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Black and White Newspaper. No. [465]—Vol. XVIII, New York: Saturday, January 13, 1900 (extract; torn and stained)

Borthwick, J. Douglas. Poems and Songs on the South African War. Montreal The Gazette Publishing Co., 1901. (inscribed at front from L. Williamson noting pages containing her nephew’s poetry; annotated on these pages as well). Marie Steele has written both S.B. Steele and H.E. Steele at the front of the book.

Evans, W. Sanford. The Canadian Contingents and Canadian Imperialism: A Story and a Study. Toronto: The Publishers’ Syndicate, Ltd., 1901. (inscribed to Col. S.B. Steele, CB, M.V.O. Affectionate regards from C.A. Harwood Jany. 1/04 )

[Ontario Publishing Company]. The Canadian Magazine. Toronto: Ontario Publishing Co. Limited, April 1900. (loose page and tearing of cover at binding)

General military correspondence; includes a letter from the War Office, London referencing Steele’s awarding of the South African medal. Handwritten; typewritten

Telegrams – Handwritten. General matters, Incoming.

Telegrams – Handwritten/Typewritten. General matters, Incoming/Outgoing.

Includes financial receipts, invoices, and related correspondence concerning supplies and orders for SAC.

Sample

Large, hard-bound diary; typewritten entries

The diaries described as Confidential Diary, contain the following instructions, typed affixed to some of the diaries:

"The Inspector General wishes Officers Commanding Divisions will be so good as to keep personal diaries in duplicate carbon books, and to post the copy to him, confidentially, every day. He himself has been doing this with the High Commissioner and it is found to save a great deal of trouble and correspondence. He recommends Officers Commanding Divisions to adopt a similar course with their sub-divisional or district Officers. The Diary should show chiefly important questions that crop up and in what manner they are settled, suggestions, general points of progress, movements, special orders issued, notes on health, horses, crime, casualties, points from subordinates' diaries, etc., etc. The diary is easily kept by keeping a notebook going during the day and writing it up in the Diary at night. In this way the High Commissioner is kept duly informed of everything that is going on throughout the Corps, a great deal of Official cross-correspondence is saved, and at the same time, if filed, a useful record is kept that can be referred back to at any time. Signed: By Order, J.S. Nicholson, Colonel, Chief Staff Officer, South African Constabulary

"The Inspector General wishes Officers Commanding Divisions will be so good as to keep personal diaries in duplicate carbon books, and to post the copy to him, confidentially, every day. He himself has been doing this with the High Commissioner and it is found to save a great deal of trouble and correspondence. He recommends Officers Commanding Divisions to adopt a similar course with their sub-divisional or district Officers. The Diary should show chiefly important questions that crop up and in what manner they are settled, suggestions, general points of progress, movements, special orders issued, notes on health, horses, crime, casualties, points from subordinates' diaries, etc., etc. The diary is easily kept by keeping a notebook going during the day and writing it up in the Diary at night. In this way the High Commissioner is kept duly informed of everything that is going on throughout the Corps, a great deal of Official cross-correspondence is saved, and at the same time, if filed, a useful record is kept that can be referred back to at any time. Signed: By Order, J.S. Nicholson, Colonel, Chief Staff Officer, South African Constabulary

Bound daily diary; hand-written entries, but not SBS's handwriting

See Scope and Contents note for Diary 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1

See Scope and Contents note for Diary 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1

See notes for Diary 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1

See note for Diary 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1

An additional note is affixed to the front of this diary:

"This book is Government property, and where it is filled, or the operations for which it is issued are concluded, it will be deposited in the Staff Office of the Command from which the Troops have been furnished; or, in the case of an expedition sent from England, it will be forwarded to the War Office"

See notes for Diaries: 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1 and 2008.1.2.2.2.2.23

See notes for Diaries: 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1 and 2008.1.2.2.2.2.23

See notes for Diaries: 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1 and 2008.1.2.2.2.2.23

See notes for Diaries: 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1 and 2008.1.2.2.2.2.23

See notes for Diaries: 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1 and 2008.1.2.2.2.2.23

See notes for Diaries: 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1 and 2008.1.2.2.2.2.23

See notes for Diaries: 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1 and 2008.1.2.2.2.2.23

See notes for Diaries: 2008.1.2.2.2.2.1 and 2008.1.2.2.2.2.23

Hand-written daily diary reports completed by field officers and sent to Colonel Steele, Commander of B Division, SAC; 26 pp.

