C. Harrison Mann, Jr. map collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
George Mason University
2400 Fenwick Library
Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library MS2FL
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Mieko Palazzo
Phone: (703) 993-2220
Fax: (703) 993-2669
Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions.

Terms of access:

All maps created prior to 1925 are in the Public Domain with no known restrictions. The copyright and related rights status of maps created post-1925 have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)

Preferred citation:

C. Harrison Mann, Jr. map collection, C0213, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
5 Linear Feet 90 folders
Creator:
Mann, Charles Harrison, Jr., 1908-1977 and Mann, Charles Harrison, Jr., 1908-1977
Abstract:
This collection comprises ninety-six maps and eighteen atlases ranging from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. Though the majority of the maps Mann collected are of Virginia, there are many pertaining to other parts of the United States and other areas of the world.
Language:
English Latin French
Preferred citation:

C. Harrison Mann, Jr. map collection, C0213, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection comprises ninety-six maps and eighteen atlases ranging from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. The majority of the maps depict the commonwealth of Virginia in the United States, but there are many pertaining to other parts of the United States and areas of the world.

Biographical / historical:

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 programs. He served on the GMU Board of Visitors from 1975 to 1977. He died in 1977.

Acquisition information:
Collection donated by Betty Hart Mann in 1979.
Processing information:

Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed in July 2012 by Greta Kuriger. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in October 2022.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged by size of map.

Physical location:
Map Case 8.5, 26.1-26.5
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard