Suzanne Schrag Collection

The Suzanne Schrag Collection consists of papers of Suzanne Schrag (née Fuchs) and her husband, Paul Schrag, along with extensive family correspondence with members of the Fuchs family and papers of Nathan Sulzberger, the uncle of Paul Schrag. Much of the collection centers on the written work of Paul Schrag and Nathan Sulzberger. The collection consists of personal and professional correspondence, unpublished manuscripts and poetry, official documents, newspaper clippings, photographs, a few family trees and genealogical notes, and other papers.

Several folders in this collection relate to the education of Suzanne and Paul Schrag, and to the professional career of Paul Schrag. In the first subseries of Series I will be found one folder with educational papers of Suzanne Schrag, including her early education in Strasbourg and Karlsruhe and later medical studies at the University of Berlin. Paul Schrag's education is documented in the same subseries, with folders that relate to his attendance at the Gymnasium in Karlsruhe and legal studies in Heidelberg and later, the United States. Among the correspondence of the second subseries of Series I are many folders of letters between Paul and his mentor and former law professor in Heidelberg, Max Gutzwiller. Although much of Paul Schrag's writing in the final subseries of Series I relates to creative writing or memoirs, it also includes a legal text written by him in 1938.

Much of the focus of this collection is on the extended Fuchs and Schrag families. Series I includes some family papers and material on Schrag family history in Subseries 1; Subseries 2 contains extensive correspondence with members of the Fuchs family as well as some correspondence with Schrag family members and about the Schrag family business and a number of folders regarding emigration assistance for family members. Correspondence with family members includes many letters that focus on family members' news of their daily lives, health, and travel. Paul Schrag's writings in the third subseries of Series I include two memoirs with further details about the Schrag family. Series II contains papers of the Fuchs family, especially Suzanne Schrag's parents, Hermann and Emma Fuchs.

The final series of this collection (Series III) consists of the papers of Paul Schrag's uncle, Nathan Sulzberger, and includes both his documents and correspondence as well as a large amount of manuscripts of his short stories and plays. This series also includes examples of his drawing. Among his documents and correspondence are some papers that relate to his work as a chemist, in addition to correspondence with Paul Schrag's parents, Bella and Hugo Schrag.