Materials in this collection include correspondence, pamphlets, newspaper articles, magazine articles, and photographs created by Channing R. Mann or collected by offices in Springfield College. Materials date from 1919 to 2080, with the bulk being from 1950 through Channing’s death in 1978. Biographical materials include information gathered and created when he was awarded the Springfield College Tarbell Medallion Award 1958 and a manuscript called the “The Mann Brothers of Lincoln Nebraska” that contains information about Channing and his brother, Leslie Mann. This manuscript contains copies of photographs and documents. In addition to these, there are some materials from his involvement with AAHPERD (now SHAPE America), specifically the creation of the Channing Mann Award that was created for Council of City & County Directors. Finally, there are newspaper articles and correspondence. Most of the correspondence is between the Alumni Office of Springfield College and Channing Mann. One letter includes photographs of an alumni event in 1974 that included Springfield College President Wilbert Locklin.