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Seeman (Louis M.) Personal Papers
SDASM.SC.10128
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives
Title: Louis M. Seeman Personal Papers
Identifier/Call Number: SDASM.SC.10128
Physical Description:
0.43 Cubic Feet
one box, 15” x 5” x 10”
Date (inclusive): 1888-1978
Abstract: Louis M. Seeman was trained and taught at the Curtiss School of Aviation in San Diego, CA, until being commissioned as a 2nd
Lieutenant for the U.S. Army Air Service, where he saw service in WWI.
The collection is open to researchers by appointment.
Some copyright may be reserved. Consult with the library director for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The materials in this Collection were donated to the San Diego Air and Space Museum.
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Louis Marsellis Seeman, a World War I veteran, was born June 13, 1888. He received a diploma from the Curtiss School of Aviation
in San Diego, CA, on April 8, 1916, and received his Fédération Aéronautique Internationale certificate April 12 of that year.
During this time until his graduation from the U.S. School of Military Aeronautics November 3, 1917, he worked for the Glen
L. Martin Company as a plane motor mechanic. He was subsequently commissioned as a Second Lieutenant for the U.S. Army Air
Service, serving in the in the Aviation Section of the American Expeditionary Forces in France. He was honorably discharged
in 1919 and passed away in Whittier, CA, on January 1, 1978.
The collection consists of one box, 15” x 5” x 10”. It contains mostly paper materials, documents, travel and military records
and certificates, newspaper and magazine clippings, a notebook, handwritten slips, and similar items. A small box containing
military buttons and insignia is included.
Related SDASM Resources: Various collections relating to WWI servicemen and aviators as well as the Curtiss School in San
Diego, CA.