Inventory of the Charles Riborg Mann Papers, circa 1908-1923
Collection Number 1048
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Contact Information:
- Manuscripts Department
- CB#3926, Wilson Library
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
- Phone: 919/962-1345
- Fax: 919/962-3594
- Email: mss@email.unc.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
- Mann, Charles Riborg, 1869-1942.
- Title
- Charles Riborg Mann Papers, circa 1908-1923.
- Call Number
- 1048
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- About 500 items (1.0 linear foot).
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Administrative Information
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Charles Riborg Mann Papers, #1048, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Mann, Charles Riborg, 1869-1942.
- Military education--United States--History--20th century.
- Military engineers--Education--United States--History--20th century.
- National American Council.
- Scientists in government--United States--History--20th century.
- United States--Armed Forces--Officers--Training of--History--World War, 1914-1918.
- United States--Military policy--20th century.
- United States. War Dept. Committee on Education and Special Training.
Biographical Note
Charles Riborg Mann (1869-1942) was a physicist and engineer, and a civilian adviser in the United States War Department during World War I as a member of the Committee on Education and Special Training.
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The collection includes memoranda, speeches, clippings, and other papers of Mann, a physicist and engineer, chiefly relating to his service as a civilian adviser in the United States War Department during World War I, particularly as a member of the Committee on Education and Special Training. These papers deal with such topics as officer training, engineering education, the National American Council, and national defense following World War I.