Mann & Company, 1911-2004

miscellaneous manuscript collection

• Descriptive Identification
• Scope and Contents
• History
• Arrangement
• Adjunct Descriptive Data
• Controlled Access Headings
• Administrative Information

Descriptive Identification

Kansas State Historical Society (Topeka)

Mann & Company

Partial list of projects designed by the firm between 1911 and 2004

[2004]

p. 9-18

Architectural firm founded ca. 1908 by Arthur R. Mann; of Hutchinson, Kan.

Scope and Content

Computer generated list of day care, educational, & hotel projects done 1911-2004 by the company and file numbers of administrative records. Information for each entry may include the commission number, job name, address, city, state, year, type of project ("division"), and tracing & print file numbers. Some entries for commercial and manufacturing buildings are also included.

With this is filed: Mann & Company. Mann & Company, P.A. Hutchinson, Kan. : Mann and Co., [not after 2004]. Brochure with names and some illus. of major projects.

008-09-01-07 Misc.: Mann

History

Architectural firm founded ca. 1908 by Arthur R. Mann; of Hutchinson, Kan. Mann partnered with Clarence A. and Lewis K. Kelso ca. 1909-10 as Kelso, Mann and Kelso. By 1912 Mann entered a new partnership with Theodore M. Gerow as Mann and Gerow. About 1923 the partnership ended and the name Mann & Company was adopted.

Arrangement

Item. Entries arranged alphabetically by type of project ("division"), thereunder alphabetically by job name.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Collection finding aid also available in the repository.

Sent by the firm to the Kansas State Historical Society, Historic Preservation Office.

Original in the records of the Kansas State Historical Society, Historic Preservation Office.

Photocopy. [Topeka, Kan. : Kansas State Historical Society, Historic Preservation Office, 2004].

Transferred: Kansas State Historical Society, Historic Preservation Office, 2004. Accession no. 2005–070.01.

Controlled Access Headings

1. Gerow, Theodore M. 2. Kelso, Clarence A. 3. Kelso, Lewis K. 4. Mann, Arthur R. (Arthur Robert), 1877-1968. 5. Kelso, Mann and Kelso. 6. Mann & Company. 7. Mann & Gerow. 8. Architectural firms–Kansas–Hutchinson. 9. Architecture–Great Plains–Designs and plans–Indexes. 10. Advertising–Architects–Kansas–Hutchinson. 11. Architectural partnership–Kansas –Hutchinson. 12. Architecture–Great Plains–20th century. 13. Day care centers–Kansas–Hutchinson. 14. Hotels–Kansas. 15. School facilities–Great Plains. 16. Hutchinson (Kan.) 17. Form/genre: Architectural drawings. 18. Architects–Kansas–Hutchinson.I. Kelso, Mann and Kelso.II. Mann and Company. III. Mann and Gerow. IV. Title: Mann and Company, P.A. V. Mann & Company. Mann & Company, P.A. Hutchinson, Kan. : Mann & Co., [not after 2004]

Administrative Information

Notice: This material may by protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Cite as: Mann & Company. Partial list of projects designed by the firm between 1911 and 2004. Mann & Company miscellaneous ms. collection, Library and Archives Division, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka.

Collection processed by Robert L. Knecht, 2004.

Additions to this collection are possible but not planned at this time.