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A speech by SBS presented at the Old Timer's Banquet in Winnipeg in ca. April, 1909, and titled: "Red River Expedition". 4 copies of speech, type-written, annotated by SBS, 6 pp.

Handwritten last will and testimony of Elmes Steele (SBS's father), dated March 21, 1861.

Clarke, Seymour. A Sketch of The Waterloo Campaign: A Short Tactical Study for Young Officers: To Which is Added The Duke of Wellington’s Despatch. Gale & Polden’s Military Series. London: Gale & Polden Ltd., 1903.

Coyne, Jas. et al. “Ducit Amor Patriae” Niagara Historical Society No, 4. Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario: 1899. (inscribed “Compliments of Niagara Historical Society”)

Creasy, Edward. Some Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo. London: Blackie and Son Limited. [1913]. (abridged version of The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World (1851); inscribed on front inside page: ‘To my darling Sam knowing how fond you are of Battles, Maye. Xmas 1914.’)

Cruikshank, E. The Administration of Sir James Craig.-A Chapter in Canadian History. From the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Third Series – 1908-1909. Ottawa: Royal Society of Canada, 1909. (inscribed on cover: ‘Col S.B. Steele, C.B. with compts of E.A.C.)

Cruikshank, E., ed. The Documentary History of the Campaign Upon the Niagara Frontier in the Year 1813: Part 1 January to June, 1813. Welland, Ontario: The Lundy Lane Historical Society, 1902. (inscribed on inside cover: ‘To Colonel S.B. Steele C.B. with compliments of Ernest Cruikshank’ and signed twice by S.B.S with name and’ S.A.C’.)

Cruikshank, Ernest. War of 1812-13. Welland, Ontario: The Lundy Lane Historical Society, [1902]. (a compilation of publications published by Ernest Cruikshank for the Lundy Land Historical Society, gold lettering on the front cover includes title and ‘Col. S.B. Steele, C.B.M.V.O.’; inscribed on inside cover: ‘With love & best wishes from your affectionate wife Maye Steele Montreal March 19th, 1902)

Dionne, N.E. and A. Leblond De Brumath. The Makers of Canada: French Regime/ Champlain; Bishop Laval. University Edition Vol. I. Toronto: Morang & Co., Limited, 1910. (missing spine and unattached back cover)

Fortescue, J.W. British Campaigns in Flanders 1690-1794: Being Extracts from “A History of the British Army”. London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1918. (S.B. Steele written in Marie’s handwriting at front of book)

Galvayne, Sydney. The XXth Century Book on the Horse. 2nd ed. London: Bailliére, Tindall and Cox, 1900. (‘S.B. Steele’ signed in book by Marie Steele)

Garrett, J.C., A.F. Ball and Janet Carnochan. “Ducit Amor Patriae” Niagara Historical Society No, 7. Niagara, Ontario: Niagara Historical Society, [1900]. (loose pages and unattached cover; inscribed on cover: “Compliments of Niagara Historical Society”)

Addison, Robert et al. “Ducit Amor Patriae” Niagara Historical Society No, 5. Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, 1899. (inscribed “Compliments of Niagara Historical Society)

Great Britain. War Office. The Army List for August, 1857. London: Published by Authority, 1857. (torn and ripped front cover).

Griffiths, F.A. The Artillerist’s Manual and British Soldier’s Compendium. 8th ed. London: Published by Authority, 1859. (signed twice at front of book by G.A. French with [title], place (Quebec) and date (22/8/70))

Hart, H.G. The New Annual Army List, and Militia List Exhibiting the Rank, Standing, and Various Services of Every Regimental Officer in the Army Serving on Full Pay. London: John Murray, 1862. (binding spine is unattached from book)

Hart, H.G. The New Annual Army List, and Militia List, for 1860. Vol. 21. London: John Murray, 1860.

Harwood, C.A. The Fort Garry Convention. Montreal: C.H. Marchand, Printer, 1909. (inscribed on front cover: “Compliments C.A.H. 28/7/09”)

Hayes, M. Horace. Points of the Horse: A Treatise on the Conformation, Movements, Breeds and Evolution of the Horse. 3rd ed. London: Hurst and Blackett, Limited, 190[3]. (signed twice by S.B.S. on inside front pages)

Henderson Directory, Co. Henderson’s Northwest Brand Book. 2nd ed. Winnipeg: The Henderson Directory, Co. 1889. (back cover is loose and unattached)

Henderson, G.F. R. The Campaign of Fredericksburg: Nov. – Dec., 1862: A Tactical Study for Officers. 3rd ed. Gale & Polden’s Military Series. London: Gale & Polden Ltd., [1892]. (signed by S.B.S. with ‘Macleod’ added under name; ‘S.B. Steele written in front of book by Marie Steele)

