Guide to the Kramer Family Papers,
1939-2009

Collection Number: 3970

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
M.E. Warren
Date completed:
Sept. 1986; rev. May 1991; rev. Oct. 1991; addl. Oct. 1993; addl. June 1995
EAD encoding:
Ann Hubert, Aug. 2002
Date modified:
Jude Corina, April 2012

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Kramer family papers, 1939-2009.
Collection Number:
3970
Creator:
Kramer family.
Quantity:
5.5 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, pictures, diaries, and other papers.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
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.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Samuel Kramer of Ithaca, New York married Anne Gudis of Newark, New Jersey. Samuel served in the United States Army during World War II. Samuel 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.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

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.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Kramer family.
Kramer, Anne G.
Kramer, Jeffrey A.
Kramer, Kevin Leslie.
Kramer, Samuel J.
Nimitz (Ship).

Subjects:
Family--New York (State)--Ithaca.
Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Jews--New York (State)--Ithaca.
World War, 1939-1945.
Family--Virginia--Virginia Beach.

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

Form and Genre Terms:
Photoprints.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:
Restricted until 2001.
Cite As:
Kramer family papers, #3970. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Letters to Anne Gudis from Samuel Kramer
Letters May 1942
Box 1 Folder 1
Letters June 5-19, 1942
Box 1 Folder 2
Letters June 22-29, 1942
Box 1 Folder 3
Letters July 2-10, 1942
Box 1 Folder 4
Letters July 11, 1942
Box 1 Folder 5
Letters 1943
Box 1 Folder 6
Letters Jan.-Feb. 1944
Box 1 Folder 7
Letters Mar.-Apr. 1944
Box 1 Folder 8
Letters May-June 1944
Box 1 Folder 9
Letters July-Aug. 1944
Box 1 Folder 10
Letters Sept. 1945
Box 1 Folder 11
Letters Oct. 1944
Box 1 Folder 12
Letters Nov.-Dec. 1944
Box 1 Folder 13
Letters Jan. 1945
Box 1 Folder 14
Letters Feb. 1945
Box 1 Folder 15
Letters Mar. 1945
Box 1 Folder 16
Letters Apr. 1945
Box 1 Folder 17
Letters May-June 1945
Box 1 Folder 18
Letters July 1945
Box 1 Folder 19
Letters Aug. 1945
Box 2 Folder 1
Letters Sept. 1945 ; also, photograph of Anne Gudis (?)
Box 2 Folder 2
Letter to Samuel Kramer from Anne Gudis
Letters 1942-1943
Box 2 Folder 3
Letters Jan. 1944
Box 2 Folder 4
Letters Feb. 1944
Box 2 Folder 5
Letters Mar.-Apr. 1944
Box 2 Folder 6
Letters May-June 1944
Box 2 Folder 7
Letters July-Sept. 1944
Box 2 Folder 8
Letters Oct.-Dec. 1944
Box 2 Folder 9
Letters 1945
Box 2 Folder 10
Letters Undated drafts
Box 2 Folder 11
Letters to Anne Gudis from various persons in response to her letter to Samuel Kramer, published in YANK, Sept. 3, 1943
Letters 1943-1944
Box 2 Folder 12-14
Other material and correspondence
Anne Krammer's notes on the Ithaca Jewish Community
 Box 1 Folder 20
Cemetary records
 Box 1 Folder 21
Ithaca Jewish Community
 Box 1 Folder 22
Ithaca Jewish Community - research correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 23
Ithaca Jewish Community - notes
 Box 1 Folder 24-25
