Research Catalog

Title

Ruth and Hermann Vollmer papers, 1600s-1959.

Author

Vollmer, Ruth, 1900-1982.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Details

Additional Authors

• Einstein, Alfred, 1880-1952.
• Landshoff, Ludwig, 1874-1941.
• Landshoff, Philippine.
• Vollmer, Hermann, 1896-1959.

Description

1.92 linear feet (7 boxes).

Summary

Collection contains Hermann Vollmer's autograph collection, family correspondence, and facsimiles of French historical manuscripts.

Subjects

• Music
• Sculptors
• Scores
• Photographs
• Autographs
• France > History
• Science
• Music > Manuscripts
• Jews > Germany > History > 1933-1945
• Jews > Persecutions
• Composers > Autographs
• Composers > Correspondence
• Collectors and collecting
• Authors > Autographs
• Artists > Autographs
• Art
• Vollmer, Ruth, 1900-1982

Genre/Form

• Autographs.
• Photographs.
• Scores.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Source (note)

• Vollmer, Ruth - Estate

Biography (note)

• Ruth Vollmer (1900-1982) was a sculptor; Hermann Vollmer (1896-1959) was a pediatric physician.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

MssCol 3188

OCLC

NYPW94-A385

Author

Vollmer, Ruth, 1900-1982.

Title

Ruth and Hermann Vollmer papers, 1600s-1959.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

Ruth Vollmer (1900-1982) was a sculptor; Hermann Vollmer (1896-1959) was a pediatric physician. By the late 1930s they had emigrated from Germany to New York City. Ruth Vollmer was the daughter of the German conductor, musicologist and editor Ludwig Landshoff (1874-1941).

Finding Aids

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Finding Aid

Occupation

Sculptors.

Added Author

Einstein, Alfred, 1880-1952.

Landshoff, Ludwig, 1874-1941.

Landshoff, Philippine.

Vollmer, Hermann, 1896-1959.

Research Call Number

MssCol 3188