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William J. Mann, Jr. "Free Enterprise Sixty Years Ago", 1956 (SC 0135), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.
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Formerly catalogued as VREF 975.5 MAN. Volumes 1 and 2 courtesy of Special Collections University of Virginia Library.
Laura Christiansen, 27 August 2018
William Jackson Mann, Jr. (1888-1958) was the son of William and Sally Bruce Smith Mann of Upperville, Fauquier County, VA. He married Maria Louisa Shackleford Fontaine (1887- 1960), daughter of Richard and Kate Fontaine of Hanover County, VA, in September 1913. They had three children: William B. Mann (1918-2005), Louise F. Mann (1920-1969), and Charles M. Mann (1926-1991). As an electrical engineer, William J. Mann, Jr. worked for the Westinghouse Electrical and Manufacturing Company in Swissvale, PA before relocating to Baltimore, MD in 1920. There he worked for several electrical equipment manufacturing companies.
In the 1950s, Mann began to write short biographical stories about his childhood in the area around Upperville for his grandchildren. He eventually self-published a three volume memoir entitled Free Enterprise Sixty Years Ago: Stories for My Grandchildren. He presented his memoir to his grandchildren as a Christmas gift in 1956.
The three volumes of Mann's memoirs were originally collected as typescript in small loose-leaf binders. Volumes 1 and 2 in this collection are photocopies of original typescripts held by the University of Virginia's Special Collections [CT275.M453A3 1956, v. 1 & 2]. Volume 3 is an original typescript created by Mann numbered "90/129". Page sizes in the typescript vary.
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Shorts, A. G., Jr. 2000.