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Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated October 2, 1916. Sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman asks Rachel questions about her university life. He tells Rachel that he engraved his name on many desks in U.B.C. and that she can find his name in other places as well. In the letter, Private Seidelman also indicates his camp mailing address as the following: D Company, 196th. Western Universities Batt. Camp Hughes, Man. In another part of the letter, Private Seidelman mentions that he actually went to Brandon, Manitoba and not Winnipeg for the Jewish holidays, and while in Brandon he stayed with a Jewish family by the name of Kisner. Additionally, Private Seidelman writes that he will be going to Brandon again this coming Thursday till Saturday.

"D Company" feature includes a history of the company, a list of members, company notes, and photographs. Photograph of battalion may be similar to a photograph mentioned in August 1916 letter (File 2, item 4).

Undated letter from 1916 from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman. Sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. In the letter, Private Seidelman mentions enclosing a picture that was taken of him with the guys in his tent. He mentions that he also had a company and battalion picture taken (may be similar to photograph in File 18, item 4).

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated October 23, 1916. Sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman writes that he will be leaving Camp Hughes in the afternoon on Thursday, October 26.

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 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.

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 September 23, 1916. Sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. In the letter, Private Seidelman mentions that Mr. M.A. Macdonald was appointed Attorney-General of British Columbia. He also mentions that he will be leaving for England around October 6, to train there. In addition, Private Seidelman says a Manitoba officer of his battalion, Lieutenant Tobias, who is also Jewish, is inviting him to come along on September 27 to spend the Jewish New Year at Lieutenant Tobias' residence in Winnipeg.

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated July 31, 1916. Sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman writes that he was in Brandon, Manitoba the previous week to attend the fair.