Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated November 19, 1916. Sent from Seaford, Sussex, England to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman writes that he thinks he will be going to London next week. Elsewhere in the letter, Private Seidelman briefly mentions his concern over letters possibly getting "torpedoed on the Atlantic". Letter references another letter talking about a submarine story, which is not contained in the collection.
Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated January 7, 1917. Sent from Seaford, Sussex, England to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. In the letter, Private Seidelman mentions an army order prohibiting people from sharing the addresses or movements of soldiers in England with people in neutral countries. (It is assumed that Private Seidelman is still in quarantine)
Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated December 14, 1916. Sent from Seaford, Sussex, England to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman spends part of the letter describing the differences in food available in England and Canada. He also states that cases of measles have broken out in the camp and as a result some men are being quarantined for 16 days. Private Seidelman adds that his battalion is changing into an Officer's Training Corps.
Private Seidelman's return address is given as: 911849 Pte. E. J. Seidelman D Company 196th Western Universities Batt., [B.E.F.] Canadian Contingent Army P.O. London, England
Oral history interview with Rebecca Kemp who was born in Manchester, 1885 and her husband Harry Kemp who was the founder of the Jewish Old Folks' Home on 13th Avenue, Vancouver, BC. Rebecca was involved with the Ladies Auxiliary, Talmud Torah, Schara Tzedeck and B'nai' B'rith'.
Oral history interview with Jeanette Nuttall who arrived in Victoria in June 1890 from Nottingham, England with her husband, Harry, who served in the Canadian army during the First World War. She was a member of Hadassah and B'nai B'rith in Victoria.
An Oral history interview with Louis Zagin who was born in Vilna in 1885. He lived in many cities across Canada including: Montreal; Toronto; Brandon, Manitoba; Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; Trail, BC; and Vancouver. He was a Labour Zionist.
Oral history interview with Josephine Lancaster and Daisy Minchin, cousins, both were born in Victoria, in 1893 and 1892 respectively. The cousins recall the communities reaction, demolishing a number of Jewish businesses, to the sinking of the Lusitania in May 1915; because Victoria's Jewish community consisted of mainly Germans and Englishmen, when they found out that Lieutenant James Dunsmuir, Jr., Robert Dunsmuir's son, has perished. Josephine is a member of the Victoria Chapter Hadassah while Daisy is associated with B'nai B'rith Auxiliary in San Francisco, in L.A. divisional president of Council of Jewish Women; Florence past president of B'nai B'rith.
Oral history interview with Thelma Ginsberg, who was born in London, Ontario in 1925. She worked at and served the community in the National Council of Jewish Women, the United Artists Corporation - Film Exchange, the Jewish Orphanage of Western Canada and Louis Brier Home for Aged. Her husband Harold tells of his great uncle , sculptor, Mark Antokolsky.