Henry, Lucien E. Napoleon's War Maxims. London: Gale & Polden Ltd., ca. 1899. (‘S.B. Steele’ signed on front blank by Marie Steele and ‘S.B. Steele and the date (1906) signed on title page by SBS)

Hunting, William. The Art of Horse-Shoeing. 3rd ed. London: Bailliére, Tindall and Cox, 1907. (signed by S.B.S with name and title)

Bradley, A.G. and Jean N. McIlwraith. The Makers of Canada: Early British Rule/ Lord Dorchester; Sir Frederick Haldimand. University Edition Vol. III. Toronto: Morang & Co., Limited, 1910. (missing spine, unattached front cover)

Huyshe, G.L. The Red River Expedition. London: MacMillan and Co., 1871. (signed ‘S.B. Steele on title page in Marie’s handwriting)

Johnston, Arthur. Myths and Facts of the American Revolution: A Commentary on United States History as it is Written. Toronto: William Briggs, 1908. (signed twice by SBS and dated 1st Jan. 1910; also signed S.B. Steele in front of book by Marie Steele)

Johnston, T.R. and James A. Robertson and William Kirk Dickson. Historical Geography of the Clans of Scotland. 3rd ed. Edinburgh and London: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1899. (inscribed ‘Col. S.B. Steele C.B.M.V.O. Comd.g “B” Division S.A. Constabulary Pretoria S. Africa’)

Keith, Marian. Duncan Polite: the Watchman of Glenoro. Toronto: The Westminster Co., Limited, 1905. (inscribed on inside front cover: “To Dear Cousin Sam with the Author’s Love Orillia, July 1905)

Keith, Marian. The End of the Rainbow. Toronto: The Westminster Co., Limited, 1913. (inscribed on inside front cover: “To The Dear Steele Family With warmest greetings of Christmastides from Cousin Essie “Marion Keith” Toronto Dec. 1913”)

Kirby, William and M.A. Fitzgibbon and John H. Land. Family History. Ducit Amor Patriae Niagara Historical Society No. 8. Niagara: Times Printing House, 1901.

Kirby, William. Annals of Niagara. Welland, Ontario: 1896. (signed by S.B. Steele; front cover is loose and back cover missing)

Le Seur, William D. and The Abbé H.R. Casgrain. The Makers of Canada: French Regime/ Count Frontenac; Wolfe and Montcalm. University Edition Vol. II. Toronto: Morang & Co., Limited, 1910. (loose binding and unattached back cover)

Lea, Homer. The Valor of Ignorance. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1909. (signed by SBS at Winnipeg, 1910)

Lewis, John and James Hannay. The Makers of Canada: Confederation and Expansion/ George Brown; Sir Leonard Tilley. University Edition Vol. X. Toronto: Morang & Co., Limited, 1910. (partially missing spine)

Bryce, George and Robert Hamilton Coats and R.E. Gosnell. The Makers of Canada: Exploration & Settlement of the Great West/ Mackenzie Selkirk Simpson; Sir James Douglas. University Edition Vol. V. Toronto: Morang & Co., Limited, 1910. (missing spine and unattached back cover)

Lindsey, Charles and Alfred D. DeCelles. The Makers of Canada: Struggle for Responsible Government/ William Lyon Mackenzie; Louis-Joseph Papineau. University Edition Vol. VI. Toronto: Morang & Co., Limited, 1910. (missing spine and unattached front cover)

Longley, J.W. and James Hannay and Adam Shortt. The Makers of Canada: Struggle for Responsible Government/ Joseph Howe; Lemuel Allan Wilmot; Lord Sydenham. University Edition Vol. VII. Toronto: Morang & Co., Limited, 1910. (missing spine and unattached back cover)

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)

Maguire, T. Miller. The British Army Under Wellington 1811-1813: A Summary. London: William Clowes and Sons, Limited, 1906.

Maguire, T. Miller. The British Army Under Wellington 1813-1814: A Summary. London: William Clowes and Sons, Limited, 1907. (SBS has twice signed his name and title (D.O.C. Mil Dist 10) in front of book, and Marie has written SBS’s name on the title page of book)

Manitoba Department of Education]. Empire Day 1913. Winnipeg: [Department of Education, 1913].