Jewish history - papers by others
 Box 1 Folder 26
Clippings - Ithaca history
 Box 1 Folder 27
"High above Cayuga's Waters - Jewish Life in Ithaca, NY" by Anne Kramer
 Box 1 Folder 28
Ithaca Jewish History – writings by Anne Kramer
 Box 1 Folder 29
Clippings – Jewish Community, 1980-1991
Box 1 Folder 30
Correspondence: June Bell, 1986
Box 1 Folder 31
Correspondence: Jeff Kramer and Gene Dannen, 2002
Box 1 Folder 32
Glenside Monument – Michael Kramer, 1985
Box 1 Folder 33
Abe Gudis writings
 Box 1 Folder 34
Temple Beth-El bulletin, 1959
Box 1 Folder 35
Sam and Abner Kramer, 1946
Box 2 Folder 15
Sam and Abner Kramer's sisters
 Box 2 Folder 16
Letters from friends, etc.
 Box 2 Folder 17
Letters from Israel
 Box 2 Folder 18
Typescript manuscript of autobiography
 Box 2 Folder 19
Temple Beth El Building Program
 Box 2 Folder 20
Temple Beth El
 Box 2 Folder 22-23
"Temple Beth El Bulletin," 1984-1993
Box 2 Folder 24-25
Anne Kramer's notes: the Ithaca Jewish Community
 Box 2 Folder 26
Ithaca Jewish Community
 Box 2 Folder 27
Papers written by Anne Kramer
 Box 2 Folder 28-31
Notes and papers
 Box 2 Folder 32
Correspondence 1995
Box 2 Folder 33
Temple Beth El, 1978-1983
Box 2 Folder 34
Temple Beth El, 1992-1995
Box 2 Folder 35
History material
 Box 2 Folder 36-37
Jewish history
 Box 2 Folder 38
U.S.S. Nimitz Passover Service, 1980
Box 2 Folder 39
Autobiography of Sam Kuntz, Ithaca restauranteur - his son founded Hal's Deli
 Box 2 Folder 40
Newspaper clippings re: history
 Box 2 Folder 41
Father's diary of trip to Israel 2007
Box 2 Folder 42
Greeting cards 1995
Box 2 Folder 43
Miscellany: letters, cards, 1887 unidentified photo, data on Morris Lubliner 18871990-1995
Box 2 Folder 44
Greeting cards 1995
Box 2 Folder 45-47
Women and letter writing project 1988-1995
Box 2 Folder 48
Temple Beth-El Bulletin 1995
Box 2 Folder 49
Papers re: Sam Kramer's military service in World War II
 Box 3 Folder 1
Papers re: Jewish War Veterans of World War II
 Box 3 Folder 2
Photographs (4) of Sam Kramer and other Jewish War Veterans
 Box 3 Folder 3
Sam Kramer - miscellaneous
 Box 3 Folder 4
Anne Kramer - misc.
 Box 3 Folder 5
Anne Kramer - Photograph album, 1937-1938
Box 3 Folder 6
Personal papers of Sam and Anne Kramer
 Box 3 Folder 7
Nathan and Mary Kramer
 Box 3 Folder 8
Mary Kramer memorial book, 1965
Box 3 Folder 9
Mary Kramer memorial book, 1977
Box 3 Folder 10
Abraham Gudis
 Box 3 Folder 11
Michele/Vicki Kramer Lasker
 Box 3 Folder 12-13
Letters of Kevin Kramer from the Institute of European Studies in Vienna, Austria, 1971-1972
Box 3 Folder 14
Letters of Kevin Kramer from the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Bologna, Italy, 1973-1974
Box 3 Folder 15
Personal papers of Kevin Kramer
 Box 3 Folder 16-23
Kevin Kramer's accident
 Box 3 Folder 24
Jeffery Allan Kramer
 Box 3 Folder 25-27
Handbooks and newsgrams re: the U.S.S. Nimitz
 Box 3 Folder 28
Photographs of Yon Kippur services on the U.S.S. Nimitz
 Box 3 Folder 29
Photographs of Kramer house, Oak Avenue, Ithaca
 Box 3 Folder 30
Kramer misc.
 Box 3 Folder 31-32
YANK, Sept. 3, 1943
Box 3 Folder 33
Newsclippings
 Box 3 Folder 34
Tape recordings (4) sent to Anne and Sam Kramer by Jeffery, Sept. 1979-Sept. 1980
Box 3 Folder 35
Tape recording: reminiscences by Sam Kramer, 1986
Box 3 Folder 36
