Handwritten letter to Lt. Col. {Erskine Irving} from SBS dated January 13th, 1911.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Hand-written letter from [George Hope Johnston] to Sam Steele dated January 16th, 1911.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Typewritten letter from Mr. Hogg, Private Secretary to James Ross, to SBS, 23 Jan 1911; 1 pp.
Ross, JamesHand-written letter from H. Erskine Irving to SBS dated 23 January 1911. Includes draft passage for Steele's memoirs for Irving and Fury to comment on. 10 pp.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Includes draft passage.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Two handwritten letters from D. Paterson to SBS, dated November 18th and 25th, 1912. They include shared reminiscences for SBS's research for writing his memoir.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Correspondence from the Association regarding annual meetings and information for veterans, etc. Handwritten and typewritten documents
Correspondence, incoming and outoing, related to Steele's clearing his name from charges of inappropriate behavior at this banquet held in honour of Lord Strathcona's Horse returning from the South African Boer War. File is marked by H.S. 'for use only if necessary'). Includes correspondence referencing the publishing of W.T.R. Preston's book: "The Life and Times of Lord Strathcona, with its section referring to an inappropriate toast made at this banquet Handwritten and typewritten documents
Preston, William Thomas RochesterPrinted souvenir of the "'Forty Hours Devotion'" (3 copies); a meeting summons and dues notice from Battle Lodge Masonic Hall
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Military tournament and Horse show tickets, pony gymkhana program, Independent Order of Forester's Permit, miniature printed calendar booklet (1903), invitations, a lock of hair (no identification) enclosed in an envelope; a wedding invitation for the daughter of Major Robert Belcher, etc.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Christmas greeting cards sent and received by SBS
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Ball invitation, hairnet, brochure, imprint, poem: "Myself Not God", notices, wedding invitation, calendar (1909), invitations, memorium card for Reverend John Gray, business cards, etc. Includes a published drawing and note about portaging on the Winnipeg River in July of 1870.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Published sketch of a voyageur carrying a 528 pound pack on his back. Text reads: "528 pound pack carried across a portage on the Winnipeg River July 29th 1870 by a voyageur travelling with Col. S.B. Steele and party."
Programs, menus, imprint, German passport, notes, The Pelman Institute 'Mind and Memory' information. The Petawawa Camp Fish and Game Club report, Steele house description (Putney?), real estate viewing authorizations (Putney, England), Perkins Bull Hospital Masonic Club member's cards, Dover Garrison entry card, etc.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919A hand-written letter sent to SBS's father-in-law Robert Harwood (in reply to a letter sent from Harwood requesting a possible promotion for SBS).
Macdonald, Sir John A.Small leather case containing a permanent subscriber's ticket for the Army & Navy Co-operative Society, Westminster, England
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Small leather case containing a membership card for The Canadian Club, Shorncliffe, England
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919K.K. Empire Association general mail out letter and small pin brooch
Printed [extract?]. 6th Annual Report of the Niagara Historical Society, Presiden't Report, October 18th, 190, 4 pp.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Copy of death certificate for SBS; attached note from Harwood Steele disputing the listed 'cause of death'
Funeral Service program for Sir Smuel Benfield Steele, St. John's Church, Putney, England (three copies).
Typed copy of an editorial published in "Canadian Military Gazette" in tribute to Sam Steele
An empty envelope with the insignia of the White Star Line (shipping).
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Letters sent to SBS from his daughter Gertrude (Note: additional letters from his children are in the Marie to Sam correspondence, as the childrens' letters were sent with Marie's letters). Hand-written.
Steele, GertrudeIncludes letters, imprint items, and ephemera sent to SBS from Captain Jack Crawford, a poet and entertainer who Steele first met in the Klondike Handwritten and typewritten documents
Crawford, Jack, 1847-1917, "Captain Jack"A file of correspondence related to inquiries about the Harwood Family genealogy. Includes letters to and from C.A. Harwood; as well as information and related correspondence from individuals connected to the Harwood name and family.
