Kramer family papers, 1939-2009.
Collection Number: 3970

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Kramer family papers, 1939-2009.

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections

Collection Number:

3970

Abstract:

Papers include letters written to the Kramer family from Kevin Kramer while in Vienna. Also, pictures, letters, and diaries relating to Jeffrey A. Kramer's service aboard the U.S.S. Nimitz; papers concerning Samuel Kramer's World War II service; and Anne Gudis' and Samuel's war-time correspondence. Also, papers, research materials, notes, clippings, and correspondence relating to the history of the Ithaca Jewish Community.

Creator:

Kramer family.

Quanitities:

5.5 cubic feet.

Language:

Collection material in English

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Kramer family papers, #3970. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

Biographical / Historical

Samuel Kramer of Ithaca, New York married Anne Gudis of Newark, New Jersey. Sam served in the United States Army during World War II. In 2009, he was recognized for his wartime service by being named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by the French government. Sam and Anne had two sons, Kevin and Jeffrey, and a daughter, Michele. Kevin attended Cornell University and the Institute of European Studies in Vienna, Austria. Jeffrey earned a Master's Degree in Hospital Administration from Cornell University in 1973. He served aboard the U.S.S. Nimitz at the time of the aborted rescue mission of the U.S. hostages in Iran in 1980.

Scope and content

The collection contains papers from the Kramer family dating 1939-2009. It contains correspondence and greeting cards, including letters written to the Kramer family from Kevin Kramer while in Vienna; pictures, letters, and diaries relating to Jeffrey A. Kramer's service aboard the U.S.S. Nimitz; papers concerning Samuel Kramer's World War II service and his selection to the French Legion of Honor, including his 2009 certificate from the Legion; and Anne Gudis' and Samuel's war-time correspondence. The collection also includes papers, research materials, notes, clippings, and correspondence relating to the history of the Ithaca Jewish community.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Kramer, Anne G.

Kramer, Jeffrey A.

Kramer, Kevin Leslie.

Kramer, Samuel J.

Cramer family

Nimitz (Ship)

Places:

Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.

Subjects:

Families -- Virginia -- Virginia Beach.

World War, 1939-1945.

Jews -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.

Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 -- Personal narratives.

Families -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.

Form and Genre Terms:

Photographs.

CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
		Letters to Anne Gudis from Samuel Kramer
Box 1	Folder 1	Letters	May 1942
Box 1	Folder 2	Letters	June 5-19, 1942
Box 1	Folder 3	Letters	June 22-29, 1942
Box 1	Folder 4	Letters	July 2-10, 1942
Box 1	Folder 5	Letters	July 11, 1942
Box 1	Folder 6	Letters	1943
Box 1	Folder 7	Letters	January-February 1944
Box 1	Folder 8	Letters	March-April 1944
Box 1	Folder 9	Letters	May-June 1944
Box 1	Folder 10	Letters	July-August 1944
Box 1	Folder 11	Letters	September 1945
Box 1	Folder 12	Letters	October 1944
Box 1	Folder 13	Letters	November-December 1944
Box 1	Folder 14	Letters	January 1945
Box 1	Folder 15	Letters	February 1945
Box 1	Folder 16	Letters	March 1945
Box 1	Folder 17	Letters	April 1945
Box 1	Folder 18	Letters	May-June 1945
Box 1	Folder 19	Letters	July 1945
Box 2	Folder 1	Letters	August 1945
Box 2	Folder 2	Letters; also, photograph (possibly of Anne Gudis)	September 1945
		Letter to Samuel Kramer from Anne Gudis
Box 2	Folder 3	Letters	1942-1943
Box 2	Folder 4	Letters	January 1944
Box 2	Folder 5	Letters	February 1944
Box 2	Folder 6	Letters	March-April 1944
Box 2	Folder 7	Letters	May-June 1944
Box 2	Folder 8	Letters	July-September 1944
Box 2	Folder 9	Letters	October-December 1944
Box 2	Folder 10	Letters	1945
Box 2	Folder 11	Letters - drafts	Undated
		Letters to Anne Gudis from various persons in response to her letter to Samuel Kramer, published in YANK,	September 3, 1943
Box 2	Folder 12-14	Letters	1943-1944
		Other material and correspondence
Box 1	Folder 20	Anne Krammer's notes on the Ithaca Jewish Community
Box 1	Folder 21	Cemetary records
Box 1	Folder 22	Ithaca Jewish Community
Box 1	Folder 23	Ithaca Jewish Community - research correspondence
Box 1	Folder 24-25	Ithaca Jewish Community - notes
Box 1	Folder 26	Jewish history - papers by others
Box 1	Folder 27	Clippings - Ithaca history
Box 1	Folder 28	"High above Cayuga's Waters - Jewish Life in Ithaca, NY" by Anne Kramer
Box 1	Folder 29	Ithaca Jewish History – writings by Anne Kramer
Box 1	Folder 30	Clippings – Jewish Community	1980-1991
Box 1	Folder 31	Correspondence: June Bell	1986
Box 1	Folder 32	Correspondence: Jeff Kramer and Gene Dannen	2002
Box 1	Folder 33	Glenside Monument – Michael Kramer	1985
Box 1	Folder 34	Abe Gudis writings
Box 1	Folder 35	Temple Beth-El bulletin	1959
Box 2	Folder 15	Sam and Abner Kramer	1946
Box 2	Folder 16	Sam and Abner Kramer's sisters
Box 2	Folder 17	Letters from friends, etc.
Box 2	Folder 18	Letters from Israel
Box 2	Folder 19	Typescript manuscript of autobiography
Box 2	Folder 20	Temple Beth El Building Program
Box 2	Folder 22-23	Temple Beth El
Box 2	Folder 24-25	"Temple Beth El Bulletin"	1984-1993
Box 2	Folder 26	Anne Kramer's notes: the Ithaca Jewish Community
Box 2	Folder 27	Ithaca Jewish Community
Box 2	Folder 28-31	Papers written by Anne Kramer
Box 2	Folder 32	Notes and papers
Box 2	Folder 33	Correspondence	1995
Box 2	Folder 34	Temple Beth El	1978-1983
Box 2	Folder 35	Temple Beth El	1992-1995
Box 2	Folder 36-37	History material
Box 2	Folder 38	Jewish history
Box 2	Folder 39	U.S.S. Nimitz Passover Service,	1980
Box 2	Folder 40	Autobiography of Sam Kuntz, Ithaca restauranteur - his son founded Hal's Deli
Box 2	Folder 41	Newspaper clippings re: history
Box 2	Folder 42	Father's diary of trip to Israel	2007
Box 2	Folder 43	Greeting cards	1995
Box 2	Folder 44	Miscellany: letters, cards, 1887 unidentified photo, data on Morris Lubliner	1887, 1990-1995
Box 2	Folder 45-47	Greeting cards	1995
Box 2	Folder 48	Women and letter writing project	1988-1995
Box 2	Folder 49	Temple Beth-El Bulletin	1995
Box 3	Folder 1	Papers re: Sam Kramer's military service in World War II
Box 3	Folder 2	Papers re: Jewish War Veterans of World War II
Box 3	Folder 3	Photographs (4) of Sam Kramer and other Jewish War Veterans
Box 3	Folder 4	Sam Kramer - miscellaneous
Box 3	Folder 5	Anne Kramer - misc.
Box 3	Folder 6	Anne Kramer - Photograph album	1937-1938
Box 3	Folder 7	Personal papers of Sam and Anne Kramer
Box 3	Folder 8	Nathan and Mary Kramer
Box 3	Folder 9	Mary Kramer memorial book	1965
Box 3	Folder 10	Mary Kramer memorial book	1977
Box 3	Folder 11	Abraham Gudis
Box 3	Folder 12-13	Michele/Vicki Kramer Lasker
Box 3	Folder 14	Letters of Kevin Kramer from the Institute of European Studies in Vienna, Austria	1971-1972
