Typewritten letter to Marie from Fred White, N.W.M.P. re SBS's pay; letter dated September 27th, 1898.
Steele, Marie (de Lotbinière Harwood), 1859-1951Typewritten letter from Fred White, N.W.M.P. to Marie, discussing Sam's pay and mail delivery to the Yukon; the letter is dated November 22, 1898.
Steele, Marie (de Lotbinière Harwood), 1859-1951Typewritten letter from Fred White, N.W.M.P. to Marie, re: a Militia Department cheque issued SBS for his pay and outfit as an Officer of the Transvaal Contingent; the letter is dated January 10th, 1900.
Steele, Marie (de Lotbinière Harwood), 1859-1951Typewritten letter to Marie from Fred White, N.W.M.P., informing her that SBS's leave from the police force has been extended one year without pay; the letter is dated May 30th, 1902.
Steele, Marie (de Lotbinière Harwood), 1859-1951Typewritten letter from Fred White, N.W.M.P. to Marie discussing the Pension Bill, and hoping to see Marie before she departs for South Africa; the letter is dated August 8th, 1902.
Steele, Marie (de Lotbinière Harwood), 1859-1951An attached letter written to Marie Steele, from Inspector Alex M. Jarvis stationed in the Yukon.
Jarvis, A.M.A typewritten letter sent to Marie Steele from Frank Oliver in Ottawa, and forwarded to SBS, re: Police Pension Bill.
Oliver, FrankBlack leather-bound; hand-written entries Memos and cash accounts maintained at back of diary Separate file of loose items retained
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries; more of a notebook.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound; hand-written entries; more of a notebook filled with memoranda, lists, and draft notes One item removed (see separated materials note)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Burgandy leather-bound; hand-written entries Memos and cash accounts kept at back of diary
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Burgandy leather-bound; hand-written entries; describes leaving the Yukon and travelling back to Ontario Memos, cash accounts and addresses maintained at back of diary See file of separated items from diary
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Burgandy leather-bound; hand-written entries with entries related to the Canadian Mounted Rifles and Lord Strathcona's Horse
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Daily journal; hand-written entries Inscribed in front: A.R. Macdonell Wood Mountain and region Cash accounts and mail received and sent recorded at back of diary
Macdonell, Alexander R.Daily journal; hand-written entries; begins with notations on March 8th: "Our marriage day"; many blank pages and intermittent entries Inscribed in front: A.R. Macdonell, Wood Mountain, April 23, 1877
Macdonell, Alexander R.Smith, F. A Manual of Saddles and Collars, Sore Backs and Sore Shoulders. 3rd ed. London: Harrison and Sons, 1897. (‘Colonel S.B. Steele, C.B. MVO’ signed at front of book by [Marie Steele])
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound diary written from Fort Macleod, Lethbridge, and Willow Creek; memoranda at back of diary.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound pocket diary, hand-written entries from Kootenay Ferry, Kootenay, Fort Macleod. Cash accounts kept at back of diary.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries; mostly written from Fort Macleod. Memos, cash accounts kept at back of book.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Cloth-bound daily journal with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; very brief entries, largely empty; one cash accounts notation at back of journal.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; memos and accounts kept at back of book. One item, a note from D.L. Meetison, was removed and placed behind the diary in the same file.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; more of a notebook filled with memoranda and notes. A horse race card was removed from the diary and placed behind it in the same file.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Burgandy leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; memos and cash accounts kept at back of book.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Cloth-bound daily journal with hand-written entries, written at Dawson, Skagway, and Lake Bennett. A list of letters mailed and accounts register kept at end of journal.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919A handwritten report sent to Col. S.B. Steele from an underground NWMP officer, Alfred J. Thomas, reporting on claim owners on Hunker Creek defrauding the Dominion Government. 5 pp.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Printed 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.
Herchmer, Lawrence William, Commissioner, NWMPPublished 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.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Published 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".
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919First 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.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Gordon, A.R. (Andrew Robertson). Report of the Hudson’s Bay Expedition under the Command of Lieut. A. R. Gordon, R.N., 1884. Ottawa: [Department of Marine and Fisheries], 188[5].