Harwood, C.A.Hand-written letter sent to SBS from Wilfrid Laurier
Laurier, Sir WilfridPersonal letters sent to SBS from William Pearce, Chief Inspector of Surveys for the Canadian Government; his letters are long and newsy and provide much detail about crops, land use and development, etc. in Western Canada
Pearce, WilliamCorrespondence – Individuals: Roger Pocock Correspondence with Roger Pocock, largely incoming, although includes SBS’s article he wrote, entitled: “Conduct of Irregular Horse” for Pocock’s book: The Frontiersman’s Pocketbook; many of the letters are written on Legion of Frontiersman letterhead, and includes early letters regarding the start-up of the Legion of Frontiersmen, and a printed brochure about this organization. The 1910 letter discusses Steele’s book, and goes into detail about Roger’s view of politics, the boy scouts, theatre, his lecture tour, etc. The 1914-1915 letters discuss the war, Steele and Pocock’s roles in the war, and Pocock’s comments about Harwood’s writing and the publication of his first book of poetry. Handwritten; Typewritten
Pocock, RogerLetter from Roger Pocock to Sam Steele, dated March 8, 1909. with annotations, 3 pp.
Pocock, RogerLetters sent to SBS from his daughter, Flora Steele Hand-written
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora to her 'dear papa', 1 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter with envelope from Flora at St. Urban's Academy in Montreal to her father in Winnipeg. Flora writes about her homesickness and longing to be with family. 2 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter with envelope from Flora at St. Urban's Academy in Montreal to her father in Winnipeg. Flora discusses events her father is involved with in Winnipeg and is looking forward to being with family at Christmas. 4 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora Steele at St. Urban's Academy in Montreal to her father in Winnipeg. Flora comments on her father's letter, mentioning her father's father. She has met a Lord Strathcona's veteran, Mr. John Barry, who served with Sam in South Africa, and she asks about Lord Milner. 3 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora Steele at St. Urban's Academy in Montreal to her father in Winnipeg. Flora discusses debut balls, and describes shooting the Lachine Rapids with her cousins and friends. 3 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter with envelope from Flora Steele staying at her Uncle Bob's in Montreal to her father in Winnipeg. Flora discusses her Uncle Bob's assertion that SBS would have been promoted quicker and further if he had not maried a "colonial". 2 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora staying at her Uncle Bob's in Monteal to her father in Winnipeg. Flora writes about the visiting she has done, and discusses in more detail her thoughts about the English and attitudes towards Canadians, as well as discussing further the Free Masons, etc. 4 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter with envelope from Flora Steele at St. Urban's Academy in Montreal to her father in Winnipeg. Flora writes about her activities, the books she is reading, and comments on people she has recently met. 2 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter with envelope from Flora Steele at St. Urban's Academy in Montreal to her father in Winnipeg. Flora writes about her upcoming trip home for Christmas, the Christmas cards she is sending, and mentions her dental appointments. 2 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter with envelope from Flora Steele at St. Urban's Academy in Montreal to her father in Winnipeg. Flora writes about her upcoming trip home for Christmas, her dentist appointents (her dentist is her Uncle Frank), visits she is planning, etc. 4 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter with envelope from Flora Steele at St. Urban's Academy in Montreal to her father in Winnipeg. Flora writes that she might visit a cousin in Ottawa enroute to Calgary for Christmas, mentions her Uncle Sam's death, and discusses two recent school exams (and her marks). 1 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter with envelope from Flora Steele at St. Urban's Academy in Montreal to her father in Winnipeg. Flora writes about needing money for her train trip home for Christmas and announces her dental appointents will soon be done. 1 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter with envelope from Flora in Clagary to her father in Winnipeg. Flora wishes her father a happy birthday, and describes the visiting she and her mother are doing in Calgary. She mentions Captain and Mrs. Mackie who just left Calgary for Edmonton. 2pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora in Calgary to her father in Winnipeg. Flora discusses their general activities and comments on the weather, her father's health, and a news clipping about Colonel Irvine. 1 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter and envelope from Flora Steele in Calgary to her father in Winnipeg. Flora writes about general topics, and asks her father to please write all he can remember of his own family, so Flora can include it in the memoir she is writing of her life. 3 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter with envelope from Flora in Calgary to her father in Winnipeg. Flora tells her father that her mother is ill, and goes on to request further information about Sam's descendents for her planned memoir. 2 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora in Calgary to her father in Winnipeg. Flora writes that her mother is still not well and suffering with a bad bout of influenza. 2 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter with envelope from Flora in Calgary to her father in Winnipeg. Flora writes about general activities in Calgary, the snubbing of her mother and aunt in the local 'social happenings' reporting; and many detailed questions about the Steele genealogy for her own planned memoir. 2 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora in Calgary to her father in Winnipeg. Flora discusses her activities, her correspondence, and continues to request information about her father's family for her planned memoir. 2 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora in Calgary to her father in Winnipeg. Flora discusses her mother's hosted monthly tea; the visit of Captain and Mrs. Mackie, and asks her father further questions about his family and their stories for inclusion in her own memoir. 3 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora in Calgary to her father in Winnipeg. Flora discusses her activities in Calgary, comments on family members she has received letters from, and thanks her father for his sending "pedigree, ancecdotes, etc" her way for inclusion in her planned memoir. 1 pp.
