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Hand-written intelligence reports sent to S.B. Steele about criminal activity and gang members in the Klondike.

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.

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.

A map of Canada featuring three marked paths travelled by Sam Steele; Collingwood to Fort Garry in 1870 and 1873, Fort Dufferin to Fort Edmonton in 1874, and Vancouver to the Klondike (Dawson) in 1898. Three illustrations show a man panning for gold, a First Nations community, and five people on a boat in a river.

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".

Correspondence from Superintendent Steele to various persons; includes his written proceedings of an investigation into a theft of money.

Outgoing flimsy copies of letters written bu Superintendent Steele while posted in Dawson City, Yukon; includes some covering explanatory notes by Harwood Steele.

Correspondence sent to Steele related to his duties in the Yukon, including that of Commission Council member; various matters are discussed including a lengthy outlining of a domestic situation, and a letter of appreciation from the Presbyterian Minister in Dawson for Steele's establishment of law and order in the Territory.

Correspondence sent to Steele related to his duties in the Yukon, including that of Commission Council member, from Commissioner Ogilvie, NWMP Commissioner Herchmer, and others, re: police administration, customs collecting, a police case, and his invitation to the 4th of July celebration in Dawson.

Correspondence sent to Steele from Comptroller Fred White, discussing (in both an official and private capacity) Steele's transfer back to the North West from the Yukon and the decision to transfer Inspector Harper back to the Territories; a letter from a John Gillespie, discussing his return to Dawson; and a letter marked personal sent to SBS from [J. Burstall] regarding monies owing SBS.

Correspondence sent to Steele related to his duties in the Yukon from Fred White, Yukon Commissioner James. M. Walsh, A.B. Perry, and William Pearce, Superintendent of Mines; includes a completed Chilkoot Pass duty form and instructions for Steele's transfer to Dawson.

Bills, invoices, and supply lists.

Bills, invoices, and supply lists; includes a signed note from Steele to Cowdry Bros. Bankers.

Monthly report of Superintendent S.B. Steele at Dawson City, Yukon; type-written.

Sheet maps stamped with N.W. Mounted Police on back; includes the following numbered sheets: 1. Sheet No. 2 - Yukon Map 2. Sheet No. 4 - Yukon Map 3. Sheet No. 5 - Yukon Map 4. Sheet No. 6 - Yukon Map 5. Sheet No. 7 - Yukon Map 6. Sheet No. 10 - Yukon Map

Published by the Surveyor-General's Office, Department of the Interior, March 1898

Attached letter to SBS from P.H. Belcher, re: mining claims in the Yukon, dated July 5, 1907

SBS describes Dawson fire on evening of April 26th, 1899

Includes several news clippings related to events and people in the Yukon

Attached with letter are legal documents around a law suit brought against SBS by Joseph McFarland, re: monies owed; includes a letter from the Manager of the Union Bank of Canada in Lethbridge

Includes attached news clippings, re: NWMP

Includes an attached letter to SBS from Fred White, NWMP comptroller, re: seeing Mrs. Steele in Ottawa

In this letter, Sam describes some of the women he has visited in Dawson, and supposes Marie will find him "quite a ladies man!"

Typewritten letter from T.M. McAdam, an attorney in Iowa, referencing an insurance claim for a young man who died in the Yukon; letter is dated February 3rd, 1900.