Robert S. Tullman collection
Extent and Medium
box
book enclosure
oversize box
1
1
1
Creator(s)
- Robert S. Tullman
Biographical History
Robert S. Tullman (Tulmann) was an operatic performer in Germany but was dismissed from the opera house in Weisbaden, Germany. He sought refuge in Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Paris. While in Paris, Tullman met his future wife and they escaped Europe via Marseille, France. They eventually arrived in Detroit, Michigan where he served as a cantor.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Renee Wehrmann
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Renee Wehrmann donated the Robert S. Tullman collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007.
Scope and Content
The Robert S. Tullman collection consists of two scrapbooks and a photograph album relating to the career of operatic performer and cantor Robert S. Tullman (Tulmann). The scrapbooks include articles and announcements of his performances in German, 1925-1930. The photograph album contains photographs of Tullman in various performances, as well as photographs of Robert S. Tullman and his wife in the United States, circa 1930s-1940s.
System of Arrangement
The Robert S. Tullman collection is arranged in two series. Series 1. Photograph album, 1930s-1940s Series 2. Scrapbooks, circa 1925-1930
People
- Tullman, Robert S.
Subjects
- Opera.
- Jewish refugees.
- Musicians--Germany.
- Refugees.
- Jews--Germany.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Wedding.
- Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Germany.
Genre
- Scrapbooks.
- Correspondence.
- Document
- Photograph albums.
- Newspaper clippings.
- Photographs.