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Letter written by Sam Steele to his future father-in-law, asking for Marie Harwood’s hand in marriage. Handwritten.

Letter to SBS from George Cowan, Fort Steele. Handwritten.

Letter to SBS from [E.A. Gopage], Creaton Lodge [half-sister to SBS?]. Handwritten.

Letter to SBS from James Ross, The Calgary and Edmonton Railway. Typewritten copy.

General Correspondence – Includes a letter of apology from L.W. Herchmer, re: remarks about SBS and Mrs. Steele. Handwritten.

General Correspondence – From George Cowan, Fort Steele, and [A.M. Jarvis]. Handwritten.

General Correspondence – From parent concerning son’s death. Handwritten.

Letter to SBS from [R.J. Grovner], personal letter describing his NWMP detachment at Big Bend. Handwritten.

Letter to SBS from A.C. Macdonell, Lethbridge, Alberta. Handwritten.

Letter to SBS from George Cowan. Handwritten.

An envelope adressed to Major S.B. Steele at Fort Macleod and postmarked from Orillia, Ontario

Letter to SBS from Cousin Essie Miller, Orillia, Ontario. Handwritten.

Letter to SBS from F. Steele, Steele & Co., re: cattle business transaction and photograph orders. Handwritten.

General Correspondence – From [J.S. Coliner], London, England. Typewritten copy.

General Correspondence – From A.R. Macdonell; Superintendent of Mines office. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Letter to SBS from Mary I. Macleod, wife of Colonel James F. Macleod. Handwritten.

Letter to SBS from A.R. Macdonell. Handwritten.

Letter to SBS from C.A. Harwood, brother-in-law. Typewritten copy.

Letter to SBS from [?] Steele. Handwritten.

General Correspondence – From cousins Esther Miller. Orillia, Ontario, and Catherine Moon, Moonstone, Ontario; also a letter and account statement from the Hotel Vancouver. Handwritten.

General Correspondence – Many from Fort Macleod friends, including A.R. Macdonell. Handwritten.

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes a letter from Herbert S. Holt recalling an incident on the Kicking Horse trail in 1884, written in response to a query from Steele for his Memoirs. Handwritten; Typewritten.

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; including correspondence regarding Steele’s Memoirs; letter from a former NWMP colleague asking for assistance; and a letter from the Chief Surveyor, Province of Saskatchewan. Handwritten; Typewritten.

General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: Christmas greetings; includes a letter from Robert Baden-Powell; Mrs. D.W. Davis of Fort Macleod, and others. Handwritten; Typewritten.

Handwritten letter from Flora Steele in Montreal to her father. Flora discusses her preference to attend St. Urban's Academy in Montreal, mentions a discussion she had with the Reverend Mother about Masons and Orangemen, and askes her father about changes in Macleod, etc. 4 pp.

Cloth-bound; hand-written entries

Cloth-bound; very brief hand-written entries; largely empty One accounts notation at back of journal

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

Daily journal; inscribed in front: A.R. Macdonell, Wood Mountain, April 23 1877; hand-written entries Cash accounts register at back of diary.

A postage label from James McCrudden, Boots and Shoes, of Montreal to Capt. A.R. Macdonnell [sic] at Fort McLeod [sic], N.W.T.

Henderson Directory, Co. Henderson’s Northwest Brand Book. 2nd ed. Winnipeg: The Henderson Directory, Co. 1889. (back cover is loose and unattached)

Letters, to and from, Superintendent Steele while stationed at Fort Macleod.

Letter from Commissioner [Lawrence] Herchmer, re: movement of the officers, recruitment, etc.

Correspondence sent to Steele related to his duties in the Yukon, including that of Commission Council member, from Comptroller Fred White and others; several items relate to Steele's leaving the Yukon and include letters of introduction for him as well as an offer to be stationed next in either Macleod or Calgary; one letter from an anxious mother wondering about her prospecting son.

Draft of a seven page hand-written letter from Steele to the NWMP Commissioner in Regina responding to and discussing various comments relayed in earlier correspondence from the Commissioner to Steele.

Handwritten letter sent from SBS in Fort Macleod to "My dear Galbraith", discussing the Charcoal Blood Indian murder case; 19 October 1896; 3 pp.

Bills, invoices, and supply lists.

Bills, invoices, and supply lists.

Bills, invoices, and supply lists.

Bills, invoices, and supply lists; includes a signed note from Steele to Cowdry Bros. Bankers.

Black leather-bound diary written from Fort Macleod, Lethbridge, and Willow Creek; memoranda at back of diary.

Black leather-bound pocket diary, hand-written entries from Kootenay Ferry, Kootenay, Fort Macleod. Cash accounts kept at back of diary.

Black leather-bound diary with hand-written entries; mostly written from Beaver Creek, B.C.

Black leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries; mostly written from Fort Macleod. Memos, cash accounts kept at back of book.

Black leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written intermittant entries from Fort Macleod, Milk River, and Pincher Creeek; memos and accounts kept at back of book.

Black leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries while in Fort Macleod; memo's and cash accounts kept at back of diary.

Cloth-bound daily journal with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; very brief entries, largely empty; one cash accounts notation at back of journal.

Cloth-bound daily journal with hand written entries from Fort Macleod; one memo written to SBS from [D.L. Meetison] requesting a loan, removed from diary and placed behind it in file.

Burgandy leather-bound diary with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; cash accounts kept at back of diary.

Black leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; memos and accounts kept at back of book. One item, a note from D.L. Meetison, was removed and placed behind the diary in the same file.

Black leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; more of a notebook filled with memoranda and notes. A horse race card was removed from the diary and placed behind it in the same file.

Burgandy leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; memos and cash account at back of book.

Burgandy leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; memos and cash accounts kept at back of book.

Black leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; more of a notebook filled with memoranda lists, draft notes. One letter from Cowdry Brothers, Bankers has been removed from the diary and placed behind it in the same file.

Burgandy leather-bound diary with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; memos, cash accounts, and weather record kept at back of diary.

Black leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; cash accounts kept at back of diary.

Burgandy leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; more of a notebook and largely empty.

Cloth-bound daily journal with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod.

Black leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries, written while travelling from Fort Macleod to the Yukon. Notes at the back of the diary include lists of Miles Canyon pilots.

Report regarding NWMP Patrol accommodation 1 page hand-written report

Includes a colored engraved Happy New Year's card

Includes a news clipping about "Women in the Saddle"; SBS comments in letter about his first horse ride with Miss Harwood

SBS refers to letter he has written to Marie Harwood's father, asking for her hand in marriage