Head and shoulders portrait of Samuel Benfield Steele taken by Elliot & Fry Photographers, London, ca. 1917.

Handwritten postcard from Harwood in France to SBS in Folkestone, England, congratulating his father on his appointment as Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (on 1 January 1918).

Extract from “Notes on the Minor Tactics of Trench Warfare” by “A Casualty”. Dated June 1915. Reprinted December, 1915 Printed; 7 pp.

Appendix to Headquarters Canadians Routine Order No. 2754 of 27th October, 1917. Printed excerpt, 1 pp.

Printed bookmark advertising The Scottish Widows' Fund; includes a color reproduction of "The Village Bride-Groom" by Jean Baptiste Greuze. ca. 1910.

A printed business card for Lieut-Col. J. Hilliard Rorke, Officer Commanding 248th O.S. Bn. C.E.F.

The 248th Battalion, which was authorized on 1 May 1917 as the '248th "Overseas" Battalion, CEF',33 embarked for Great Britain on 2 June 1917.34 Its personnel were absorbed by the '8th Reserve Battalion, CEF' on 21 June 1917 to provide reinforcements to the Canadian Corps in the field.35 The battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1917.36

Printed ephemera – Military Business Card – Nurse A. Feast Certf. Obstet. Soc. Of Lond.

Field Cashier Account Booklet for the 2nd Canadian Division with the Bank of Montreal , Waterloo Place, London England. Written on the cover is "Major Genl S.B. Steele" and the word [summer]. One entry dated June 16th is recorded in the booklet.

Printed ephemera – Military 15th Light Horse Band program

This leaflet, originally inserted in a First World War military book, asks the question: “Which book will you buy for the blind man?” and features a color illustration of a blind man being handed a braille book. On verso, there is a printed appeal from C. Arthur Pearson, Honorary Treasurer of the newly established National Institute for the Blind, asking for donations to fund the purchase of equipment to bring down the cost of printing braille books. On the bottom of the page is a place to write your name, address, and amount pledged for the Institute. C. Arthur Pearson was a noted publisher, writer and newspaper man, but began to lose his sight due to glaucoma in 1908. He published his Pearson’s Easy Dictionary in braille in 1912, and became President of the National Institute for the Blind in 1914. He was a successful fundraiser for the Institute as these leaflets might attest to, increasing the income from £8,000 to £360,000 in only eight years. Pearson went on to establish the St. Dunstan’s Home for soldiers blinded in the First World War, where men were offered vocational training in an effort to help them regain their independence and return to the workforce.

Small printed booklet entitled: "Standing Rules of Officers' Messes of the 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars"; 8 pp.

Printed ephemera – Military Extracts including full pages and paper scraps, retained by Harwood Steele in an envelope labeled “autography & bits”. SBS has signed his name, and often his rank, to each piece or scrap of paper in this file, most of them excerpts from published sources.

Canada. House of Commons Debates for Monday, August 27th, 1917.

Canada. House of Commons Debates for Monday, January 22, 1917. A notation on the cover of one copy of the publication says to refer to page 46, where there is a transcription of conversation between Sir Robert Borden and Sir Sam Hughes, re: SBS's fitness for 'command' in First World War.

Two copies of publication.

Canada. House of Commons Debates. Official Report-Unrevised Edition Records discussion between Sam Hughes and Robert Borden, re: Steele’s commander role in the Canadian Military Forces overseas. Two copies of publication.

Instructions for Setting Up Sub-Target Rifle Machine, Model “H” Printed in Ottawa by the Government Printing Bureau.

Report by General Sir John French, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G. Inspector General of the Imperial Forces Upon His Inspection of the Canadian Military Forces. Ottawa: Printed by C.H. Parmelee, Printer to the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, 1910

Report of The Militia Council for the Dominion of Canada for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31 1913. Ottawa: Printed by Order of Parliament, 1914

Professors of the University of Toronto. The Canadian Soldier’s Manual for French and German. The Gift of St. Andrew’s Brotherhood Canteen Committee. Toronto: Camp Chaplain’s Office, Concentration Camp, 1915.

Published 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".

Raker, S.M. Notes on Musketry Training for use by Instructors. London: W.S. Paine & Co., 1915.

Report of a visit made to the British Expeditionary Force by Brigadier-General A.J. Chapman ... and Brigadier-General D.A. Macfarlane...for the purpose of inspecting Training Depots and Schools of Instruction. Printed report; 4 pp.

Rimington, M. F. Our Cavalry. London: McMillan and Co., Limited, 1912. (‘S.B. Steele’ signed in book by Marie Steele)

Ross Rifle Report Copies of Ross Rifle reports sent to SBS and forwarded to General Carson and Sam Hughes. Includes an explanatory note written by Harwood Steele [ca. 1974]. Typewritten

Ross Rifle Report Reports and related correspondence concerning the Ross Rifle and its application in the battlefield. Typewritten; handwritten

General matters; includes reference letters, applications for SAC positions, etc.; one letter from F.W. Borden.