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4 p. Details Marie Steele's reasons for forbidding Harwood Steele from enlisting in the military.

Handwritten letter with envelope from SBS at Fort Osborne, Winnipeg to Harwood Steele attending Highfield School in Hamilton, Ontario.

8 p.

Telegram to SBS at Fort Osborne from Harwood at Hamilton, Ontario, re: acceptance of his poetry for publication.

MacDougall, P.L. The Theory of War. 3rd ed. London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862. (signed in front A.C. de Lotbinière Harwood, Lt. Col. A.G. Militia Jan. 1869; an expression in French is included – possibly a quote from Alphonse Lamartine’s Histoire des Girondins; in Marie’s handwriting at front of book is written H. E. Steele, probably passed on to Harwood after Sam’s death)

May, E.S. Guns and Cavalry: Their Performances in the Past and Their Prospects in the Future. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited., 1896. (signed by S.B.S with name, place (Macleod) and date (1897) and also signed H.E. Steele in Marie’s handwriting)

Typewritten report entitled: "Notes by Major-General Sir Samuel Benfield Steele, K.C.M.G., C.M.V.O. on Some of the Work and Recommendations With Which he was Concerned While in England as G.O.C. Shorncliffe Command". Written, ca. after November 1916 when the Canadian Expeditionary Force was re-organized and R.E.W. Turner assumed the command that had been SBS's.

Handwritten postcard from Harwood in France to SBS in Folkestone, England, congratulating his father on his appointment as Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (on 1 January 1918).

Printed booklet of Standing Orders by General Officer Commanding 2nd Canadian Division.

Telegram from Harwood Steele to SBS at Folkestone, England, discussing accommodation arrangements for 'granny'.

A telegram sent from Harwood Steele in Hamilton, Ontario to his father, Sam Steele at Forst Osborne Barracks, Winnipeg, Manitoba on February 8th, 1915. The telegram is around the issue of Harwood wanting to leave school and go to Orilla, Ontario.

[The Great War Veterans’ Association of Canada (Winnipeg Branch)]. Year Book 1919. Winnipeg: The Great War Veterans’ Association of Canada, [1920]. (includes an article titled: Major-General Sir Samuel Benfield Steele, K.C.M.G., C.B., M.V.O.” written by Harwood Steele)

Tovey, R.E. Revised and Edited by T. Miller Maguire. The Elements of Strategy. The Pall Mall Military Series. 2rd ed. London: Hugh Rees, Limited, 1906. (signed twice by S.B.S with year, and also twice signed ‘H.E. Steele’ in Marie’s handwriting)