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Handwritten letter with envelope from Flora in France to her mother in Folkestone, England. Flora talks about a ship that has sunk and caused the closing of the port; discusses news of family friends; and talks generally about her work in a hospital in France. 4 pp.

Handwritten letter to Marie from Harry Edwards writing from Valcariter Camp.

Typewritten note to Marie about membership dues.

Handwritten letter to Marie from her brother, inquiring about SBS after his accident and sahring general news; the letter is dated March 25th, 1915.

Letters to Marie from her brothers Frank and Gus; mailed together to Marie in Winnipeg.

Handwritten letter (drafts) from Marie to Lady Northcote, thanking her for her gift.

Handwritten letter to Marie from her friend, Margaret Johnston, of Winnipeg; the letter is dated January 25th, 1916.

Handwritten letter; printed information related to the K.K. Empire Association; the letter is dated December 21st, 1916.

Includes card announcing death of Major E.J. Brooks

Photograph of R.A.F. officer and soldier standing over his shoulder during First World War. Writing on reverse reads "Eagles and Penguins Chapter ; His Faithful Adjutant".

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.

Two copies of a farewell letter addressed to Alfred Dufresne, D.V.S., from the people of the town of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan. The first copy of the letter is written in English and the second copy of the letter is written in French. The letters were written on August 27, 1918. From the contents of the letters, the citizens of the town gathered together to honour Alfred Dufresne as a citizen and friend and wish him farewell before he departed the town for service on the battlefield during World War I. Each letter has a copper seal laid over a multicoloured ribbon in the bottom left corners and also has blank brown leaflets of the same size attached to the back of the letters.

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].

Altham, E.A. The Principles of War Historically Illustrated. London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1914. (book)

Brett, Maurice V. Maxims of War. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1905. (signed ‘SB Steele 1st Sept 1912 and signed both Harwood Steele and S.B. Steele by Marie Steele at front of book)

Coddington, F.J.O. The Young Officer’s Guide to Military Law. London: Gale & Polden, Ltd., 1916. (signed by S.B.S with name and [title])

Collins, G.R.N. Pocket Manual of Military Law and Procedure. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1916. (inscribed ‘with compliments of G.R.N. Collins’)

Demangel, J. Questions and Answers on Tactics: For Examinations for Promotion, Staff College Etc. 12th ed. London: A. Bradford, 1907. (signed twice by S.B. Steele, and includes title: DOC 10 & 13, dated 1st April, 1909)

Small published volume: Fuller, Captain J.F.C. Training Soldiers for War. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd. 1914

Great Britain. Army. Instruction in Bayonet Fighting. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 190[8]. (stamped on front cover: District Officer Commanding Mil’y Dist. No. 13”)

Great Britain. Army. Manual of Physical Training. 1908. Reprint, London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1914. (signed twice by S.B.S with name and title)

[Great Britain. War Office]. Encampments Made Easy: In Accordance with Combined Training and Manual of Military Engineering, Together with Details of Pitching and Striking Tents and Marquees. Gale & Polden’s Military Series. London: Gale & Polden Limited, 1903. (inscribed “with the author’s compliments Jan. 1915”)

[Great Britain. War Office]. Staff Manual. War. Provisional. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1912. (signed by ‘S.B. Steele Major Genl’)

Hale, Lonsdale. What to Observe and How to Report It. 8th ed. London: High Rees, Ltd., 1906. (signed in front by S.B.Steele, Major Gen.)

James, W. H. Modern Strategy: An Outline of the Principles Which Guide the Conduct of Campaigns to Which is Added a Chapter on Modern Tactics. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1914. (signed by S.B. Steele)

Kiesling, von Hans. Translated by The General Staff, War Office. Operation Orders: A Technical Study. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1910. (signed twice by S.B.S with year, and also twice signed ‘H.E. Steele’ in Marie’s handwriting)

Masefield, John. The Old Front Line or the Beginning of the Battle of the Somme. London: William Heinemann, 1917.