Box 3	Folder 15	Letters of Kevin Kramer from the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Bologna, Italy	1973-1974
Box 3	Folder 16-23	Personal papers of Kevin Kramer
Box 3	Folder 24	Kevin Kramer's accident
Box 3	Folder 25-27	Jeffery Allan Kramer
Box 3	Folder 28	Handbooks and newsgrams re: the U.S.S. Nimitz
Box 3	Folder 29	Photographs of Yon Kippur services on the U.S.S. Nimitz
Box 3	Folder 30	Photographs of Kramer house, Oak Avenue, Ithaca
Box 3	Folder 31-32	Kramer misc.
Box 3	Folder 33	YANK	September 3, 1943
Box 3	Folder 34	News clippings
Box 3	Folder 35	Tape recordings (4) sent to Anne and Sam Kramer by Jeffery	September 1979-September 1980
Box 3	Folder 36	Tape recording: reminiscences by Sam Kramer	1986
Box 3	Folder 37	Temple Beth El correspondence	1962-1984
Box 4	Folder 1	Guest book	1952
Box 4	Folder 2	Appointment book	1955
Box 4	Folder 3	Greeting cards: 40th anniversary	1985
Box 4	Folder 4-12	Greeting cards	1979
Box 4	Folder 13	Greeting cards and telegrams	1965-1968
Box 4	Folder 14-20	Greeting cards
Box 4	Folder 21	Family greeting cards	1987
Box 4	Folder 22	Thank you notes	1978-1991
Box 4	Folder 23	Children's artworks and cards
Box 5	Folder 1	Correspondence	1981-1984
Box 5	Folder 2	Correspondence	1985-1986
Box 5	Folder 3	Correspondence	1987
Box 5	Folder 4	Correspondence	1988
Box 5	Folder 5-6	Correspondence	1989
Box 5	Folder 7-8	Correspondence	1990
Box 5	Folder 9	Correspondence	1991
Box 5	Folder 10	Correspondence	1992
Box 5	Folder 11	Correspondence	1993
Box 5	Folder 12	Correspondence	1994
Box 5	Folder 13	Children and grandchildren
Box 5	Folder 14	Jewish celebrations
Box 5	Folder 15	Children - programs, etc.
Box 5	Folder 16	Ithaca
Box 5	Folder 17	Greeting cards and thank you notes	1995
Box 5	Folder 18-22	Greeting cards
Box 5	Folder 23	Bar Mitzvah photographs
Box 5	Folder 24	Unidentified children and adults (possibly their teachers)
Box 5	Folder 25	Notes on Jews, Hillel interview, article re Assunta Sullivan
Box 5	Folder 26	Miscellaneous correspondence and newsletters	1979-1980
Box 5	Folder 27	Clippings	1979
Box 5	Folder 28-30	Notes on Jews in American history
Box 5	Folder 31	Jewish publications relating to history and genealogy	1975-1977
Box 5	Folder 32	Publications including 50th anniversary of Temple Beth-El [booklet] and article re Stephen S. Wise	1978-1979
Box 5	Folder 33	Clippings	1978
Box 5	Folder 34	Clippings	1960-1979
Box 5	Folder 35	High Above Cayuga's Waters, Alpha Bits	1996
Box 5	Folder 36	Temple Beth-El Bulletin, other published items, Wall of Liberty Certificate
Box 5	Folder 37	Temple Beth-El Bulletin, correspondence, clippings	1990-1996
Box 5	Folder 38	Bas Mitzvah photographs	1989
Box 5	Folder 39	Greeting cards, 50th anniversary	1995
Box 5	Folder 40	Greeting cards	1991
Box 5	Folder 41	Greeting cards and clippings	1991-1995
Box 6	Folder 1	Cards to parents
Box 6	Folder 2	Correspondences for the Jews in Small Towns Project	1990-1997
Box 6	Folder 3	Certificates of Appreciation, US Navy	1994
Box 6	Folder 4-12	Celebration cards	1962, 1996-1998
Box 6	Folder 13	Graduation Commencement, University of Colorado	1998
Box 6	Folder 14	Baccalaureate speech by Michael Lasker	1997
Box 6	Folder 15	Letter from the White House	1998
Box 6	Folder 16	Tulsa World newspaper article	1996
Box 6	Folder 17	Marriage renewal certificate	1997
Box 6	Folder 18	Newspaper supplement to the Virginian-Pilot	1998
Box 6	Folder 19	Photographs	1983, undated
Box 6	Folder 20	Certificate of Honor
Box 6	Folder 21	Correspondence with Scott Glass	2001
Box 6	Folder 22	Artwork [rubbing]
Box 6	Folder 23-28	Temple Beth-El Bulletin	1995-1998
Box 6	Folder 29	Temple Beth-El Directory	1996-1997
Box 6	Folder 30-35	Copies of military records and clippings relating to his military service during World War II	1991-2004
Box 6	Folder 36	Anne Kramer writings and materials	1973-2000
Box 6	Folder 36	Samuel Kramer membership certificate	1978
Box 6	Folder 36	Jeffrey A. Kramer military materials	1981-1993
Box 6	Folder 37	Family news and updates	1989-2006
Manuscript Box 88		Samuel Kramer's certificate from the "Ordre National de la Legion D'Honneur"	2009
Mapcase Folder 1		Cemetery rubbings
	tr. 1402a	Rabbi Hoffman
	tr. 1403a	Rabbi Hoffman

Contents

Kramer family papers, 1939-2009. Collection Number: 3970

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

Kramer family papers, 1939-2009.
Collection Number: 3970

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library