklyn, New York: The Albertype Co., 189[9]. (inscribed ‘Lt. Colonel S.B. Steele, with feelings of deepest respect; from E. Harris…’)

Two pages from The Globe of December 8th, 1897 with an article entitled: "Riders of the Plains". Policing in the Yukon and the Northwest generally is discussed and photographs accompany the article.

Handwritten letter to Marie in Fort Macleod from Alex Macdonell in Lethbridge, speaking of joint mining concerns and inviting Marie to send the children to them while she contemplates a move to join SBS in the Yukon. The letter is dated June 2nd, 1898.

Typewritten letter from Fred White, N.W.M.P. to Marie discussing her plans to travel to the Yukon; the leter is dated June 8th, 1898.

Burgandy leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries; written while leaving the Yukon and travelling to Ontario. Memos, cash accountes and addresses maintained at back of diary.