Two hand-written letters to Steele from Commissioner L.W. Herchmer, discussing his personal situation as Commissioner, and in the second letter, discussing Steele's upcoming Yukon assignment.
Herchmer, Lawrence William, Commissioner, NWMPNorth West Mounted Police (Canada)
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Letter to Steele, referring to 1885 rebellion.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Letter from [Herchmer] in Regina primarily discussing horses.
Herchmer, Lawrence William, Commissioner, NWMPLetter to Steele from Inspector A.B. Perry concerning Customs authority at Skagway and for the Gold Rush.
Perry, Aylesworth BowenCorrespondence sent to Steele related to his duties in the Yukon, including that of Commission Council member, from Commissioner Ogilvie, and revolving around legal matters and charges of officials improperly handling money.
Ogilvie, William, Commissioner, Yukon TerritoryCorrespondence sent to Steele from Comptroller Fred White; includes a copy of a letter White wrote providing a lis ot non-commissioned officers and constables of the NWMP who served with the Strathcona's Horse in South Africa.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Letters and documents sent to Superintendent Steele from a corporal stationed at Fort Kipp, Montana, re: dealing with a safe robbery and feed for horses.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Correspondence sent to Steele related to his duties in the Yukon from Fred White, L.W. Herchmer, and A.B. Perry.
Herchmer, Lawrence William, Commissioner, NWMPLetter from Clifford Sifton, Minister of the Interior, re: Steele's position in the Yukon vis-a-vis the military.
Sifton, Clifford, Sir, 1861-1929Letter from J.W. [Willison] of the Caribou Police Post commenting on a number of topics including numbering boats, registering people, and investigating private mining options for himself and Steele (if interested).
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919An intercepted note from a prisoner attempting to arrange help from a friend to make his escape from NWMP custody.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Correspondence sent to Steele related to his duties in the Yukon, including that of Commission Council member; various matters are discussed including a lengthy outlining of a domestic situation, and a letter of appreciation from the Presbyterian Minister in Dawson for Steele's establishment of law and order in the Territory.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Hand-written letter from Fred White, NWMP Comptroller, re: payment of insurance policy.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Circular from Comptroller Fred White discussing the Commission of Inquiry looking into complaints against L.W. Herchmer.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Letter from Fred White, Comptroller, NWMP acknowleding Steele's volunteering for service in the Transvaal.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Correspondence sent to Steele from Superintendent Z.T. Wood, thanking him for his Yukon service and wishing him well for the future; from Comptroller Fred White on a variety of matters; and a letter from am anxious parent trying to locate their son.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Correspondence sent to Steele related to his duties in the Yukon from Fred White, Z.T. Wood, and Yukon Commissioner William Ogilvie.
Ogilvie, William, Commissioner, Yukon TerritoryLetter from Colonel James Macleod, re: definition of 'Indian'
Macleod, James Farquharson, Lt.-Col., 1836-1894Correspondence and petition sent to Minister of Interior Clifford Sifton requesting that Steele's recall order from the Yukon be cancelled.
Sifton, Clifford, Sir, 1861-1929Correspondence 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 details surrounding Steele's departure from the Yukon and planned leave of absence, Steele's desire to have a meeting with Prime Minister Laurier; and a letter sent to White expressing 'sorrow' at Steele's recall from the Yukon.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Hand-written requisition written by S.B. Steele while at Qu'Appelle, detailing rations for men heading out to the bush.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Petition sent to Steele at Kootenay from the residents of Windermere and neighbourhood in B.C., requesting a detachment of the force to protect them in the event of troubles with surrounding Indian population (original and photocopy).
