Printed 'Hand Book of Ready Reference, Police Duties for Non-Commissioned Officers and Constables of the North-West Mounted Police, Yukon Territory'; hand-written inscription at front of book reads: "Colonel S.B. Steele, C.B.M.V.O. With Compliments of [W.A.?], RNWMP of Canada, Dawson, Yukon, 1904".
Sans titreContains an attached typewritten note from [W. Bluek]
Sans titreTypewritten letter extract form a friend who once lived in Dawson.
Sans titreContains an attached letter from cousin J.B. Clarke
Sans titreGeneral Correspondence – A private letter from Clifford Sifton; miscellaneous letters; and a wedding invitation (Paris, France). Handwritten; Typewritten.
Sans titreGeneral Correspondence – Personal letters, various; includes letters from Alice Harwood Farish, and A.R. Macdonell. Handwritten.
Sans titreCorrespondence and related documents concerning Steele's various mining interests and investments, both in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory
Sans titreCorrespondence sent to Steele related to his duties in the Yukon from Fred White, Yukon Commissioner James. M. Walsh, A.B. Perry, and William Pearce, Superintendent of Mines; includes a completed Chilkoot Pass duty form and instructions for Steele's transfer to Dawson.
Sans titreOutgoing flimsy copies of letters written bu Superintendent Steele while posted in Dawson City, Yukon; includes some covering explanatory notes by Harwood Steele.
Sans titreCloth-bound daily journal with hand-written entries, written at Dawson, Skagway, and Lake Bennett. A list of letters mailed and accounts register kept at end of journal.
Sans titreBurgandy leather-bound; hand-written entries; describes leaving the Yukon and travelling back to Ontario Memos, cash accounts and addresses maintained at back of diary See file of separated items from diary
Sans titreAttached notes from Gertrude and Harwood Steele to their father, and sent with Marie's April 23, 1899 letter to SBS.
Sans titreAttached letter from SBS's cousin J. B. Clarke, addressed to Marie, and sent with Marie's letter of 18 June 1899 to SBS. The letter discusses, among other things, the Steele's mining claim.
Sans titreHandwritten letter from Marie to Sam, written while on holiday at Willard Point, Near Portland Mountain, Oregon; 2 pp. and envelope.
Sans titreGeneral Correspondence – Personal letter from John McIllree. Handwritten.
Sans titreLegal documents, reports, and correspondence related to Steele's various mining interests, both in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory
Sans titreCorrespondence and related documents concerning Steele's various mining interests and investments, both in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory
Sans titrePassbook from The Canadian Bank of Commerce
Sans titreCorrespondence sent to Steele from Comptroller Fred White, discussing (in both an official and private capacity) Steele's transfer back to the North West from the Yukon and the decision to transfer Inspector Harper back to the Territories; a letter from a John Gillespie, discussing his return to Dawson; and a letter marked personal sent to SBS from [J. Burstall] regarding monies owing SBS.
Sans titrePetition sent to Minister of Interior Clifford Sifton requesting that Steele's recall order from the Yukon be recalled. Includes covering letter and list of signed names.
Sans titreSheet maps stamped with N.W. Mounted Police on back; includes the following numbered sheets: 1. Sheet No. 2 - Yukon Map 2. Sheet No. 4 - Yukon Map 3. Sheet No. 5 - Yukon Map 4. Sheet No. 6 - Yukon Map 5. Sheet No. 7 - Yukon Map 6. Sheet No. 10 - Yukon Map
Published by the Surveyor-General's Office, Department of the Interior, March 1898
Sans titreIn this letter, Sam describes some of the women he has visited in Dawson, and supposes Marie will find him "quite a ladies man!"
Sans titreSBS describes Dawson fire on evening of April 26th, 1899
Sans titreIncludes several news clippings related to events and people in the Yukon
Sans titreIncludes an attached letter to SBS from Fred White, NWMP comptroller, re: seeing Mrs. Steele in Ottawa
Sans titreAttached with letter are legal documents around a law suit brought against SBS by Joseph McFarland, re: monies owed; includes a letter from the Manager of the Union Bank of Canada in Lethbridge
Sans titreBlack leather-bound; hand-written entries, Ft. Macleod to the Yukon Notes at back of diary include lists of Miles Canyon pilots
Sans titreA map of Canada featuring three marked paths travelled by Sam Steele; Collingwood to Fort Garry in 1870 and 1873, Fort Dufferin to Fort Edmonton in 1874, and Vancouver to the Klondike (Dawson) in 1898. Three illustrations show a man panning for gold, a First Nations community, and five people on a boat in a river.
General Correspondence – A letter from R.J. Morgan, re: Mining matters in Western Canada, and an article written by H.J. Woodside and sent to SBS, concerning crediting Robert Henderson as the first discoverer of gold in the Klondike; also includes a news clipping of a letter written to the Bruce Herald Newspaper from Woodside. Handwritten.
Sans titreAn attached letter from A.E.C. Macdonel in Dawson, Yukon, re: shared mining claim payment, sent with Marie's letter of February 26th, 1902 (in brackets, it is noted that he is 'Marguerite's husband)
Sans titreGeneral Correspondence – From friends and family etc., many congratulating SBS on his Yukon promotion. Handwritten; Typewritten.
Sans titreGeneral Correspondence – From friends and includes one memo written by SBS. Handwritten.
Sans titreGeneral Correspondence – Personal letters from W. De Carle Hudson, and a letter commenting on a court-ordered death sentence. Handwritten; Typewritten.
Sans titreGeneral Correspondence – Telegrams and many letters congratulating Steele for his military appointment to South Africa; includes letter from his brother Jim; a note from his former instructor at the Military School in Toronto, Sergeant Major Teddy Rundle; and a letter (with accompanying letter of testimony) from Henry Boyle-Runnals, a doctor who practiced in the Klondike. Boyle-Runnals provides a letter of testimony to swear to Steele's character and that he never saw him under the influence of alcohol. Included also is a letter from H.B. Jayne in which he discusses the upcoming Manitoba election, Clifford Sifton, and other politicians including James Allan Smart. Handwritten; Typewritten.
Sans titreContains an attached letter from brother-in-law, C.A. Harwood
Sans titreLegal documents, reports, and correspondence related to Steele's various mining interests and investments, both in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory
Sans titreLegal documents, reports, and correspondence related to Steele's various mining interests and investments, both in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory
Sans titre2 p.
Monthly report of Superintendent S.B. Steele at Dawson City, Yukon; type-written.
Sans titreHand-written intelligence reports sent to Colonel Steele, reporting on activities on the Creek, including claim owner infractions; includes one undated report extract.
Sans titreHandwritten letter sent to C.A. Harwood from Father Gendreau, O.M.I., Dawson City, and forwarded to Marie; letter dated July 26th, 1899.
Sans titreTypewritten letter from T.M. McAdam, an attorney in Iowa, referencing an insurance claim for a young man who died in the Yukon; letter is dated February 3rd, 1900.
Sans titreIncludes attached news clippings, re: NWMP
Sans titreAttached letter to SBS from P.H. Belcher, re: mining claims in the Yukon, dated July 5, 1907
Sans titreCloth-bound; hand-written entries List of letters mailed and cash accounts register maintained at back of journal Journal stamped "1898", but used in 1899
Sans titreA handwritten letter to Marie Steele from Inspector Alex Jarvis with the NWMP in the Yukon. He writes about people and changes in Dawson, and discusses his thoughts about leaving the force. Marie sent this letter to Sam in a letter she wrote dated June 17th, 1902.
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