Steele, FloraA handwritten note to "My dear papa" from Flora Steele to her father in South Africa; 2 pp. and envelope.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora in Calgary to her father in Winnipeg. Flora writes about her activities in Calgary, books and movies she had read and seen, and discusses further her interest in the Steele family, etc. 2 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter with envelope from Flora in Calgary to her father in Winnipeg. Flora quotes clippings that mention Sam Steele, writes about her activities, people she has heard from, and asks her father further questions about his family and experiences for her planned memoir. 2 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora in Calgary to her father in Winnipeg. Flora has further questions about her father's ancestors, and also asks Sam to recount any of the songs he sang to her and her siblings when they were young; includes general information about her life in Calgary. 2 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter form Flora in Calgary to her father in Winnipeg. Flora writes about general matters, and comments on the discraceful Judge [James Wilberforce] Longley, and asks her father for clippings from the Winnipeg Gazette. 3pp. Attached is a letter fragment written to SBS from [Flora]; only a few sentences extant with no date provided. 1 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora in Calgary to her father in [Winnipeg]. Flora describes their new neighbours, and discusses a musical concert they attended. She comments on points her father has written in his letters to her, and discusses generally her activities in Calgary. 3 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora in Winnipeg to her father in Fort William, Ontario. Flora talks about spending time with Mrs. Ketchen, and sends a message to Captain Ketchen about the baby; and discusses general topics including drawing a four leaf clover at the end of her letter. 4 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora in Winnipeg to her father at Camp Sewell, Manitoba. Flora talks about the visits and visitors they have enjoyed; mentions that all now have cameras, and her father should tell Captain Ketchen that Gertrude took a photograph of Allastair (Ketchen's son); Flora writes about general activities at home in Winnipeg. 3 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter with envelope (addressed to Harwood Steele)from Flora in Winnipeg to her father in England. Flora writes in detail about her social activities, mentioning listening to music on a victrola, and boating on the river, etc. 4 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter with envelope from Flora in Winnipeg to her father at Shorncliffe Camp in Kent, England. Flora talks about her and Gerrtrude's social activites in Winnipeg; describes being at Camp Sewell for Dominion Day, and talking to former NWMP officers from Macleod: Quartermaster Patterson, and George Casey, and assures her father that she and Gertrude are not worrying their mother. 9 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora in Lang, Saskatchewan to her father at Shorncliffe Camp, Kent, England. She and Gertrude are on a visit to Saskatchewan and much of the letter is spent discussing where they will go and who they will visit while travelling about Saskatchewan. 4pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora Steele in Montreal to her father in South Africa. Flora writes about missing her father, talks about holy week holidays at school, and mentions letters she has received and written. 2pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora in Lang, Saskatchewan to her father at Shorncliffe Camp, Kent, England. Flora writes about her and Gertrude's stay with friends in Lang and their visit to Regina to see the Parliament buildings, and an outing to the Exhibition, where they say the RCMP musical ride. 4 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter with envelope from Flora in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to her father at Shorncliffe Camp, Kent, England. Flora continues to discuss her and Gertrude's travels in Saskatchewan, and comments on the various people they visit or spend time with, and the heat spell they are enduring. 8 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora at No. 32 Stationary Hospital in France to her father at Shorncliffe Camp, Kent, England. Flora writes about meeting an officer, Captain Baker, who was with the NWMP and is from Winnipeg; she also discusses general matters, and the hope of seeing Harwood sometime soon. 4 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter with envelope from Flora somewhere in the field to her father at Shorncliffe Camp, Kent, England. Flora mentions she wants to surprise her mother when she returns home, and describes her days as "deadly dull". 2pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora somewhere in the field to her father in Kent, England. Flora writes a short note telling her father about her leave arrangements and her plan to be with them soon. 2pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter to SBS in Calgary from Flora in Montreal. She talks about plans for celebrating Gertrude's birthday, and plans for attending St. Urban's School in the fall. A handwritten note at the end of the letter appears to be a note Flora added several years later.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora in Montreal to her father [in South Africa]. Flora describes how she celebrated Victoria Day, etc. 2 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter form Flora Steele in Montreal to her father. Flora thanks her father for his affectionate advice, discusses friends and family, and mentions her Uncle Frank's engagement. 4 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora Steele in Montreal to her father. Flora discusses her preference to attend St. Urban's Academy in Montreal, mentions a discussion she had with the Reverend Mother about Masons and Orangemen, and askes her father about changes in Macleod, etc. 4 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter from Flora in Montreal to her fathe r[in Winnipeg]. Flora writes about how she would like to live at home in Calgary, and hopes to be home for Christmas or New Year's. 4 pp.
Steele, FloraHandwritten letter with envelope from Flora Steele at St. Urban's Academy in Montreal to her father in Winnipeg. Flora describes her train trip to Montreal, and her hope of seeing her parents at Christmas. 2 pp.
Steele, FloraLetters sent to SBS from H.D.B. Ketchen, many written while he was active in the field, serving as a Brigadier General, during the First World War. Many of these letters were marked by Harwood Steele as being "For Use Only if Necessary" and an enclosed list indicates which letters were so marked. Hand-written
Ketchen, H.D.B.Letter with envelope to SBS from H.D.B. Ketchen. Includes news clipping.
Ketchen, H.D.B.Letter to SBS from H.D.B. Ketchen.
Ketchen, H.D.B.Letter with envelope to SBS from H.D.B. Ketchen.
Ketchen, H.D.B.Letter with envelope to SBS from H.D.B. Ketchen.
Ketchen, H.D.B.Letter with envelope to SBS from H.D.B. Ketchen.
Ketchen, H.D.B.Letter with envelope to SBS from H.D.B. Ketchen.
Ketchen, H.D.B.Letter to SBS from H.D.B. Ketchen in Belgium.
Ketchen, H.D.B.Letter with envelope to SBS from H.D.B. Ketchen in Belgium.
Ketchen, H.D.B.Letter with envelope to SBS from H.D.B. Ketchen in France.
Ketchen, H.D.B.Letter with envelope to SBS from H.D.B. Ketchen in France.
Ketchen, H.D.B.Handwritten letter to SBS in Winnipeg from H.D.B. Ketchen in Calgary.
Ketchen, H.D.B.Letter with envelope to SBS from H.D.B. Ketchen in France.
Ketchen, H.D.B.Letter with envelope to SBS from H.D.B. Ketchen in France.
Ketchen, H.D.B.Letter to SBS from H.D.B. Ketchen in France.
Ketchen, H.D.B.Letter with envelope to SBS from H.D.B. Ketchen in France.
Ketchen, H.D.B.Letter with envelope to SBS from H.D.B. Ketchen in France.
Ketchen, H.D.B.Letter with envelope to SBS from H.D.B. Ketchen in France.
Ketchen, H.D.B.Letter with envelope to SBS from H.D.B. Ketchen in France.
Ketchen, H.D.B.Letter with envelope to SBS from H.D.B. Ketchen.
Ketchen, H.D.B.Typewritten letter to SBS from H.D.B. Ketchen in France.
Ketchen, H.D.B.