John Vincent Tillman Collection
- Collection Summary
- John Vincent Tillman was on a fellowship at the University of Munich studying German opera between October 1935 and summer 1936. Tillman recorded his travels across Germany (some via motorcycle), from small towns in the Alps to Berlin, Dresden, and Munich, on 16mm film. He filmed the 1935 harvest festival in Bückeburg, a propaganda event similar to the Nuremberg rallies but catering to rural communities. He also kept a travel diary which was donated along with the film.
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September 12, 1935
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October 1935 to Summer 1936
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10/06/1935
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October 1935 to Summer 1936
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October 1935 to Summer 1936
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October 1935 to Summer 1936
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October 1935 to Summer 1936
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October 1935 to Summer 1936
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Departing US
Film | Accession Number: 2013.42.8 | RG Number: RG-60.1387 | Film ID: 2946
Touring Germany
Film | Accession Number: 2013.42.8 | RG Number: RG-60.1388 | Film ID: 2946
Annual harvest festival at Bueckeberg
Film | Accession Number: 2013.42.8 | RG Number: RG-60.1389 | Film ID: 2946
Sightseeing in Germany
Film | Accession Number: 2013.42.8 | RG Number: RG-60.1390 | Film ID: 2946
Touring Germany
Film | Accession Number: 2013.42.8 | RG Number: RG-60.1391 | Film ID: 2947
Parade in Munich
Film | Accession Number: 2013.42.8 | RG Number: RG-60.1392 | Film ID: 2947
Visiting Switzerland
Film | Accession Number: 2013.42.8 | RG Number: RG-60.1393 | Film ID: 2947
Munich sights
Film | Accession Number: 2013.42.8 | RG Number: RG-60.1394 | Film ID: 2947
Also in John Vincent Tillman collection
The collection consists of a Mother's Cross medal, documents, two reels of 16mm film, one photograph, and publication relating to the experiences of John Vincent Tillman as an American student in Germany from 1935 and 1936 and after his return to the United States.
Date: 1935-approximately 1938
Cross of Honor of the German Mother, 3rd Class Order, Bronze Cross
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Ehrenkreuz der deutschen Mutter [Cross of Honor of the German Mother] was a civilian award instituted following a December 16, 1938, decree by Adolph Hitler to encourage German women to bear more children. Recipient were nominated by the Nazi Party or a government official and had to be of pure German origin and good character. The medal was issued from 1939-1944 in three levels: first class, gold, for mothers with eight or more children; second class, silver, for six to seven children; third class, bronze for four to five children. Known as the Mutterkreuz (Mother's Cross), approximately three million medals were presented to German women.
John Vincent Tillman papers
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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.
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[Magazine]
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Die Buhne (Berlin, Germany) [Magazine]
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Special double issue of the illustrated German theater periodical, Die Buhne, for Empire Theater Week in Munich, Germany, in May 1936. It has a preface by the Reich Minister of Propaganda, Dr. Joseph Goebbels.