District reports consisting of inspection reports on No. 6 Troop and No. 17 Troop, "B" Division to the Officer Commanding "B" Division, S.A.C.; includes Inspection Report completion instructions.

District report containing hand-written inspection reports on No. 17 Troop "B" Division, to the Officer Commanding "B" Division, S.A.C.

Handwritten letter to Marie from a friend in Fort Macleod, Nellie [Gold], commenting on SBS's departure for the Boer War; attatched are two photographs and a newsclipping. The letter is dated march 20, 1900.

One published acrostic to Sir Donald Smith; a handwritten acrostic to J.D. Borthwick; and a handwritten poem about peace.

Large bound daily diary; hand-written entries

Black leather-bound; hand-written entries; more of a notebook

Black leather-bound; hand-written entries; more of a notebook

General Correspondence – Letters wishing Steele success in South Africa. Handwritten.

General Correspondence – Letters, many from family members; includes a letter from S.S. Cornelia, a teacher at Flora’s school in Montreal. Handwritten.

General Correspondence – Various matters including congratulations on position with the South African Constabulary. Handwritten.

General Correspondence – Letters sent to Sam Steele upon his return to England from the Boer War in South Africa; includes invitations, general congratulatory notes; and many inquiries from families of men enlisted in the Boer War. Handwritten; Typewritten.

General Correspondence – One letter from [S.D.], a Boer War veteran. Handwritten.

Telegram sent to SBS from a volunteer applying for an appointment in South Africa. Handwritten.

Handwritten letter from two boys, M.A. Scott and D.I. Kerfoot, volunteering to join the contingent going to South Africa

Handwritten letter regarding horses to be transported on the S.S. Monterey for South Africa.

Correspondence sent to Colonel Steele in his capacity as Commander of the Lord Strathcona's Horse; various matters.

Typewritten letter from F.W. Taylor, Bank of Montreal regarding LSH accounts and payments.

Handwritten letter to SBS from Lord Dundonald, re: transport complaint.

Typewritten letter to SBS from J. Lyons Biggar discussing various matters and with an attached stores list.

Letter prepared by J.S.O'Halloran, Secretary, Royal Colonial Institute, with added annotations by SBS, re: London visit.

Handwritten letter to SBS from Chas. {Wooly?] thanking Steele for the interest he took in his son Tom who served with LSH under Steele.

Correspondence sent to Colonel Steele in his capacity as Commander of the Lord Strathcona's Horse; includes continued general correspondence around final payments and discharge papers.

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.

Typewritten letter to SBS from Henry J. Brereton, asking for an address of an LSH Captain.

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.

Letters sent to Colonel Steele, re: acquiring a sculptor to create a monument erected to the members of Lord Strathcona's Horse who fell in action in South Africa, for placement in Calgary. Includes an explanatory letter from SBS describing the horses used by LSH (and with the NWMP and Canadian Mounted Rifles).

Correspondence from SBS's brother-in-law (Auguste); various matters but includes a discussion about the design of a statue to honor the role of the LSH during the South African War, attached sketches and news clipping.

Handwritten letter to SBS from E.T. Logan in response to a request that he speak to Steele's character in light of rumors about inappropriate behavior at a banquet held in London for returning LSH military.

Handwritten telegram to SBS from Lord Strathcona, re: congratulations.

Reports around the controversial removal of gold from South African property by members of Colonel Steele's command.

Typewritten nominal listing of Officers, N.C.O's and Men Invalided to England.

Roll of men on board S.S. "Lake Erie" for the return trip to England.

Colonel Steele's Record of War Service report and a hand-written summary of his military and policing experience up to and including the Boer War.

Elder Dempster Line, S.S. Monterey Bill of Fare for lunch; blank on inside.

Regimental Concert program for the S.S. Monterey, 03 April 1900; typewritten on Elder Dempster Line Strathcona's Horse stationery. 1 pp.

Printed poem entitled: "Lord Strathcona's Horse" by C.R. Vernon of Montreal with attached envelope addressed "To the Mayor, Westmount, Que."