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Series I: Correspondence, 1934-1992, 2004
Series III: Writings, 1930-1988
Series VI: Photographs, 1912-1990s

J. Max and Ruth Clement Bond papers, 1912-2004, bulk 1930-1990

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Series V: Personal, 1914-1995

Family memorabilia, awards and travel ephemera; biographical manuscripts, interviews and notes concerning the Clement-Bond family history; drafts of the Bond children's school papers and documents relating to individual interests; diaries, day books, and journals; and financial files, all of which capture the personal lives of the Bond family, are found here.

Subseries V.1: General, circa 1914-1992

The materials in this subseries range across decades and include awards, diplomas, birth certificates, educational and employment documents, clippings, and extended family genealogical and biographical materials, as well as ephemera.

Biographical and Family History


Box 41 Folder 6 Article--"The Life and Times of J. Max Bond," by Ruth M. Bond, 1992


Box 32 Folder 11 Biographical Notes, Undated

Box 32 Folder 12 to 13 Bond, James--"Life on the Margins: An Autobiography," Undated (2 Folders) Needs to be Photocopied., Undated

Box 32 Folder 14 Bond, James--Tributes, 1979-2003

Box 32 Folder 15 Bond, Ruth--Oral History Transcripts, 1992-1994

Box 32 Folder 16 Clement-Bond Family History, Circa 1946, 1970s

Box 32 Folder 17 Clement, Emma C. 1914, 1946, 1952, 1914, 1946, 1952

Box 32 Folder 18 Clippings, 1950s-1992


Box 33 Folder 1 Awards, 1975-1991

Box 33 Folder 2 Bond Children--Physician Reports, 1942

[Restricted until 2032]

Box 33 Folder 3 George Bond, Circa, 1950s

Box 33 Folder 4 George Bond--Diploma--London School of Economics, 1968

Jane Bond

Box 33 Folder 5 Bibliographies and Notes, 1967-1980, Undated, 1967-1980, Undated

Box 33 Folder 6 Curriculum Vitae, Undated

Box 33 Folder 7 to 9 Economics and International Politics--Articles by Others, 1970s-1980s (3 Folders), 1970s-1980s

Box 33 Folder 10 And Fernando Howard, 1953-1963, Undated, 1953-1963, Undated

Box 33 Folder 11 Journals, 1972, Undated, 1972, Undated

Box 33 Folder 12 Sarah Lawrence College, 1952

Box 33 Folder 13 "Le Syndicalisme Minoritaire..." and Notes, 1989, Undated, 1989, Undated

Box 33 Folder 14 Washington High School, 1948

Max Bond, Jr.

