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2008.1.1.1.2.126 · File · Aug. 1903
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – A letter from “The Veterans Locating and Colonization Association” (Canada). Handwritten; Typewritten.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.1.1.2.168 · File · Nov. 1907
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; including business and financial matters and related correspondence from C.A. Harwood. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Harwood, C.A.
2008.1.1.1.2.178 · File · Aug 1908
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes a letter from Sam’s mother-in-law; two letters from Z.I. Wood, Assistant Commissioner of the NWMP; and letters from former colleagues, including E. Dudley. Handwritten; Typewritten.

McDougall, John Alexander, 1854-1928
2008.1.1.1.2.189 · File · Jul 1909
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes letters from colleagues and friends such as: [H.?] Irving; A.L. Haydon; R.J. Gwynne; E.B. Edwards; Hugh Davidson; E.G. (Teddy)Rundle; and others. Handwritten.

Gwynne, R.J.
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
Letter - Military grants
2008.1.3.2.1.28.1 · Item · 28 Oct. 1903
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Typewritten letter to SBS from Aubrey White, Assistant Commissioner, re: military land grants.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.3.3.1.1.27 · File · Dec. 1908
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence sent to SBS in his capacity as Colonel in Command of Military Districts #13 and [acting] commander of #10, based at the Fort Osborne Barracks in Winnipeg; includes letters from the Department of Militia and Defence and H.D.B. Ketchen. Handwritten, typewritten

Ketchen, H.D.B.
2008.1.1.7.2 · Item · 15 Apr. 1907
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

British Columbia Southern Railway Land Grant and Portion of Columbia and Kootenay Railway Land Grant, British Columbia British Columbia Land Department J.S. Dennis, B.C. Land Commissioner Calgary, April 15th, 1907 Dimensions: 70 x 96 cm Scale: 4 miles to 1 inch

SBS probably acquired this map when considering his return to Canada from England in 1907.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.2.1.1.72 · File · 1908
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence to Steele from Comptroller Fred White discussing NWMP land warrants and pension rights for Superintendent A.R. Macdonnell's widow; also a pension payment notice and letter from NWMP Comptroller Lawrence Fortescue.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.2.2.1.38 · File · Apr. 1904
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Memo; general letters including a reference to SAC men being eligible for land grants in British Columbia and Ontario for service rendered during the war.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.1.1.2.110 · File · 19-30 Apr. 1902
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes letters from family members; John McIllree; Lily McIllree; W.M. Herchmer; and material sent from a real estate agent in Toronto with information about farms for sale in Ontario counties, etc. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Herchmer, Lawrence William, Commissioner, NWMP
2008.1.1.1.2.167 · File · Oct. 1907
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, incoming and outgoing, re: various matters; including business and financial matters; and queries about farming and ranching opportunities around Calgary. Includes a letter from SBS's nephew Viv, who mentions his father (Henry Edward Steele) and his Uncle John's birthdates, among other things. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Harwood, C.A.
2008.1.1.1.2.179 · File · Sep. 1908
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes several letters from former NWMP and militia colleagues; a further letter from Teddy Rundle regarding his planned book. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Rundle, E.G. (Teddy)
2008.1.1.1.2.304 · File · Aug. 1918
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, incoming and outgoing, re: pension matters, character reference for Sam Steele, a doctor’s correspondence; and Steele’s application efforts for Canadian homestead entry, etc. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Macdonald, Hugh John, Sir
2008.1.3.3.1.1.26 · File · Nov. 1908
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence, incoming and outgoing, sent to and from SBS in his capacity as Colonel in Command of Military Districts #13 and [acting] commander of #10, based at the Fort Osborne Barracks in Winnipeg; includes letters from the Department of Militia and Defence, re: land grants, promotions, etc., including an offer for Steele to consider an appointment to command Military District #10 at Winnipeg; a copied letter (by SBS) from [D.A.] Macdonald, etc. handwritten, typewritten

Borden, F.W. (Frederick William), Sir, 1847-1917
2008.1.1.1.2.230 · File · Jan. 1913
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes letters from [G.J. Olesharats], Deputy Minister of Canada’s Department of Naval Service; R.J. Gwynne; [E.F] Mackie; and real estate and banking correspondence. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Gwynne, R.J.
2008.1.1.1.2.289 · File · Jul. 1917
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes letters from colleagues, family and friends; often requesting Steele’s assistance, or responding to his requests for their assistance; includes a letter with a message from Queen Alexandra; also a set of correspondence sent to family members James Clarke and C.A. Harwood chronicling SBS’s concern about his role within the Overseas Canadian Military; also a copy of SBS’s prepared sketch for the “Who’s Who” edition. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Clarke, J.B.
2008.1.1.1.2.127 · File · Sep. 1903
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: Ontario land grant application and a letter from Sir Percy Girouard. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.1.1.2.151 · File · Jun. 1906
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes correspondence around possibly purchasing land at Carrot River, Saskatchewan. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.1.4.36 · File · [1907], 1917-1918
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence, incoming and outgoing, related to inquiries about the availability of C.P.R. lands, and other land for purchase in Canada; includes two maps, described separately

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.1.1.2.146 · File · Oct. 1905
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, incoming and outgoing, re: various matters; includes a letter from brother James B. Steele describing the lots he bought, and a letter of reference written by Steele for Captain T. L. De Havilland and Captain E. Dudley. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Steele, James B. Steele
2008.1.1.1.2.306 · File · Oct. 1918
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes a letter from Hugh J. Macdonald in which he discusses, among other things, his father’s (Sir John A. Macdonald) high esteem of Steele; a letter from [A.M. Jarvis], with the Canadian Corps; and a letter from [?] Main, responding to sympathies on the death of his son in the War. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Jarvis, A.M.
2008.1.1.7.1 · Item · Jan. 1907
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

The Canadian West Compiled from the Government Maps and Revised to January 1907 Presented by the Canadian Bank of Commerce, and marks the location of bank branches in Western Canada. Dimensions:.46 x 1.18 m Scale: not indicated

SBS probably acquired this map when considering his return to Canada from England in 1907.

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