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Item · 1910-[1940]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A collection of documents relating to Alex J. Swan, a medical professional who lived in Binscarth, Manitoba who served as a Major in World War I. Includes certificates both medical and military, telegraphs, a letter to Mrs. Swan from her brother George who was also serving in WWI, and newspaper clippings from 1940 describing the wedding of other Swan family members.

D. Lamont WWI Collection
File · 1914-1920
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Materials relating to D. Lamont of Maidstone, SK's personal involvement in WWI as a Corporal in the 9th Canadian Mounted Rifles Regiment (C.M.R.R.) and Sergeant in the 9th Regiment of the Canadian infantry Brigade.

Item · [1914]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A WWI-era photograph of Private Hugh Edward Brownlee in uniform, former member of the Northwest Mounted Police in Macleod, Alberta and Regina, Saskatchewan. Volunteered for service in 1914, assigned to the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, shipped out with the 1st Contingent. Killed in France, November, 1916, either by sniper or minenwerfer (mortar shell).

2008.1.3.3.1.2.27 · File · Oct. 1915 - Jan. 1918, [1974]
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Canadian Training Division – Surplus Attachment - General Correspondence Correspondence sent to and from SBS in his capacity as Major-General, C.B., M.V.O., Canadian Headquarters, Shorncliffe, England. The correspondence revolves around the possible attachment of Canadian Officers from the Training Division to Battalions in France for service, instruction, etc. Correspondents include Steele, General J.W. Carson, Colonel Rogers, General MacDougall, and Headquarters, Canadian Division. A hand-written explanatory note is provided by Harwood Steele. Typewritten

Carson, J.W., Sir Major General
2008.1.3.3.1.2.30 · File · 19 Nov. 1915 - Jan. 1917
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Canadian Training Division – Venereal Disease - Correspondence Reports and correspondence regarding the combating of venereal disease and its spread among Canadian troops training in England; includes correspondence with community representatives, and discussions about prostitution, medical care, and venereal disease statistics. Typewritten; handwritten

Carson, J.W., Sir Major General
Item · 1916
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Sheet music for a "Military March-Song dedicated to our Canadian Boys by The Khaki Girls of Winnipeg". Words and music by Loreley Mills and priced at 25 cents. "Also arranged for Milttary [Military] Band".

One photograph postcard showing the Winnipeg Women's Volunteer Reserve standing in uniform and holding flowers on Decoration Day, 1916, stamped in green ink on verso by Lyall Commercial Photo Co. Limited.

Mills, Loreley
2008.1.3.3.1.2.37 · File · Jun. 1916
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

2nd Canadian Division – Reorganization/Conferences Correspondence and telegrams between SBS and primarily Major General John Walter Carson, re: planned conference between them in Shorncliffe, England. Typewritten

Carson, J.W., Sir Major General
2008.1.3.3.1.2.24 · File · 08 Feb. - 12 Jun. 1916
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Canadian Training Division – Reinforcements - Correspondence Correspondence sent to and from SBS in his capacity as Major-General, C.B., M.V.O., Canadian Headquarters, Shorncliffe, England. The correspondence revolves around Canadian Battalions and the subject of reinforcements for these troops from Canada. Correspondents include Steele and General J.W. Carson; also includes Conference record minutes related specifically to reinforcements. Typewritten

Carson, J.W., Sir Major General
2008.1.3.3.3.23 · File · 1916
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Canadian Army Medical Service Reports Report sections numbered #12-16; include information and memoranda on the treatment of rheumatics, Canadian venereal patients, infectious diseases, classification of casualties, and casualty records. Typewritten

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
FC 3216.3 P63 R64 3.7.10 · Item · [ca. 1916]
Part of Roger Pocock archives

Photograph of R.A.F. soldier standing by a motorcycle in front of the orderly house during the First World War. Writing on reverse reads "R.A.F. Chapter (crossed out) ; Eagles and Penguins Chapter ; The Dispatch Rider".

