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Large bound daily diary; hand-written entries

Black leather-bound; hand-written entries; more of a notebook

Black leather-bound; hand-written entries; more of a notebook

General Correspondence – Letters wishing Steele success in South Africa. Handwritten.

General Correspondence – Letters, many from family members; includes a letter from S.S. Cornelia, a teacher at Flora’s school in Montreal. Handwritten.

General Correspondence – Various matters including congratulations on position with the South African Constabulary. Handwritten.

General Correspondence – Letters sent to Sam Steele upon his return to England from the Boer War in South Africa; includes invitations, general congratulatory notes; and many inquiries from families of men enlisted in the Boer War. Handwritten; Typewritten.

General Correspondence – One letter from [S.D.], a Boer War veteran. Handwritten.

Telegram sent to SBS from a volunteer applying for an appointment in South Africa. Handwritten.

Handwritten letter regarding horses to be transported on the S.S. Monterey for South Africa.

Correspondence sent to Colonel Steele in his capacity as Commander of the Lord Strathcona's Horse; various matters.

Typewritten letter from F.W. Taylor, Bank of Montreal regarding LSH accounts and payments.

Handwritten letter to SBS from Lord Dundonald, re: transport complaint.

Typewritten letter to SBS from J. Lyons Biggar discussing various matters and with an attached stores list.

Letter prepared by J.S.O'Halloran, Secretary, Royal Colonial Institute, with added annotations by SBS, re: London visit.

Handwritten letter to SBS from Chas. {Wooly?] thanking Steele for the interest he took in his son Tom who served with LSH under Steele.

Correspondence sent to Colonel Steele in his capacity as Commander of the Lord Strathcona's Horse; includes continued general correspondence around final payments and discharge papers.

Correspondence sent to Colonel Steele in his capacity as Commander of the Lord Strathcona's Horse; includes continued general correspondence and memoranda around final payments, medals distribution, insurance claims, and death reports for men killed while serving with LSH during the Boer War. Included are two detailed letters went to the mother of a young man (Douglas Brayfield) killed during the war.

Typewritten letter to SBS from Henry J. Brereton, asking for an address of an LSH Captain.

Correspondence sent to Colonel Steele in his capacity as Commander of the Lord Strathcona's Horse; includes continued general correspondence and memoranda around medal disbursements, final payments, death reports, discharge papers, and tying up loose ends.

Letters sent to Colonel Steele, re: acquiring a sculptor to create a monument erected to the members of Lord Strathcona's Horse who fell in action in South Africa, for placement in Calgary. Includes an explanatory letter from SBS describing the horses used by LSH (and with the NWMP and Canadian Mounted Rifles).

Correspondence from SBS's brother-in-law (Auguste); various matters but includes a discussion about the design of a statue to honor the role of the LSH during the South African War, attached sketches and news clipping.

Handwritten letter to SBS from E.T. Logan in response to a request that he speak to Steele's character in light of rumors about inappropriate behavior at a banquet held in London for returning LSH military.

Handwritten telegram to SBS from Lord Strathcona, re: congratulations.

Reports around the controversial removal of gold from South African property by members of Colonel Steele's command.

Typewritten nominal listing of Officers, N.C.O's and Men Invalided to England.

Roll of men on board S.S. "Lake Erie" for the return trip to England.

Colonel Steele's Record of War Service report and a hand-written summary of his military and policing experience up to and including the Boer War.

Elder Dempster Line, S.S. Monterey Bill of Fare for lunch; blank on inside.

Regimental Concert program for the S.S. Monterey, 03 April 1900; typewritten on Elder Dempster Line Strathcona's Horse stationery. 1 pp.

Printed poem entitled: "Lord Strathcona's Horse" by C.R. Vernon of Montreal with attached envelope addressed "To the Mayor, Westmount, Que."

A typewritten and copied one page "Summary of News", printed by Head Quarters, Pretoria.

A negative image printed on paper of a souvenir poster published by The Slater Shoe Company of Montreal to honor "The Strathcona Horse"; three photos are on the poster with Queen Victoria in the centre and Lord Strathcona on one side and SBS on the other side.

A picture of SBS in uniform, with a border of maple leaves drawn around the picture, a crown sketched on the top centre of the page, and a beaver on the bottom centre of the page. The reproduced photograph is sepia-toned; the border drawing is colored.

News clippings and a poem by an unknown author titled: "The Transport Monterey".

Warwicik House (J.&M. Lewin) invoice for crockery and utensils, etc.

