Archive of Materials Belonging to West Indies Sugar Corporation Manager and Engineer in Cuba
New York, New York and Havana, Cuba: 1938-1945.
William John Mantz Jr. worked as an engineer and assistant manager for the West Indies Sugar Corporation for 10 years, traveling back and forth frequently between his home in Tarrytown, New York and the sugar plantations in Havana, Cuba. This archive contains travel materials, government documents, and other personal artifacts pertaining to his time in Cuba and concerning his status with the draft during World War II. Most correspondence in original postmarked envelope.
Included:
- One black and white photograph of Bill and Marjorie Mantz
- Birth certificate copy with raised seal for Bill Mantz dated January 1938
- Two personal letters from Marjorie to Bill in 1938 that mention her recent travels to visit him in Cuba
- Cuban drivers license for Bill dated January 1940 with photo attached and stamped by the police department
- Cuban Foreign Identification Card for Marjorie dated June 1940 with receipt and three copies of her photo attached
- Receipt for surrendered passport in Miami, Florida December 1940
- Letter from Bill's sister Margie in May 1942 forwarding paperwork from Selective Services
- Two Cuban tax withholding documents from May/July 1942
- Letter from Bill in Spanish requesting the renewal of Marjorie's Foreigner's Identification card in May 1943 and follow up letter to a different recipient in English dated June 1943 regarding missing documents
- Three permits from Selective Services for to depart from the United States 1943-1945 (plus one duplicate)
- Four pieces of correspondence from the American Consulate in Cuba dated December 1944 - April 1945 regarding passports, medical exams, and registering the Mantz’s infant daughter
- Sixteen letters and other correspondence between Bill, his boss Arthur Kirstein, and Selective Services mostly regarding Bill’s draft status, but also some sugar industry business such as frequent air travel to Havana, trains and fuel options, and US politics after Truman assumed the presidency.
Price: $400.00