Series I: Schwartz Family Papers, 1938 - 1952

This collection contains letters and translations of letters from Germany, Austria and Hungary to Albany, New York, to and from Max Schwartz and his many family members between 1938 and 1952. These letters contain information about the extended family’s circumstances during World War II. It also contains two books; one compiled by Carroll Edward Schwartz and Martha Stacy which is biographical information of the Newman, Stacy, Avery, Carleton and Paterson families (Myra Schwartz’s family), and the other compiled by Carroll Edward Schwartz and World War II letter writers, which is biographical information about the Schwartz, Weiss and Blau families (Max Schwartz’s family), along with transcribed and translated copies of the letters in the collection. These books also contain photographs, genealogical trees and personal stories.