Fritz Seckel Collection

The Fritz Seckel Papers are arranged in three series, including correspondence, photographs and certificates of Fritz Seckel and his daughter Irene. The collection holds the family correspondence of Fritz Seckel to various family members during World War I and World War II. It also includes photographs of Fritz Seckel in World War I and vital records of his daughter Irene, like her certificate of baptism and her certificate of citizenship.

Series I holds letters from Fritz Seckel to his family. There are letters to his parents Albert and Olga Seckelsohn and to his sister Rita Seckelsohn during World War I as well as letters from Fritz Seckelsohn to his daughter Irene during World War II.

Series II contains documents and photographs of Fritz Seckel during World War I, including his German Army papers (Militaer- und Dienstbescheinigung) and photographs from his time in the military hospital and in the prison camp in France. Also included is one photograph of him as a child. The series also holds general, undated correspondence to family members.

Series III contains documents pertaining to Fritz Seckel’s daughter Irene, including her certificate of baptism, naturalization papers, her naturalization certificate of the United States and the declaration to change her name.