2008.1.3.3.1.2.25 · File · 15 Jun. 1916 - 30 Jun. 1917
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Canadian Training Division – Reinforcements - Correspondence Correspondence sent to and from SBS in his capacity as Major-General, C.B., M.V.O., Canadian Headquarters, Shorncliffe, England. The correspondence revolves around Canadian Battalions and the subject of reinforcements for these troops from Canada. Correspondents include Steele, General J.W. Carson, General Sam Hughes; also includes correspondence with Lady Strathcona [Lord Strathcona's daughter], re: her financing of Canadian reinforcements. Typewritten

Carson, J.W., Sir Major General
2008.1.3.3.1.2.38 · File · Jul. 1916
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

2nd Canadian Division – Reorganization/Conferences Correspondence between SBS and primarily Major General John Walter Carson, as well as copies of memoranda from Headquarters, Canadian Training Division, re: requesting a conference with Carson, and presenting information regarding the Command and administration of the Canadian troops in England. Typewritten

Carson, J.W., Sir Major General
Item · April 27, 1917
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A letter signed by "Mac" addressed to "Brownie," dated April 27th and posted from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England. In the midst of the letter he explains how his battalion, the 244th or "Kitchener's Own" from Montreal, Quebec, was absorbed into the 23rd Reserve Battalion, causing a change in both stationary and writing implement half-way through, and which would date it to 1917. He also discusses his "three stripes" which indicate his rank to be Sgt., and his experience under the command of "Captain McBean," possibly Russel Hamilton McBean of the Royal British Navy.

2008.1.3.3.1.2.32 · File · Dec. 1917 - 02 Jan. 1918
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Knighthood Congratulatory Notes and Correspondence Correspondence sent in response to Steele’s knighthood conferred upon him in the King’s honours list for 1918: “Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished order of Saint Michael and Saint George”. Includes a copy of the order notification; and many letters and telegrams congratulating him on this honour. Typewritten; handwritten

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
Win the War Convention
2008.1.3.3.1.2.53 · File · Dec. 1917 - Jan. 1918
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Win the War Convention Correspondence related to elections in Canada and discussions about how the outcome will affect support for Canada’s war effort. Correspondents include: W. McInnes, John M. Godfrey, General F.S. Meighen, Lieut.-Colonel A.M. Jarvis, Lieut.-Colonel A.H. Corelli. Major-General Garnet Hughes and others.

Borden, Robert Laird, Sir
Item · January 25, 1917
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A handwritten letter from a wife and sons to Sgt. Trumpeter [Private] Arthur F. Burton of the First Canadian Mounted Rifles while he was a prisoner in Camp III, Munster, Germany during World War I. Includes a list of supplies presumably sent as a package accompanying the letters.

Burton, Agnes
Item · February 16 - September 1, 1917
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A collection of correspondence from 1917 addressed to Private Alf E. Price during his military service in World War I, consisting of six letters and three additional empty envelopes. In addition, one collection of incomplete correspondence in a single envelope from 1944 that may be unrelated.

2008.1.3.3.1.2.33 · File · 03 - 05 Jan. 1918
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Knighthood Congratulatory Notes and Correspondence Correspondence sent in response to Steele’s knighthood conferred upon him in the King’s honours list for 1918: “Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished order of Saint Michael and Saint George”. Includes many letters and copies of Steele’s response to correspondence received. Typewritten; handwritten

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.3.3.1.2.34 · File · 07 Jan. - 13 Feb. 1918
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Knighthood Congratulatory Notes and Correspondence Correspondence sent in response to Steele’s knighthood conferred upon him in the King’s honours list for 1918: “Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished order of Saint Michael and Saint George”. Includes many letters and copies of Steele’s response to correspondence received. Typewritten; handwritten

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
Item · 1921
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Periodical published in support of the Edmonton Veterans' Amputation Association. Contains a collection of articles, stories, poems, photographs and illustrations generally relating to Canadian military activity and to Canada more broadly, during and shortly after World War I. Also includes several pages of print advertisements for Edmonton and other Alberta-based businesses and services.