Temple Beth El correspondence 1962-1984
Box 3 Folder 37
Guest book 1952
Box 4 Folder 1
Appointment book 1955
Box 4 Folder 2
Greeting cards: 40th anniversary 1985
Box 4 Folder 3
Greeting cards 1979-
Box 4 Folder 4-12
Greeting cards and telegrams 1965-1968
Box 4 Folder 13
Greeting cards
Box 4 Folder 14-20
Family greeting cards 1987
Box 4 Folder 21
Thank you notes 1978-1991
Box 4 Folder 22
Children's artworks and cards
Box 4 Folder
Correspondence 1981-1984
Box 5 Folder 1
Correspondence 1985-1986
Box 5 Folder 2
Correspondence 1987
Box 5 Folder 3
Correspondence 1988
Box 5 Folder 4
Correspondence 1989
Box 5 Folder 5-6
Correspondence 1990
Box 5 Folder 7-8
Correspondence 1991
Box 5 Folder 9
Correspondence 1992
Box 5 Folder 10
Correspondence 1993
Box 5 Folder 11
Correspondence 1994
Box 5 Folder 12
Children and grandchildren
 Box 5 Folder 13
Jewish celebrations
 Box 5 Folder 14
Children - programs, etc.
 Box 5 Folder 15
Ithaca
 Box 5 Folder 16
Greeting cards and thank you notes 1995
Box 5 Folder 17
Greeting cards
Box 5 Folder 18-22
Bar Mitzvah photographs
Box 5 Folder 23
Unidentified children and adults (teachers?)
Box 5 Folder 24
Notes on Jews, Hillel interview, article re Assunta Sullivan
Box 5 Folder 25
Miscellaneous correspondence and newsletters 1979-1980
Box 5 Folder 26
Clippings 1979
Box 5 Folder 27
Notes on Jews in American history
Box 5 Folder 28-30
Jewish publications relating to history and genealogy 1975-1977
Box 5 Folder 31
Publications including 50th anniversary of Temple Beth-El [booklet] and article re Stephen S. Wise 1978-1979
Box 5 Folder 32
Clippings 1978
Box 5 Folder 33
Clippings 1960-1979
Box 5 Folder 34
High Above Cayuga's Waters, Alpha Bits 1996
Box 5 Folder 35
Temple Beth-El Bulletin, other published items, Wall of Liberty Certificate
Box 5 Folder 36
Temple Beth-El Bulletin, correspondence, clippings 1990-1996
Box 5 Folder 37
Bas Mitzvah photographs 1989
Box 5 Folder 38
Greeting cards, 50th anniversary 1995
Box 5 Folder 39
Greeting cards 1991
Box 5 Folder 40
Greeting cards and clippings 1991-1995
Box 5 Folder 41
Cards to parents
Box 6 Folder 1
Correspondences for the Jews in Small Towns Project 1990-1997
Box 6 Folder 2
Certificates of Appreciation, US Navy 1994
Box 6 Folder 3
Celebration cards 1962, 1996-1998
Box 6 Folder 4-12
Graduation Commencement, University of Colorado 1998
Box 6 Folder 13
Baccalaureate speech by Michael Lasker 1997
Box 6 Folder 14
Letter from the White House 1998
Box 6 Folder 15
Tulsa World newspaper article 1996
Box 6 Folder 16
Marriage renewal certificate 1997
Box 6 Folder 17
Newspaper supplement to the Virginian-Pilot 1998
Box 6 Folder 18
Photographs 1983n.d.
Box 6 Folder 19
Certificate of Honor
Box 6 Folder 20
Correspondence with Scott Glass 2001
Box 6 Folder 21
Artwork [rubbing]
Box 6 Folder 22
Temple Beth-El Bulletin 1995-1998
Box 6 Folder 23-28
Temple Beth-El Directory 1996-1997
Box 6 Folder 29
Copies of military records and clippings relating to his military service during World War II 1991-2004
Box 6 Folder 30-35
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 36
Family news and updates 1989-2006
Box 6 Folder 37
Samuel Kramer's certificate from the "Ordre National de la Legion D'Honneur" 2009
Box 88
Cemetery rubbings
 Mapcase
Rabbi Hoffman
 tr. 1402a
Rabbi Hoffman
 tr. 1403a