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Memorandum from the Assistant Commissioner, re: horses for ladies and supplies for wagons.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Correspondence 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.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Letter sent to Steele from Comptroller Fred White requesting he contact Inspector Harper for a report on an incident which occured in the Yukon; with attachments.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Hand-written note to Comptroller Fred White from Sam Steele, recommending Reverend George Mackay for the position of Chaplain with Steele's Scouts; note from Steele to C.D. Wood of Macleod, Alberta.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Draft 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.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Hand-written letter from Steele at Lake Bennett to the NWMP Comptroller requesting information about whether NWMP members can stake personal mining claims; draft of telegram written by Steele.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Outgoing flimsy copies of letters written bu Superintendent Steele while posted in Dawson City, Yukon; includes some covering explanatory notes by Harwood Steele.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Correspondence from Superintendent Steele to various persons; includes his written proceedings of an investigation into a theft of money.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Letter of official discharge and recommendation for Constable George Rothe from Superintendent S.B. Steele.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Hand-written letters from S.B. Steele directed to Northwest Territories Constables and Peace Officers, providing details regarding three men involved with horse theft; seal attached beside Steele's signature.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Correspondence from Steele to the Comptroller, regarding expenses and payments; one hand-written note.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Hand-written letters from Steele to Inspector Sanders, Inspector Cuthbert, and Mr. Galbraith discussing the Charcoal murder case and action taken by the NWMP.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Blank accounting and requisition forms.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Blank letterhead and folder.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Printed revised general orders booklet; also used by Steele with the South African Constabulary and stamped with the SAC stamp on the inside and back cover pages.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Printed revised general orders booklet; Steele's signature appears in booklet.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Printed '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".
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Manual printed for the Winchester Carbine and the Enfield Revolver; printed in Ottawa by MacLean, Roger & Co. Includes some added hand-written annotation to the text.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919A NWMP Engagement form and Oath of Allegiance for Israel Dix; a front page from "The Canada Gazette" (August 18, 1900); Printed Bill 40: 'An Act respecting pensions to Officers of the North-West Mounted Police' (2 copies); loose printed sheet showing the distribution state of the Force by Divisions; and affidavit of a Mounted Police Pensioner form (5 copies).
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Report regarding NWMP Patrol accommodation 1 page hand-written report
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Report of the Kootenay district with mention of Charcoal (Blood Indian) wanted for murder.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Rules and regulations for the guardrooms and cells of the NWM Police [when] used as prisons; a printed rule book for the 'Government of Gaols' in the North West Territories, heavily annotated to apply to NWMP jails in the Yukon.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919An undercover report written by a NWMP Officer, reporting on criminals and their activities in the Goldfields. Handwritten 2 pp.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919An undercover report written by a NWMP Officer, reporting on criminals and their activities in the Goldfields. Handwritten 1 pp.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919An undercover report written by a NWMP Officer, reporting on criminals and their activities in the Goldfields. Includes an envelope addressed to Col. Steele, Barracks
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919A WWI-era photograph of Private Hugh Edward Brownlee in uniform, former member of the Northwest Mounted Police in Macleod, Alberta and Regina, Saskatchewan. Volunteered for service in 1914, assigned to the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, shipped out with the 1st Contingent. Killed in France, November, 1916, either by sniper or minenwerfer (mortar shell).
Photograph of an RCMP office and a woman embracing each other over a fence. Appears to be a still from an unidentified film. Writing on reverse reads "The Royal Mounted Police "From information received".
Photograph of an RCMP officer and a woman embracing each other over a fence while a man in a pith helmet looks on disapprovingly. Appears to be a still from an unidentified film. Writing on reverse reads "Duties of the Royal Mounted Police No 1."
