Guide to the C. Harrison Mann, Jr. papers, 1950-1977 C. Harrison Mann, Jr. C0094

Guide to the C. Harrison Mann, Jr. papers, 1950-1977

A Collection in
Special Collections and Archives
Collection Number C0094


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Repository
George Mason University. Special Collections and Archives.
Collection number
C0094
Title
C. Harrison Mann, Jr. papers 1950-1977
URL:
http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/
Physical Characteristics
85.5 linear feet (65 boxes)
Creator
Charles Harrison Mann, Jr., 1908-1977
Language
English
Abstract
Comprises C. Harrison Mann, Jr.'s personal papers and handwritten draft of his history of George Mason University. Papers pertain to his political career and include subject files, memoranda, campaign materials, speeches, newsclippings and other related materials.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

C. Harrison Mann, Jr. papers, Collection #C0094, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University.

Acquisition Information

Collection donated by Betty Hart Mann in 1979.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections and Archives staff. EAD markup completed in March 2009 by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty.

Biographical Information

Charles Harrison Mann, Jr. was born in Alabama in 1908 and received his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1931. He subsequently became an attorney both in Washington, D.C. and in Arlington, Virginia where he and his wife Betty Hart Mann, maintained their home. In 1949, while serving as President of the Northern Virginia Chapter of the University of Virginia Alumni Association, Mann organized an exploratory committee of local citizens to develop support for higher education in Northern Virginia. Through these efforts, the Northern Virginia Center of the University opened in October 1, 1949.

In 1953 Mann organized the Advisory Council to the Northern Virginia Center, which agreed that a two-year branch college should be established. Elected as a Democrat to the Virginia House of Delegates from 1954-1970, Mann sponsored a resolution calling for a study of educational needs for Virginia, and was instrumental in recommending the development of a college system in Virginia, particularly the establishment of a branch in Northern Virginia.

Mann was responsible for creating an educational financial assistance program for Virginia college students, and was instrumental in sponsoring legislation allowing local governments to form regional boards to acquire and transfer land and buildings for educational use.

He also served as the Chairman of George Mason College's first Board of Control. He sponsored bills constituting George Mason College as a branch of the University of Virginia and later elevating it to a four year division of the University with the right to grant degrees and offer graduate program. He served on the GMU Board of Visitors from 1975 to 1977. He died in 1977.

Scope and Content

Comprises C. Harrison Mann, Jr.'s personal papers and handwritten draft of his history of George Mason University. Papers pertain to his political career and include subject files, memoranda, campaign materials, speeches, newsclippings and other related materials.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically according to subject.

Related Material

Special Collections and Archives also holds other personal papers and orgnizational records on the politics of Northern Virginia as well as the George Mason University archives. In addition, there is the C. Harrison Mann, Jr. collection of rare books and atlases that can be found searching the GMU Libraries catalog as well as the C. Harrison Mann, Jr. Digitized Map Collection .

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Alternative Form Available

Selections from the C. Harrison Mann papers are also available in the C. Harrison Mann, Jr. Digital Collection .

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