John Vincent Tillman papers

Identifier
irn611809
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.42.7
  • 2013.42.1
  • 2013.42.5
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

5

Creator(s)

Biographical History

John Vincent Tillman (1907-1956) was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Catholic parents, Herman and Una Tillman. From October 1935 through summer 1936, he was on a fellowship at the University of Munich studying German opera. Tillman travelled across Germany during this time. He recorded his travels on 16mm film and kept a diary of his experiences. Tillman later received a doctorate from the University of Chicago and chaired the German department of St. Louis University. He and his wife Esther (1911-2007) had five children.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Phillip Sloan and Katherine Tillman

Funding Note: The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.

Katherine Tillman and Phillip Sloan also donated a Cross of Honor of the German Mother (2013.42.2), two magazines and a newspaper (2013.42.3, 2013.42.4, 2013.42.6), and two reels of film (2946 and 2947) to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Scope and Content

The John Vincent Tillman papers include his diary and manuscript describing his travels in Germany in 1935 and 1936, a photograph of him, and pamphlets from the “Schaffendes Volk” exhibition in Düsseldorf.

System of Arrangement

The John Vincent Tillman papers are arranged as a single series.

People

Subjects

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