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File contains a meritorious service award for Minnie Toft, from the Department of Public Works.

File contains a typed invitation to Arnold Nemetz's bar mitzvah at Schara Tzedeck Synagogue.

File contains a (double-sided) certificate of seat ownership addressed to Sam Toban from Congregation Schara Tzedeck.

File contains a typed speech by Lil Poplack regarding Minnie Toft dated 1990.

Postcard from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated November 19, 1916. Sent from Seaford, Sussex, England "To all the folks at home". Postcard has embossed paper edges and embroidery of a dragonfly, reads "It will bring you luck".

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.

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated February 11, 1917. (Assumed sent from Europe) to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman reports that two large Transatlantic liners, carrying about 12,000 sacks of mail, were torpedoed and sunk by German submarines. He also reports that the United States has broken off diplomatic relations with Germany.

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated February 18, 1917. Sent from "Somewhere in France" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman mentions that he has changed battalions, and is now part of the 46th Battalion. Private Seidelman also talks about purchasing "The Dayfield Body Shield" for use in battle and gives a description of this item.

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated February 27, 1917. Sent from "Somewhere in France" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Envelope has stickers reading "Opened by Censor". The letter is written in pencil and in two places on page 4, words have been erased by censors. In the letter, Private Seidelman mentions hearing news that "the Huns" (the Austro-Hungarian Empire) "are out of Baxaume and are pressed further by the British", and makes a guess that "the Huns" will be in "disastrous retreat" soon.