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)

Meeks, Edward. Napoleon and His Marshalls of the Empire: Two Volumes Complete in One. New ed. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1885. (S.B. Steele signed in front of book by Marie Steele)

Northcliffe, Lord. At the War. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1916. (inscribed at front of book: ‘To my dearest Dad – with Love & Best wishes from Gertrude Christmas 1916 Folkestone’; includes a Hodder and Stoughton advertising bookmark)

Parkin, George R. and Alfred D. DeCelles. The Makers of Canada: Confederation and Expansion/ Sir John A. Macdonald; Sir Georges Cartier. University Edition Vol. IX. Toronto: Morang & Co., Limited, 1910. (missing spine and unattached front cover)

Burpee, Lawrence J. and Arthur G. Doughty, eds. The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History. University Edition Vol. XI. Toronto: Morang & Co., Limited, 1910. (partially missing spine)

Patrick, Millar, William Nelson, J. Malcolm Bulloch and A. Stodart Walker, eds. The Scottish Students’ Song-Book: Published for the Song-Book Committee of the Students of Representative Councils of Scotland. London: Bayley & Ferguson, 1897. (book plate at front of volume reads: ‘To Colonel Steele Officers Non Commissioned Officers & men of the Strathcona Horse from Colonel W. Walker, V.D.J.P. 14 Huskisson Street Liverpool; front cover not attached, broken spine)

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…’)

Prideaux, W. de C. Ancient Memorial Brasses of Dorset. Reprint. Dorchester: Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1916. (inscribed on front cover: ‘with the writer’s comts”’)

R.O. Smith Company. Souvenir of Orillia: “The Tourists’ Paradise”. Orillia: The R.O. Smith Co’y, [1899]. (signed by S.B. Steele)

Roberts, [Frederick Sleigh Roberts]. The Rise of Wellington. The Pall Mall Magazine Library. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1895. (signed and dated by S.B. Steele)

Robinson, C.W. Wellington’s Campaign, Peninsula-Waterloo, 1808-15: Also Moore’s Campaign of Corunna (For Military Students) London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1907. (signed S.B. Steele, DOC. M.D. 10, Ft. Osborne Bks, Winnipeg)

Scott, Duncan Campbell and Lady Edgar. The Makers of Canada: Early British Rule/ John Graves Simcoe; General Brock. University Edition Vol IV. Toronto: Morang & Co., Limited, 1910. (missing spine and unattached back cover)

Simcoe County Pioneer and Historical Society. Pioneer Papers-No. 4: Reminiscences of a Pioneer by John C. Steele. Barrie: Simcoe County and Historical Society, 1911. (photocopy)

Smith, T.W. et al. Canadian History. Educational Review Supplementary Readings. Number Twelve. (December 1900).

[A Staff Officer]. The Territorial Sham and the Army: An Exposure by a Staff Officer. London: Everett Co. Ltd, [1913].

Burwash, Nathanael and Stephen Leacock and John George Bourinot. The Makers of Canada: Struggle for Responsible Government/ Egerton Ryerson; Baldwin LaFontaine Hincks; Lord Elgin. University Edition Vol. VIII. Toronto: Morang & Co., Limited, 1910. (missing spine and unattached front cover)

The American School of Osteopathy. Osteopathic Heath: Nature’s Way Vol. XVII, No. 6 [December 1909].

The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church According to the Use of The Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David; Pointed as they are to be Sung of Said in Churches and the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. Oxford: Oxford University Press, n.d. (signed in front of book: ‘S.B.Steele, Folkestone, Kent, England, 30th April 1917)

The Book of Common Prayer. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, [c.1880] and Hymns Ancient and Modern. London: William Clowes, [c. 1880]. (A two volume set, calf leather with gilded pages; with leather slipcase measuring 12 x 7.5 cm (prayer book signed ‘S.B.Steele’)

[The Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence]. Official History of the Russo-Japanese War: Part IV. Liao-Yang. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1909. (S.B. Steele signed on front cover and title page of book)

[Times Journal Press]. Canadian Club of Fort William Annual. Fort William: Times Journal Press, 1910. (An essay by S.B. Steele is included in the volume, titled: “Some Reminiscences of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Force)

Vaughn, L. Brent. Hill’s Vest-Pocket Latin-English and English- Latin Dictionary. Chicago: George M. Hill Co., 1900. (‘S.B. Steele, London, England” signed at beginning of the book)

Wood, Evelyn. Achievements of Cavalry. London: George Bell & Sons, 1897. (‘S.B. Steele’ signed in book by Marie Steele)

Pocock, Roger, ed. The Frontiersman’s Pocket-Book. London: John Murray, 1909. (loose photograph of Roger Pocock tucked inside book; signed at front “S.B. Steele, Col.”)

Carnochan, Janet. Niagara Library, 1800 to 1820. Early Schools of Niagara. Ducit Amor Patriae Niagara Historical Society No. 6. Niagara: Niagara Times Presses, 1900. (on front cover is written: ‘Compliments of Niagara Historical Society’)

Pocock, Roger. Curly. Toronto: Frederick D. Goodchild, 1920. Signed by Roger Pocock for Sam Steele and also signed by Sam Steele.

Carnochan, Janet. Niagara One Hundred Years Ago: The Ancient Capital and its Vicinity. Niagara: Lindy’s Lane Historical Society, 1892. (two copies; one copy inscribed on front cover: “Compliments of the writer J.C.”)