[Minister of Militia and Defence]. [The Militia List.] Ottawa: Department of Militia and Defence, 191[4]. (front and back cover missing; book signed in front ‘S.B. Steele DOC 10’)

Murray, Stewart L. The Reality of War: An Introduction to “Clausewitz”. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1909. (signed by S.B.S with name, place (Winnipeg) and date (19 March 09)

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

Satow, Ernest. A Guide to Diplomatic Practice. Vol. II. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1917. (signed: ‘S.B. Steele Shorncliffe Kent, 1917’; paper book cover ripped and part missing)

United States Army. War Department. Office of the Chief of Staff. United States Army Transport Service Regulations. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1914. (stamped ‘With Compliments of Provincial Library Manitoba’ on inside cover)

General Correspondence – Personal letters, incoming and outgoing, re: various matters; including Steele’s letters to C.A. Harwood (the one dated 30 Oct 1914 marked by H.S. ‘for use only if necessary); letter and documents related to Steele being appointed a Police Magistrate for the Province of Manitoba; a letter from a distraught Jessie Ross asking that Steele do all in his power to keep her son Don from joining a military unit for the war; and other military/WW1-related personal correspondence. Handwritten; Typewritten.

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; including correspondence related to the publishing of the “Forty Years” book ; letters of congratulations for Steele’s promotion to Major-General; a letter concerning suggested improvements to the Ross rifle, a letter from his brother Godfrey, a letter sent to his brother-in-law discussing, among other things, his plan to sue writer W.T.R. Preston for libel and other correspondence from family and friends. Handwritten; Typewritten.

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; from acquaintances and colleagues. Handwritten.

General Correspondence – Personal letters, incoming and outgoing, re: various matters; includes letters from military colleagues; a letter Steele sent to C.A. Harwood discussing his military situation (marked by H.S. ‘for use only if necessary’); and a notice of a memorial service planned for Lord Kitchener and others at Folkestone. Handwritten; Typewritten.

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes letters from family and friends; A.C. Macdonell writes about his son Ian’s death in a World War I battle; and a letter from J. Byng explains why Harwood Steele cannot attend a [?] Staff School. Handwritten; Typewritten.

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes letters from A.C. Macdonell and C. [Donnelly] who both had sons killed in recent battles; letters from other acquaintances and colleagues, including Louis Lipsett, and James Harding, a former A Battery Kingston and NWMP officer who served with SBS; and an interesting letter from A.C. Harwood (Gus), discussing his efforts to get “fair play” for Steele in Canada. Handwritten; Typewritten.

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes letters from military colleagues and other friends; a letter from R.D. Waugh, Mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba; also a letter from Steele’s doctor declaring him to be in good health and fir for “any work that a healthy man of his age can undertake.” Handwritten; Typewritten.

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes a letter from Bessie Borden acknowledging Steele’s letter of sympathy on the death of her husband, Sir Frederick Borden; a letter from brother Jim; two letters from [J.C. MacDougall] visiting in London; a letter of thanks from W.P. Bull, a letter from brother-in-law C.A. Harwood, and other letters from colleagues and friends. Handwritten; Typewritten.

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.

General Correspondence – Personal letters, incoming and outgoing, re: various matters; includes letters from Sam to his brother-in-law Gus (C.A. Harwood), and to his friend Sir Hugh J. Macdonald; and letters received from various family and friends. Included is SBS’s service record and letters written by SBS to protest his planned ‘superannuation’ ; he includes a service record, which is commented on by his son Harwood Steele; also a note from his physician Henry Morris, and other general correspondence. Handwritten; Typewritten.

General Correspondence – Personal letters, incoming and outgoing, re: various matters; includes letters of reference provided for others from Steele, and personal letters to his friend Jack (John) Kerr; incoming correspondence around regret at Steele’s retirement, a letter from SBS to Minnie [Carstairs] describing his retirement plans, etc. (marked by H.S. ‘for use only if necessary’) and a letter received from Lord Dundonald. Handwritten; Typewritten

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes medical advice for Steele; information from the Motherland Masonic Lodge; “Overseas Estate” related correspondence; and letters from friends and acquaintances, including a letter from Sir John W. Carson responding to Steele’s extended sympathy on the loss of his son, killed on a battlefield in France, etc. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Handwritten letter from Harwood "somewhere in France" to SBS at Shorncliffe, England. Harwood writes about recent staff promotions and the passing over of a promotion for Major Jarvis. He also asks his father to try and find a place in paymastership for his friend Bill Neish. 1 sheet and envelope.

Handwritten letter from Harwood Steele "somewhere in France" to SBS at Shorncliffe, England. He writes about his work, his admiration of SBS's training plan to send soldiers to France for a fortnight's experience in the trenches, and general matters. 4 sheets and envelope.