Contents:
Foreword [Lieutenant-Governor R. G. Brett]; Message from the Prince of Wales; "At the Block" (illustration); The Edmonton Veterans' Amputation Association [W. E. Davies]; The Romance of Quebec [Canon F. Scott]; Canada's Last Hope [Robt. T. Anderson]; Amputation Men [Brigadier-General W. A. Griesbach]; A Provident Woman [J. George Rush]; Some Personalities of the War [Brigadier-General H. F. McDonald]; How Many Canadians Are There In Canada? [Harold R. Peat]; "A" Squadron Canadian Corps Cavalry [Robt. T. Anderson]; Souvenirs of the War [Robt. T. Anderson]; Workers in Bondage ["Toby"]; Our Heroes [John D. Hunt]; How British Prisoners Escaped the the Hun Prison Camp [Captain R. F. Henry]; The Song of a "C.M.R." [Captain J. M. Comyn-Ching]; First Canadian Officer to Escape from Germany [Colonel Pete Anderson]; The Graves of Our Dead [E. L. Chicanot]; A Land in the Making [Hon. Chas. Stewart]; The Great North-West [Agnes C. Laut]; The Seance [H. B. Marriott Watson]; Our Fallen Heroes [Mrs. Arthur Murphy]; "Old Mac" [Trooper A. K. MacKinven]; Who Leads the Bay Mare Home Tonight? [Trooper A. K. MacKinven]; Story of a Flying Man Who Brought Down One of the First Zeppelins in Flight ["an Observer"]; Farewell to Canada [Trooper R. T. Anderson]; Christmas With the Stardust Artillery [A. W. De H. Smith]; At Ypres, April 1915 [Trooper R. T. Anderson]; The Birches [S. Jean Walker]; A French-Canadian's First Experience at the Front ["Gleblack"]; The Machine Gunner Who Failed to Hear [Patrick MacGill]; The Silent Toast [Frederick G. Scott]; Hun Bombed Operating Room at Doullens as Surgeons Were on Last Case; The "River Clyde" - How the Navy Won Six V.C.'s in a Day; Horse Sense ["Gleblack"]; Just a Little Tow-Haired Kid [Nellie L. McClung]; "Lest We Forget" [J. P. Gerrie]; The Alberta Returned Soldiers' Commission [William T. Webb]; The Passchendaele Rose [J. P. Gerrie]; A Reminiscence of the Early Days [Right Reverend H. Allen Gray]; Flanders' Mud (illustration); Some Notes on the Old Forts of the North Saskatchewan River [John Blue]; Militia Training and the C.E.F. [Colonel F. C. Jamieson]; The Edmonton Exhibition; The Junior Red Cross [Mrs. M. E. Waagen]; In Memory of Brave Men [Bishop Crossley]; Motherland [Robt. T. Anderson]; Bivvies in France [Robt. T. Anderson]; On the "Duck-Walks" East of Ypres [Robt. T. Anderson]; Somewhere [Robt. T. Anderson]; The Unbroken Line [Canon Scott]; The Super-Nelson; Cool Cracksmen; On Active Service ["Cobber"]; The Coal Resources of Alberta [Howard Stutchbury].

Edmonton Veterans' Amputation Association
Item · Jul., 1936
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A printed letter notifying the recipient of the sender’s pilgrimage to the unveiling of Canada’s Memorial on Vimy Ridge and to the Battlefields of France and Belgium. The pilgrimage notification was signed by W. E. Marley. The letter was mailed from the Canadian Pacific Steamship, the S.S. Montrose, to Mr P.L. James in Victoria, British Columbia on July 16, 1936. The letter was also stamped in Quebec on July 18, 1936. The printed letter provides details about the war memorial structure and its significance and symbolism of Vimy Ridge. Many of the regiments that participated in the Battle of Vimy Ridge were Prairie Regiments.

Marley, W.E.
Item · August 25, 1944
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Vol. II No. 32 of Out of the Scramble ("Hot off the Tarmac"), a World War II-era newsletter for the No. 17 Service Flying Training School in Souris, Manitoba. Includes local news, book recommendations, jokes and anecdotes, comics, lists of graduates and transfers, athletics report, a call for submissions, and an apology for the print quality, as they were "really having trouble in getting the good quality mimeo paper."

2008.2.1.1.3.190 · Item · 07 Jun. 1915
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Handwritten letter from [Jean] Hughes, thanking Marie for her support at a meeting; the letter is postmarked June 7th, 1915 at Winnipeg.

Steele, Marie (de Lotbinière Harwood), 1859-1951
2008.1.1.1.2.252 · File · Nov 1914
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: primarily related to the securing of personnel for military units and the question of Steele commanding a 2nd Canadian battalion; * includes a letter (dated 18 Nov 1914) from R.B.B. Bennett that H.S. marked ‘for use only if necessary.’ Handwritten; Typewritten.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.1.1.2.263 · File · Apr 1915
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, incoming and outgoing, re: various matters; including further correspondence related to the “Forty Years” publication; letters of congratulations to Steele for his book, as well as being named Commander of the 2nd Canadian Division, etc. Handwritten; Typewritten.

McMillan, Daniel Hunter
2008.1.1.1.2.267 · File · Aug 1915
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes letters from family and friends: Reverend Canon Ronald Hilton, T. Bland Strange, Bethune Lindsay, and others; as well as a tenancy agreement and proof of Steele’s entry for a “Who’s Who” volume. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.1.1.2.269 · File · Oct 1915
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; including a letter from Steele’s brother Godfrey, and other friends and acquaintances, including Bethune Lindsay. Handwritten.