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Printed revised general orders booklet; Steele's signature appears in booklet.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Pocock's 1885 scrapbook contains approximately 70 pages, with entries (many dated) in a very legible hand, numerous tipped-in and loosely inserted original drawings, autograph letters, illustrations, and clippings. A few leaves have clippings pasted over manuscript entries.
It is bound in quarter maroon leather and marbled boards, with paper label on the cover (labeled "1885"). A bookplate states "Be Traist" ("Be Faithful", the crest of the Innes Clan).
Entries record important events, which were either personally experienced or gathered first-hand from those directly involved. Shortly after his entry into the N.W.M.P., Pocock was immersed in the official response to the uprisings now known as the North-West Resistance of 1885. His 1885 scrapbook conveys the activities related to the military operations, as he had access to direct information. He also records valuable observations of his life as a N.W.M.P. officer. He compiled a list of duty-related statistics (kit prices, N.W.M.P. personnel statistics, expenses, deaths, distance, and important dates with incidents noted), and transcriptions from other sources, including Riel's personal diary. The scrapbook is illustrated with his own pencil and ink sketches and drawings. Included are letters written to his family telling of his experiences with the N.W.M.P. and events of the North-West Resistance, some illustrated with drawings and maps, apparently retrieved for inclusion in the diary books which were to become the source for his planned autobiography. Interspersed throughout the scrapbooks are short stories, poems, and other jottings. Notably this scrapbook contains an early and very faded photograph of Big Bear.
Handwritten letter from Roger Pocock in Regina to his father in Ontario. Roger describes his duties at the NWMP post in Regina; discusses the discipline, his superiors and fellow recruits, etc. He provides a colorful account of his ride on an Indian pony.
Pocock, RogerA handwritten letter from Roger Pocock in Regina to his mother in Ontario. Among other things, Roger talks about taking up tea drinking, his dislike of the Sergeant Major, and the costs of his living expenses.
Pocock, RogerA handwritten letter from Roger Pocock in Regina to his sister Ethel [in Ontario]. He talks about a manuscript he is sending her, along with his Christmas greetings.
Pocock, RogerA handwritten letter from Roger Pocock in Regina to his mother in Ontario. He asks for photographs to be sent from home, with a promise to send some of himself to his family too. He talks about the upcoming Christmas Day plans, his general contentment with his life at the NWMP post, and describes in some detail the task of being on guard duty; a small sketch of the guard room, prison and court is included with the letter.
Pocock, RogerA handwritten listing of supplies including food and non-food items written on one side of a lined and folded sheet of paper; on verso a line of writing and two numerical figures. The supplies list was possibly created for a NWMP journey/expedition.
Pocock, RogerA handwritten letter from Roger Pocock in Regina to his father in Ontario. Roger talks about how he is out of the Quartermaster's Store, and describes his current duties of stable work and prison guarding, etc. He discusses rumors about Riel and a potential rebellion, promising to write more as he learns further details.
Pocock, RogerA handwritten letter sent to Roger Pocock from family members in [Brockville], Ontario. Family members each wrote one page of the letter, and they include: [Olivia] Pocock, sister Ethel, sister Daisy, and sister Hilda.
On one side is a handwritten extract from a book written by John George Donkin: "Trooper and Redskin in the North-West, Recollections of life in the North-West Police, Canada 1884-1888" likely describing Roger Pocock's experience with his frostbitten feet. On verso is one page of a crossed through letter, probably sent to Roger Pocock, but re-used for writing the quotation described above.
Pocock, RogerA handwritten letter from R.P. to his sister Ethel. Roger talks about a memorial service being held in honour of the anniversary of the Duck Lake Fight as well as a sermon held on the anniversary of the 'panic'. Roger talks of the mail he received, including a revolver; he then goes on to describe the revolver and includes a sketch of it. He also discusses the watercolour paintings he has been working on. Lastly he talks of a new order from his commanding officer that "any man found wearing any article of civilian clothing" has to pay a fine of two dollars. Roger implies that this will lead to a mutiny if enforced.
Letter from Pocock to his sister Rose dated 6 April 1886. Pocock writes about his entrepreneurial venture of selling cigars and about the desertion of four recruits from his troop.
