Manus R. Spanier
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Title
Manus R. Spanier
Subject
Spanier, Marnus Rapier (1930-2024)
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Description
Portrait photograph of Manus R. Spanier. The photograph was made during his time in the mid-1940’s as a cadet at Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) in Woodstock.
Manus was from Brooklyn, New York, the son of Harold Breyer Spanier (1891-1989) and Grace Marguerite (Rapier) (1896-1980) Spanier. His father had immigrated from Austria and was a dentist.
Manus R. Spanier graduated from MMA in 1947.
Two years later, records show him and his younger sister, Lea, boarding a ship in New York bound for Bremerhaven, Germany. His father, already in Germany, and serving as a Major in a medical unit of the U.S. Army, was sponsoring their trip. Their final destination was Karlsruhe and they intended to spend a year there with him.
After his return, Manus attended Albion College in Michigan and then Wake Forest College where he earned his MD in 1957. He then moved to Brooklyn for his Internal Medicine Training at New York Methodist Hospital.
There, he met Ann Priscilla Holmes whom he married in 1960. The couple spent the first couple of years of their marriage back in Germany while Manus served with the U.S. Army in Munich.
The couples' son, Jim, was born in Brooklyn, and their second son, Mark, was born in Germany.
When they came back to America, they moved to Arizona, settling in Prescott by 1965. There, Manus and his wife built and operated a medical office complex for decades.
The name, "M.R. Spanier", is written on the glass plate negative of this image.
Manus was from Brooklyn, New York, the son of Harold Breyer Spanier (1891-1989) and Grace Marguerite (Rapier) (1896-1980) Spanier. His father had immigrated from Austria and was a dentist.
Manus R. Spanier graduated from MMA in 1947.
Two years later, records show him and his younger sister, Lea, boarding a ship in New York bound for Bremerhaven, Germany. His father, already in Germany, and serving as a Major in a medical unit of the U.S. Army, was sponsoring their trip. Their final destination was Karlsruhe and they intended to spend a year there with him.
After his return, Manus attended Albion College in Michigan and then Wake Forest College where he earned his MD in 1957. He then moved to Brooklyn for his Internal Medicine Training at New York Methodist Hospital.
There, he met Ann Priscilla Holmes whom he married in 1960. The couple spent the first couple of years of their marriage back in Germany while Manus served with the U.S. Army in Munich.
The couples' son, Jim, was born in Brooklyn, and their second son, Mark, was born in Germany.
When they came back to America, they moved to Arizona, settling in Prescott by 1965. There, Manus and his wife built and operated a medical office complex for decades.
The name, "M.R. Spanier", is written on the glass plate negative of this image.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified by library staff based on the name written on the plate.
Biographical information for Manus R. Spanier was compiled from public sources.
Additional biographical information provided by his daughter-in-law, Doris Spanier.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
003032
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Manus R. Spanier,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed February 22, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/28965.
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