Pocket diary, black leather bound; hand-written entries
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound diary with hand-written entries; mostly written from Beaver Creek, B.C.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound diary written from Fort Macleod, Lethbridge, and Willow Creek; memoranda at back of diary.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black, leather bound; hand-written entries File of items removed from diary
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound pocket diary, hand-written entries from Kootenay Ferry, Kootenay, Fort Macleod. Cash accounts kept at back of diary.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound; hand-written entries Cash accounts kept at back of diary
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound; 1 Jan. 1889 - 12 Jun. 1889; 12 Jun. 1891 - Nov. 1892 (intermittant entries) Memos and accounts maintained at back of diary
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black 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.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound; hand-written entries Memos and cash accounts maintained at back of diary Separate file of loose items retained
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries; mostly written from Fort Macleod. Memos, cash accounts kept at back of book.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound; hand-written entries Memos and cash accounts maintained at back of diary Separate file with items removed from diary
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries while in Fort Macleod; memo's and cash accounts kept at back of diary.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Burgandy leather-bound; hand-written entries Cash accounts kept at back of diary File with items removed from diary
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Burgandy leather-bound diary with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; cash accounts kept at back of diary.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black 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.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound; hand-written entries Memos, accounts maintained at back of book File with separate loose items from diary
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries; more of a notebook.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound; hand-written entries; more of a notebook filled with memoranda, lists, and draft notes One item removed (see separated materials note)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black 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.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Burgandy leather-bound; hand-written entries Memos and cash accounts kept at back of diary File with separate items removed
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black 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.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Burgandy leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; memos and cash account at back of book.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound; hand-written entries Cash accounts maintained at back of diary
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Burgandy leather-bound diary with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; memos, cash accounts, and weather record kept at back of diary.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; cash accounts kept at back of diary.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Burgandy leather-bound; hand-written entries Memos, cash accounts, weather record maintained at back of diary File with loose items maintained
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Burgandy leather-bound; hand-written entries Memos and cash accounts kept at back of diary
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Burgandy leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; memos and cash accounts kept at back of book.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound; hand-written entries; more of a notebook; largely unwritten in
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Burgandy leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries from Fort Macleod; more of a notebook and largely empty.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black leather-bound; hand-written entries, Ft. Macleod to the Yukon Notes at back of diary include lists of Miles Canyon pilots
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Black 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.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Burgandy 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
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Burgandy leather-bound pocket diary with hand-written entries; written while leaving the Yukon and travelling to Ontario. Memos, cash accountes and addresses maintained at back of diary.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Burgandy leather-bound; hand-written entries with entries related to the Canadian Mounted Rifles and Lord Strathcona's Horse
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Pocock's 1885 scrapbook contains approximately 70 pages, with entries (many dated) in a very legible hand, numerous tipped-in and loosely inserted original drawings, autograph letters, illustrations, and clippings. A few leaves have clippings pasted over manuscript entries.
It is bound in quarter maroon leather and marbled boards, with paper label on the cover (labeled "1885"). A bookplate states "Be Traist" ("Be Faithful", the crest of the Innes Clan).
Entries record important events, which were either personally experienced or gathered first-hand from those directly involved. Shortly after his entry into the N.W.M.P., Pocock was immersed in the official response to the uprisings now known as the North-West Resistance of 1885. His 1885 scrapbook conveys the activities related to the military operations, as he had access to direct information. He also records valuable observations of his life as a N.W.M.P. officer. He compiled a list of duty-related statistics (kit prices, N.W.M.P. personnel statistics, expenses, deaths, distance, and important dates with incidents noted), and transcriptions from other sources, including Riel's personal diary. The scrapbook is illustrated with his own pencil and ink sketches and drawings. Included are letters written to his family telling of his experiences with the N.W.M.P. and events of the North-West Resistance, some illustrated with drawings and maps, apparently retrieved for inclusion in the diary books which were to become the source for his planned autobiography. Interspersed throughout the scrapbooks are short stories, poems, and other jottings. Notably this scrapbook contains an early and very faded photograph of Big Bear.
Pocock's 1886 scrapbook contains handwritten entries (many dated), numerous tipped and pasted in original sketches and paintings, autograph letters, and clippings. A few pages have clippings pasted over diary entries.
It is bound in quarter brown leather and marbled boards, with paper label on the cover (labeled "1886" in picture-like font). A bookplate states "Be Traist" ("Be Faithful", the crest of the Innes Clan).
Scrapbook contains:
Diary entries of important events, which were either personally experienced by Pocock or gathered first-hand from those directly involved.
Sketches and watercolour paintings of people, NWMP personnel, and scenes of life in camps and forts.
Letters to his mother, father, and sisters.
Imprint cuttings of various barracks and forts located on the Canadian Prairies, prairie wildlife and scenery, events, cities and towns on the Canadian Prairies, Indigenous people, and scenes of ranching and hunting.
Handwritten entries of poetry and short stories, costs of goods, and pay rates of the different ranks within the NWMP.
Hand-drawn map of a section of the North Saskatchewan by Goshen (now Prince Albert), Saskatchewan.
Newspaper clippings related to the prairies and NWMP, and of anecdotes and jokes.