Pocock, RogerLetter from Pocock to his mother dated February 1886. He writes about a party from Regina of new recruits to be added to their troop and about the improvements he has been doing to the camp's recreation room. He also goes over his debts and how his troop bands together to help someone in debt through a raffle system. He closes the letter by writing about the weather in January, the average, high, and low temperatures.
Pocock, RogerA list of dogs' names from and their rank in the F Troop dated 19 May 1886.
Pocock, RogerLetter from Pocock to his mother dated 17 August 1886. Pocock anticipates that he will go with a party of about 30 men to Battleford on 25 August 1886. Pocock describes four men from Montana who were falsely arrested and have been staying in their camp. He ends the letter with a description and sketches of 'Mexican type' spurs.
Pocock, RogerA watercolour sketch by Pocock of the NWMP Barracks in Prince Albert in 1885. Depicts an unknown man in uniform standing at a distance in front of the barracks.
Pocock, RogerPhotograph of an RCMP office and a woman embracing each other over a fence. Appears to be a still from an unidentified film. Writing on reverse reads "The Royal Mounted Police "From information received".
3 p. personal letter to Mrs. Macleod, dated 20th of April, 1910.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-191911 p. typed letter from F.W. Spicer to SBS in reply to request for memories of time spent in the NWMP.
Spicer, F.W.Handwritten letter to Lt. Col. {Erskine Irving} from SBS dated January 13th, 1911.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound; 1 Jan. 1889 - 12 Jun. 1889; 12 Jun. 1891 - Nov. 1892 (intermittant entries) Memos and accounts maintained at back of diary
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Cloth-bound; very brief hand-written entries; largely empty One accounts notation at back of journal
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound; hand-written entries Memos, accounts maintained at back of book File with separate loose items from diary
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Burgandy leather-bound; hand-written entries Memos and cash accounts kept at back of diary File with separate items removed
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound; hand-written entries; more of a notebook; largely unwritten in
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound; hand-written entries, Ft. Macleod to the Yukon Notes at back of diary include lists of Miles Canyon pilots
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Daily journal; hand-written entries; inscribed in front: A.R. Macdonell, Fort Macleod, February 8 1879 Fort Macleod, Fort Walsh Cash accounts record at back of diary
Macdonell, Alexander R.Daily Journal; hand-written entries; much of diary is blank Inscribed in front: A.R. Macdonell Wood Mountain, Maple Creek, Regina Cash accounts records, fairly detailed, at front and back of diary
Macdonell, Alexander R.Daily journal; hand-written entries; many blank pages Inscribed in front: A.R. Macdonell, Supt. NWMP, 5/1/86; other names and figures written in front of diary [Wood Mountain and region] Cash accounts records at back of diary
Macdonell, Alexander R.Daily journal; hand-written entries Inscribed in front with names and addresses and short notations [Lethbridge, Fort Macleod] Cash accounts records at back of diary
Macdonell, Alexander R.Note detailing contract for boat construction, signed John B. Kearney
Black leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; more of a notebook filled with memoranda lists, draft notes. One letter from Cowdry Brothers, Bankers has been removed from the diary and placed behind it in the same file.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Burgandy leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; more of a notebook and largely empty.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919An undercover report written by a NWMP Officer, reporting on criminals and their activities in the Goldfields. Handwritten 2 pp.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919An undercover report written by a NWMP Officer, reporting on criminals and their activities in the Goldfields. Handwritten 1 pp.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919One handwritten page extract of a NWMP report concerning threats and shooting involving individuals named Paisley and Ferguson. 1 pp.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Printed 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.
Herchmer, Lawrence William, Commissioner, NWMPPublished 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".
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Published Report of the North-West Mounted Police, 1902 printed in Ottawa by Order of Parliament.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Published Report of the North-West Mounted Police 1903. Published in Ottawa by Order of Parliament, 1904.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Published report of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, 1908. Printed in Ottawa by Order of Parliament.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Printed report: The North-West Territories Gazette, December 15th, 1890 (extract pg. 205-218). Published by Authority.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Manual printed for the Winchester Carbine and the Enfield Revolver; printed in Ottawa by MacLean, Roger & Co. Includes some added hand-written annotation to the text.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Printed '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".
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919