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2008.1.1.1.2.83 · File · Dec. 1899
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Telegrams and many letters congratulating Steele for his military appointment to South Africa; includes letter from his brother Jim; a note from his former instructor at the Military School in Toronto, Sergeant Major Teddy Rundle; and a letter (with accompanying letter of testimony) from Henry Boyle-Runnals, a doctor who practiced in the Klondike. Boyle-Runnals provides a letter of testimony to swear to Steele's character and that he never saw him under the influence of alcohol. Included also is a letter from H.B. Jayne in which he discusses the upcoming Manitoba election, Clifford Sifton, and other politicians including James Allan Smart. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Boyle-Runnalls, Harry, 1857-1913
2008.1.2.2.1.16 · File · Mar. 1902
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Memos; applications for duty; requests for transfer; general matters; includes a letter to SAC Pretoria from Captain Birdwood with Steele's reply attached to the original letter; memoranda from Steele.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.2.2.1.24 · File · Sep. 1902
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Memos; applications for duty; reference letters; general matters and a memo from Robert Baden-Powell discussing Lord K[itchener]'s dispatches and transport.

Baden-Powell, Robert
2008.1.3.2.1.10 · File · May 1900, [1970]
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence sent to Colonel Steele in his capacity as Commander of the Lord Strathcona's Horse; includes a telegraph on the movement of horses, vehicles, and mules; a telegraph from the High Commissioner; a late pass issued by Steele (and received by Harwood Steele years later); a code sheet; and copy of an outgoing letter possibly written by Steele asking about transport.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.3.2.1.11 · File · Jun. 1900
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence sent to Colonel Steele in his capacity as Commander of the Lord Strathcona's Horse; includes intelligence messages between the High Commssioner and Admiral; and correspondence with Bank of Montreal representatives who handle financial matters for Lord Strathcona's Horse.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.3.2.1.13 · File · Aug. - Sep. 1900
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence sent to Colonel Steele in his capacity as Commander of the Lord Strathcona's Horse; includes a note about Strathcona's Horse 'Marching out State'; and a letter about transport.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.3.2.1.15 · File · Oct. 1900
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Letters related to horses for mounted infantry in South Africa; a letter from [J.L.] Biggar relating his plans for after the war; a listing of stores for Strathcona's Horse; and a letter from an infantryman transferring to the R.C.A.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.3.2.1.18 · File · Jan. 1901
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence sent to Colonel Steele in his capacity as Commander of the Lord Strathcona's Horse; includes copies of the telegram sent from the Military Secretary representing Lord Kitchener on the day Lord Strathcona's Horse embarked for home.

Kitchener, Horatio, Lord Kitchener, 1850-1916
2008.1.3.2.1.19 · File · Feb. 1901
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence sent to Colonel Steele in his capacity as Commander of the Lord Strathcona's Horse; includes plans for honouring the Corps in England (with medals, processions, special programs, etc.) and general correspondence and memoranda around final payments, and tying up loose ends; includes a hand-written memo from Steele.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.3.2.1.20 · File · Mar. 1901
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence sent to Colonel Steele in his capacity as Commander of the Lord Strathcona's Horse; continued general correspondence and memoranda around final payments, and tying up loose ends; includes a list of the non-commissioned officers and constables of the NWMP who served with the Corp under Steele's command and a letter from Minister F.W. Borden acknowledging Steele's request that men from LSH be allowed to join the South African Constabulary.

Borden, F.W. (Frederick William), Sir, 1847-1917
2008.1.3.2.1.21 · File · Apr. 1901
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

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, discharge papers, and tying up of loose ends.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.3.2.1.23 · File · Jun. 1901
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

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, discharge papers and tying up of loose ends.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.3.2.1.24 · File · Jul. - Aug. 1901
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

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.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.3.2.1.25 · File · Sep. - Oct. 1901, Dec. 1902
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

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, discharge papers and tying up of loose ends. There are also letters from Minister F.W. Borden discussing his son's grave site in South Africa.

Borden, F.W. (Frederick William), Sir, 1847-1917
2008.1.3.2.1.26 · File · Nov. 1901 - Dec. 1902
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

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.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.3.2.1.32 · File · 1906, 1913-1915
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence related to disputing reports that SBS had behaved inappropriately at a banquet given by Lord Strathcona in London on the return of the Regiment from South Africa. References are also made to a book by W.T.R. Preston and his depiction of the banquet event.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.3.2.1.8 · File · Mar. 1900
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence sent to Colonel Steele in his capacity as Commander of the Lord Strathcona's Horse; various matters including a letter from the Mayor of Cambellton, New Brunswick presenting Lord Strathcona's Horse contingent with a flag prior to their departure for South Africa.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
General Route Order No. 213
2008.1.3.2.4.5 · File · 08 Feb. 1901
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

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

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919