Steele, Godfrey MacNeil
2008.1.1.1.2.270 · File · Nov 1915
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes a letter from John McDougall reminiscing about the Cypress Hills situation; from J.A. Rattray; from A.C. Macdonell writing from ‘the field’, and from other colleagues and friends. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Macdonell , A. Cameron , Sir
2008.1.1.1.2.272 · File · Jan 1916
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes letters from brother Jim; John McDougall, Mrs. D.W. Davis and others, many thanking Steele for the received copy of his book. Handwritten; Typewritten.

McDougall, John Alexander, 1854-1928
2008.1.1.1.2.290 · File · Aug. 1917
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes a letter with attached photograph from Lieutenant Eric Smith; and letters from many other friends and colleagues. Handwritten; Typewritten.

McMillan, Daniel Hunter
2008.1.1.1.2.296 · File · Jan. 1918
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, incoming and outgoing, re: various matters; includes many letters from family and friends offering Steele congratulations on his recent knighthood; includes a letter from Prime Minister R.L. Borden; also letters revolving around SBS’s campaign to oppose his forced retirement, and request to remain active in the Canadian Military War campaign. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Borden, Robert Laird, Sir
2008.1.1.1.3.7.38 · Item · 02 Jul. 1915
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Handwritten letter with envelope from Flora in Winnipeg to her father at Shorncliffe Camp in Kent, England. Flora talks about her and Gerrtrude's social activites in Winnipeg; describes being at Camp Sewell for Dominion Day, and talking to former NWMP officers from Macleod: Quartermaster Patterson, and George Casey, and assures her father that she and Gertrude are not worrying their mother. 9 pp.

Steele, Flora
2008.1.1.1.3.7.39 · Item · 25 Jul. 1915
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Handwritten letter from Flora in Lang, Saskatchewan to her father at Shorncliffe Camp, Kent, England. She and Gertrude are on a visit to Saskatchewan and much of the letter is spent discussing where they will go and who they will visit while travelling about Saskatchewan. 4pp.

Steele, Flora
2008.1.1.1.3.7.41 · Item · 10 Aug. 1915
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Handwritten letter with envelope from Flora in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to her father at Shorncliffe Camp, Kent, England. Flora continues to discuss her and Gertrude's travels in Saskatchewan, and comments on the various people they visit or spend time with, and the heat spell they are enduring. 8 pp.

Steele, Flora
2008.1.1.1.3.10 · File · 1909, 1914-1918
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Letters sent to SBS from his son Harwood, includes early letters written from Calgary in 1909, and later letters describing his military experiences; includes telegrams and one letter dated January 5th, [1916? 1917?] marked by H.S. 'for use only if necessary'. Hand-written

Steele, Harwood
2008.1.1.1.3.10.14 · Item · 02 Aug. 1916
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Handwritten letter from Harwood in France to SBS at Shorncliffe, England. Harwood writes about the possibility of doing a course in England, provided he is given official military permission to do so. 2 sheets and envelope.

Steele, Harwood
2008.1.1.1.3.10.8 · Item · 23 Jan. 1917
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Handwritten letter from Harwood with the 27th Canadian Battalion in France to SBS at Shorncliffe, England; Harwood is responding to his father's letters, and discussing his experiences and hope of getting back to England. He has burned, at Sam's request, one of these letters received. 3 sheets and envelope.

Steele, Harwood
2008.1.1.1.3.10.45 · Item · 19 Sep. 1917
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Handwritten letter from Harwood Steele in France to SBS in England. Harwood comments on Sam's visit with Rev. R. Stewart Patterson, discusses staff courses, and talks about conscription in Canada, etc. 3 sheets and envelope.

Steele, Harwood
2008.1.1.1.3.10.26 · Item · 21 Jan. 1918
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Handwritten letter from Harwood in France to SBS at Shorncliffe, England; he writes further about what he hears in terms of promotions and movement within military in France, and shares his father's anger at the way SBS is being treated by the Canadian Military. 1 sheet and envelope.

Steele, Harwood
2008.1.1.1.3.10.41 · Item · 26 Jan. 1918
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Handwritten letter form Harwood Steele in France to SBS at Shorncliffe, England. In the letter, Harwood discusses his improved health; General [Ketchen's] recent promotion; the attacks on Sir Douglas Haig; etc. 2 sheets and envelope.

Steele, Harwood
Ketchen to SBS: 10 Aug 1915
2008.1.1.1.3.8.5 · Item · 10 Aug. 1915
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Handwritten letter from H.D.B. Ketchen at Otterpool Camp (Kent, England) to SBS at Shorncliffe. Ketchen is writing to recommend SBS arrange a billet for Colonel Corelli.

Ketchen, H.D.B.