Cramer, Frederick H.

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Frederick Henry Cramer taught history at Mount Holyoke College.

From the guide to the Astrology in Roman law and politics, Volume II, Circa 1954, (American Philosophical Society)

Cramer, Frederick Henry, 1906-1954; historian, college teacher and amateur race car driver. Mount Holyoke College faculty member, 1938-1954.

From the description of Cramer papers, 1938-1954. (Lewis & Clark Library). WorldCat record id: 50654874

Professor Frederick Henry Cramer taught history at Mount Holyoke College.

From the guide to the Astrology in Roman law and politics, 1954, (American Philosophical Society)

Frederick Henry Cramer was born on March 2, 1906 in Berlin, Germany. His father was Hans Cramer, a wealthy import/export grain merchant in Germany. He attended the Arndt Gymnasium in Berlin, then attended law school at age 17 from 1923-1924. He did graduate work at Erlangen University, Columbia University, the University of Berlin, and the Universitat Zurich from which he received his Ph.D. Before joining the Mount Holyoke faculty as an associate professor of history in 1938, he served as a visiting lecturer at Zurich and during the 1938-1939 academic year was a visiting lecturer at Harvard University. Along with his professorship at Mount Holyoke College, Cramer also taught at Hartford Junior College and Holyoke Community College, was a visiting lecturer at Smith College during the summer of 1938, and taught at the Harvard and Boston University summer schools as well as at the Universitat Zurich. Cramer and his wife Elizabeth Ziegler Cramer were married for twenty-seven years and were the parents of five children. The Cramers were avid automobile racers and were the only American entrants in the Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo, Europe's biggest auto competition, in January 1954. Frederick Cramer died September 4, 1954 at the age of forty-eight while taking part in the Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo.

From the guide to the Cramer papers MS 0788., 1938-1954., (Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections)

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referencedIn Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars. Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars records. 1927-1949. New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Barbara Gilson papers MS 0805., 1912, 1942-1947, 1942-1945 Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
creatorOf Cramer, Frederick H., 1906-1954. Cramer papers, 1938-1954. Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library
creatorOf Astrology in Roman law and politics, Volume II, Circa 1954 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn George Sarton additional papers, 1901-1956 Houghton Library
creatorOf Astrology in Roman law and politics, 1954 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Cramer papers MS 0788., 1938-1954. Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
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associatedWith Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars corporateBody
associatedWith Gilson, Barbara, 1925- person
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correspondedWith Sarton, George, 1884-1956 person
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Switzerland
Monaco--Monte-Carlo
Switzerland - Description and travel.
Italy - Description and travel.
Italy
Europe - History - 1945-
France - Description and travel.
Massachusetts
United States
France
Europe
Rome
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Astrology, Roman
Automobile racing
Automobile racing
Automobile rallies
Automobile rallies
College teachers
College teachers
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Historians
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Birth 1906

Death 1954

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