R.D. Irwin Wholesale & Retail Grocer (Cape Town) invoice

H.W. Markham (Cape Town) invoice for a rubber bath

B. Lawrence & Co. (Cape Town) invoice for groceries

B. Lawrence & Co. (Cape Town) invoice for groceries (page 2)

T.W. Lewis & Co. (Cape Town) invoice for groceries and supplies

Milner Hall, Private Hotel, Three Anchors Bay invoice detailing expenses for Major Jarvis' lunch there on May 28th

A handwritten note with supplies listed; no name on memo and some pencilled notes (numbers) on verso

A handwritten page detailing expenses owing Captain A.R. Macdonell for expenses related to Lord Strathcona's Horse; written on Windsor Hotel (Montreal) letterhead

Handwritten list of groceries paid for; no name on memo

Handwritten and copied District Orders - 95, sent from Headquarters of Military District No. 9 in Halifax. 3 pp including map (two copies)

Handwritten and copied District Orders - 98, sent from Headquarters of Military District No. 9 in Halifax. 1pp (two copies)

Field Orders No. 152 (photocopy); hand-written 'secret' order for Strathcona's Horse (photocopy).

General Route Order No. 213: arrival instructions from South Africa aboard the S.S. "Lake Erie" to England.

Two hand-drawn map sheets drawn on the back of a memo form Showing Goldfields, roads, and names of Chiefs and their locations.

Black and White Newspaper. No. 465—Vol. XVIII, New York: Saturday, January 13, 1900

Furse, A. D. Tabular Précis of Military Law With Explanatory Notes. London: MacMillan and Co., Ltd., 1896. (front cover paper unattached, stained and ripped)

Seton, Bruce. Elementary Veterinary Manual: For the use of Officers Attending Veterinary Classes. Gale & Polden’s Military Series. London: Gale & Polden, Ltd., 1895. (signed by S.B.S with name and title)

Yardley, J. Watkins. With the Inniskilling Dragoons: The Record of a Cavalry Regiment During the Boer War, 1899-1902. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904. (‘S.B. Steele’ signed in book by Marie Steele)

Correspondence from Minister F.W. Borden, re: Steele's rank, and other general correspondence related to Steele and SAC; commission requests.

Correspondence related to preparations for establishing the Canadian contingent for SAC; Commission requests; and general matters.

Applications for duty; reference letters; general matters; memoranda from Steele.

Memos; applications for duty; supplies orders; general matters; includes photocopied (by H.S.?) of a memo to Steele from R. Baden-Powell.

Memos; applications for duty; general matters.

General matters; includes a letter from F.W. Borden.

General SAC matters; includes a comment about Chinese desertions from the mines.

Forwarded correspondence from SAC headquarters in Johannesburg for information sharing with Pretoria District; letters of reference.

Pretoria. Chinese Cordon related correspondence; general correspondence and memoranda sent from SAC headquarters in Johannesburg.

Pretoria. Chinese Cordon related correspondence; general correspondence and memoranda sent from SAC headquarters in Johannesburg. Includes Steele’s correspondence involved in preparing to leave South Africa for England.

Copy of a letter sent to all District Commandants from SBS regarding forgery.

Correspondence to and from persons beginning with the letter 'J', including Jarvis, Johnson, and Jones.

Corresondence to and from the Middleburg District.

Correspondence to and from the Divisional Commandant, Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony.

Memoranda and general correspondence.

Memoranda and general correspondence.

Memoranda and general correspondence.

Telegrams – Handwritten. General matters, Incoming.

An attached letter from cousin [Sheila] Lindsay in Salt Lake addressed to "My dear Maye".

Telegrams – Handwritten. General matters, Incoming.

Telegrams – Handwritten/Typewritten. Incoming/Outgoing; detailed scouting reports sent to Steele from 'Intelligence' (Pretoria and Northern Districts).

Telegrams – Typewritten/Carbons. Incoming; detailed scouting reports sent to Steele from 'Intelligence' (Pretoria and Northern Districts).

Telegrams – Typewritten/Carbons. Incoming; detailed scouting reports sent to Steele from 'Intelligence' (Pretoria and Northern Districts).

See Scope and Contents note for Diary 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1

See Scope and Contents note for Diary 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1

See Scope and Contents note for Diary 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1

See Scope and Contents note for Diary 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1

See note for Diary 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1

See notes for Diaries: 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1 and 2008.1.2.2.2.2.23

See notes for Diaries: 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1 and 2008.1.2.2.2.2.23 Typed title on Diary reads: "Notes on Inspection of Districts by Col., S.B. Steele, C.B., M.V.O. Commanding Northern Division, South African Constabulary"

See notes for Diaries: 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1 and 2008.1.2.2.2.2.23 First page missing

See notes for Diaries: 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1 and 2008.1.2.2.2.2.23

See notes for Diaries: 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1 and 2008.1.2.2.2.2.23