Chambers, Ernest J. The 90th Regiment: A Regimental History of the 90th Regiment Winnipeg Rifles. [Ottawa: s.n.], 1906. (card glued in front of book reads: “Presented to Colonel Steele with the compliments of the Officer Commanding 90th Regiment Winnipeg Rifles”; cover is unattached and pages are loose from binding)

The Canadian West Compiled from the Government Maps and Revised to January 1907 Presented by the Canadian Bank of Commerce, and marks the location of bank branches in Western Canada. Dimensions:.46 x 1.18 m Scale: not indicated

SBS probably acquired this map when considering his return to Canada from England in 1907.

British Columbia Southern Railway Land Grant and Portion of Columbia and Kootenay Railway Land Grant, British Columbia British Columbia Land Department J.S. Dennis, B.C. Land Commissioner Calgary, April 15th, 1907 Dimensions: 70 x 96 cm Scale: 4 miles to 1 inch

SBS probably acquired this map when considering his return to Canada from England in 1907.

Map of Edmonton, Alberta, Hudson's Bay Co's Reserve

A hand-written letter to Major General Strange from Trooper Edward Cole, re: payment for a horse used with the Steele's Scouts.

A letter of appreciation from the Presbyterian Minister in Dawson, Andrew S. Grant, for Steele's establishment of law and order in the Territory.

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.

1 p. letter, hand-written on lined paper, by SBS; seal affixed; statement prepared by Sam Steele asking for North-West Mounted Police assistance in capturing three men suspected of stealing a band of horses from a Macleod district rance; seal affixed to document, 27 January 1889.

Handwritten letter sent from SBS in Fort Macleod to "My dear Galbraith", discussing the Charcoal Blood Indian murder case; 19 October 1896; 3 pp.

Printed report: "Report of the Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police Force 1888". Ottawa: Printed for the Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, 1889. 206 pp.

Printed report: "Report of the Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police Force 1890". Ottawa. Printed for the Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, 1891. 200 pp.

Printed report: "Report of the Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police Force 1894". Ottawa. Printed by S.E. Dawson, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1895. 235 pp.

Printed report: "Report of the Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police Force 1896". Ottawa. Printed by S.E. Dawson, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1897. Two copies

Printed report: Report of the Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police Force 1897. Ottawa. Printed by S.E. Dawson, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1898. 318 pp. Two copies of report.

Printed report: Report of the North-West Mounted Police 1898 (Commissioner L.W. Herchmer). Ottawa. Printed by S.E. Dawson, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1899. 359 pp. Three copies of report.

Printed and bound reports: Report of the Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police Force 1897, and Report of the North-West Mounted Police 1898. Ottawa. Printed by S.E. Dawson, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. 678 pp.

Printed report: "Report of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police 1907". Ottawa. Printed by S.E. Dawson, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1908. 225 pp. Illustrated

Published reports of the Department of Militia and Defence of the Dominion of Canada. Report Upon the Supression in the North-West Territories, and Matters in Connection Therewith, in 1885. Presented to Parliament. Ottawa, 1886.128 pp. and Report of Lieutenant-Colonel W.H. Jackson ... On Matters in Connection With the Supression of the Rebellion in the North-West Territories, in 1885. Presented to Parliament. Ottawa, 1887. 44 pp.

Department of Militia and Defence of the Dominion of Canada Annual Report, 1885. Printed by Order of Parliament, 1886.

Published Dominion of Canada Annual Report of the Department of Indian Affairs for the Year Ended 31st December 1887. Ottawa, 1888

Published Report of The Commissioner North-West Mounted Police 1874, and printed by order of Department of Justice. The report title page is signed: "SB Steele Supt [?], D. Division, and also signed by G.A. French Lt. Col.

Published Report of the commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police Force 1884. Printed in Ottawa by Order of Parliament.

Published report of the North-West Mounted Police Part III 1900. Published in Ottawa by Order of Parliament, 1901. Report is stamped in three places with "Commanding B Division, South African Constabulary, 9 July 1903".

Published Report of the North-West Mounted Police 1903. Published in Ottawa by Order of Parliament, 1904.

Published report of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, 1908. Printed in Ottawa by Order of Parliament.

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.

Published report of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police for the Year Ended September 30, 1919. Printed in Ottawa by Order of Parliament. Pencilled on the back cover of the report is: "[Met] 27 Regina in 1883".

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.

Printed annual report of the [Department of Militia and Defence of the Dominion of Canada], 1890.

Printed report: The North-West Territories Gazette, December 15th, 1890 (extract pg. 205-218). Published by Authority.

Published Annual Report of the Department of the Interior for the Year Ended in December 1880. Printed in Ottawa by Order of Parliament. Part II includes the North-West Mounted Police Force Commissioner's Report for 1880.