Finding Aid for the Lloyd M. Seibert First World War correspondence 2017.684.w.r
Andrew Harman
Center for American War Letters Archives
2/19/2019
Leatherby Libraries
Chapman University
Orange, CA 92866
speccoll@chapman.edu
Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Lloyd M. Seibert First World War correspondence
Creator:
Seibert, Lloyd Miller, Corporal, 1895-1959
source:
Seibert, Patricia L.
Identifier/Call Number: 2017.684.w.r
Physical Description:
.025 Linear feet
(3 folders)
Date (inclusive): 1919 March 11 - 1919 June 12
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence from Cpl. Lloyd M. Seibert, AEF to his wife during the First World War. Also included
are one unit newspaper and one promotion certificate.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: WWI 6
Container: 15-17
Container: 1-3
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Patricia L. Seibert.
This collection is separated by material type.
Corporal Lloyd Miller Seibert, American Expeditionary Force (4/28/1895 - 2/20/1959) was born in Jacksonville, Morgan County,
Illinois. He registered for the draft June 5, 1917 and married Rhoda Grace "Pat" Wheeler on December 5, 1917. He served during
the war in France with Company A, 313th Engineers. According to the donor, Cpl. Seibert lived in Louisian, Missouri before
and after returning from the war, though the address on the envelopes show that he and his wife were in Jacksonvill, IL. In
Missouri, he worked for Stark Brothers Nursery and they moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma in the mid-1930s where he established his
own wholesale florist business. He operated that business until his death in 1959. He is buried in Rosehill Cemetary in Tulsa.
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Lloyd M. Seibert First World War correspondence (2017.684.w.r), Center for
American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
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This collection contains three correspondence written by Cpl. Lloyd M. Seibert, AEF to his wife Rhoda Grace "Pat" Wheeler
Seibert during the First World War. Also included in the collection is a newspaper "The Transit" and a certificate of promotion
issued by the U.S. Army.
In his March 1919, he discusses being assigned to the MTO, or Motor Transportation Office, in Boviolles, France and he likes
it. In June, he writes from Camp Mills, Long Island where his regiment has been split up and sent to different camps for discharge.
He is unsure where he will end up before his release. He also mentions that Pat should not wire money because he is about
to get paid, though she does and in his next letter he explains how happy he was that she did because they received passes
to go into New York and had never been paid. He is then sent to Camp Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky just days later. He is
excited to almost be home, but there has been a delay, which he claims is partly due to 5000 black soldiers, to whom he refers
to with a derogatory word, showing up hours before he did.
The clipping was the publication of the 313th Engineers called "The Transit," Volume 1, No. 17, Boviolles, France, Saturday,
April 19, 1919.
The promotion certificate commemorates the promotion of Lloyd M. Seibert to the rank of Corporal on April 1, 1919, given in
Boviolles, France, signed by Lieutenant Colonel Parsons, Commanding.
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responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence -- World War, 1914-1918
World War (1914-1918) -- France
Newspaper clippings
United States -- Army -- American Expeditionary Force.
Seibert, Patricia L.