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Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated August 11, 1916. Sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman mentions that he is about to go on "harvest leave" for around two months.

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated September 10, 1916. Sent from Tyvan, Saskatchewan to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. A photo of a "little creature" (most likely a badger) taken at a farm in Saskatchewan is enclosed along with the letter. Private Seidelman also inquires about the current appearance of their home in Vancouver. In another part of the letter, Private Seidelman mentions that he gets "classy meals" on the farm he's staying at in Tyvan, Saskatchewan, compared to the meals he gets in the army.

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated September 12, 1916. Sent from Tyvan, Saskatchewan to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman mentions when the "B.C. University" opened in 1915, Dr. Wesbrook gave a speech encouraging male students to take agriculture courses as future career prospects in this field are good.

Postcard from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated October 4, 1916. (Assumed sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba) to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. On the front of the postcard, in the top left-hand corner, Private Seidelman writes that he will be going to Brandon the next day and can stay until Sunday morning.

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated October 9, 1916. Sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman briefly talks about scratching his name on desks in U.B.C., as mentioned in a previous letter, and adds in this letter that nearly every room in U.B.C. has desks with his name scratched on it. Private Seidelman also writes that he stayed with the Kisner family again when he went to Brandon last week. Private Seidelman gives Rachel some advice on university examinations as well, and notes that he will be leaving Camp Hughes around October 17 or 18 for Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated October 17, 1916. Sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. In the letter, Private Seidelman informs Rachel that after the plan to leave Camp Hughes on October 20 was cancelled, he says he thinks he will be leaving next week for Nova Scotia, after which he believes he will be headed for England. Also, Private Seidelman tells Rachel that she does not have to write Sewall after Camp Hughes when addressing letters to him, as his location is no longer called Sewall, but just Camp Hughes.

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 December 24, 1916. Sent from Seaford, Sussex, England to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. In the letter, Private Seidelman also mentions that he is now being quarantined for fear of measles. Private Seidelman also suggests that the war might be over soon based on information from “Lloyd’s Weekly News”, a London newspaper. Private Seidelman notes as well, that he received a parcel of items from the "University of B.C."

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated January 20, 1917. Sent from Seaford, Sussex, England to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver.

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated February 3, 1917. Sent from "Somewhere in Europe" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. In the letter, Private Seidelman mentions Allied ships and American ships in the Atlantic Ocean being sunk by Germany, and he makes a prediction that the United States may soon declare war on Germany.