Box 33 Folder 15 Architecture, 1968-1980

Box 33 Folder 16 Financial, 1949, 1953-1958, 1949, 1953-1958

Box 33 Folder 17 School Papers, 1951-1952

J. Max Bond, Sr

Box 33 Folder 18 Curriculum Vitae, 1967, Undated, 1967, Undated

Box 33 Folder 19 Employment--Applications and Reports, Circa, 1960-1967

Box 33 Folder 20 Employment--Letters of Recommendation, 1967

Box 33 Folder 21 Employment--Travel Documents and Vouchers

Box 33 Folder 22 Death and Funeral, 1981-1982, 1992, 1981-1982, 1992

Box 33 Folder 23 J. Max Bond, Sr. and Ruth Clement Bond--Wills, 1981-1991

Ruth Clement Bond

Box 33 Folder 24 Class Notes, 1927

Box 33 Folder 25 Bibliographies, 1920 Circa 1950s, 1920, 1950s

Box 33 Folder 26 Employment Reviews, 1982-1983

Box 33 Folder 27 Sketches, Circa 1950s and 1960s, 1950s, 1960s

Box 33 Folder 28 Travel Ephemera, Circa, 1950s-1960s

Ephemera


Box 42 Audio Tape--Unidentified, Undated


Box 41 Folder 7 Award--Liberia, 1953 (Rolled), 1953

Box 41 Folder 8 Awards, 1957-1983

Box 41 Folder 9 Diploma, 1925 (Rolled), 1925

Box 41 Folder 10 Haiti Stamps, 1981


Box 34 Folder 1 Boy's Club Award, 1978, 1990, 1978, 1990


Mapcase 15-M2-1 Equal Rights Amendment Sash, Undated

Moved to mapcase from original location in Box 34 folder 2


Box 34 Folder 3 Eyeglasses, Undated

Box 34 Folder 4 Lincoln University Paper Weight, 1987

Box 34 Folder 5 Pins--Adlai Stevenson, Undated

Box 34 Folder 6 Wallet, Undated

Subseries V.2. Daybooks, Diaries, Notebooks and Personal Documents, 1925-1995

The bulk of this series is made up of diaries, notebooks and agendas kept by Ruth Clement Bond. Ruth's agendas—her daily appointment books—include appointments, invitations and often phone calls—both personal and professional—and mark her many and varied cultural interests and the extent of her activity with the organizations with which she worked.

Many of the agendas also include messages, lists of addresses, notes for meetings, notes on various readings or topics of interest to her, and sometimes inserted note cards or invitations. Her notebooks, similarly, include addresses, lists of expenses, and notes on readings or meetings. The diaries and travel journals, while rarely kept on a daily basis, do include many lengthy entries regarding living and traveling abroad.

There are a few notebooks kept by J. Max Bond, Sr. in this series, and both Ruth and Max maintained diaries in 1956, the year that Max was appointed as Education Advisor to Afghanistan's Minister of Education.

Also here are guest books, baby books, passports, driver's licenses and other personal documents.

Bond, Max Sr.

Box 34 Folder 7 Automobile Documents, 1957

Box 34 Folder 8 Diary--Afghanistan, 1956

Box 34 Folder 9 Diary and Notebook, 1962

Box 34 Folder 10 Driver's License--Nyasaland, 1962

Box 34 Folder 11 Guest Book, Undated

Box 34 Folder 12 Notebook, circa, 1960s

Box 34 Folder 13 Notebook--Changing Cultural Image in the Black World, Undated

Box 34 Folder 14 Notebook--USC, circa 1930s (2 Notebooks), 1930s

Box 34 Folder 15 Passports, 1944-1989 (4), 1944-1989

Box 34 Folder 16 Personal Documents, 1960s-1970s

Box 34 Folder 17 Scrapbook--Newspaper Clippings, 1936

Bond, Ruth Clement


Box 35 Folder 1 to 19 Agendas or Day Books, 1959, 1968-1995 (19), 1959, 1968-1995

Box 35 Folder 20 to 22 Calendars, 1987-1991 (3), 1987-1991

Diaries and Journals


Box 36 Folder 1 Diary, 1933

Box 36 Folder 2 Diary, 1946

Box 36 Folder 3 Diary, 1967

Box 36 Folder 4 Diary, 1992, 1994, 1992, 1994

Box 36 Folder 5 Diary--Afghanistan and Travel, 1956

Box 36 Folder 6 Diary--Malawi, 1964-1965

Box 36 Folder 7 Diary--Journal, 1960

Box 36 Folder 8 Journal--London, 1989

Notebooks


Box 35 Folder 23 to 32 General, 1958, 1973-1992, Undated (10), 1958, 1973-1992, Undated

Box 35 Folder 33 Africa, Undated

Box 35 Folder 34 Africa--Liberia, 1954


Box 36 Folder 9 Expenses, 1994

Box 36 Folder 10 Expenses--Trip to West Africa, 1978

Box 36 Folder 11 Expenses and Travel, 1950-1963

Box 36 Folder 12 to 17 Organizations--General, 1972-1988 (6), 1972-1988

Box 36 Folder 18 Organizations--African American Institute, 1963-1964, Undated, 1963-1964, Undated

Box 36 Folder 19 to 20 Organizations-- Association of American Foreign Service Women and Boys Club,, 1968-1991, (2 Folders)

Personal Documents and Ephemera

Box 36 Folder 21 to 25 Address Books, circa 1950s, Undated (5), 1950s, Undated

Box 36 Folder 26 Driver Licenses--Africa, 1957, 1962, 1957, 1962

Box 36 Folder 27 French Phrase Book, 1954

Box 36 Folder 28 to 29 Guest Books, 1993 (2), 1993

Box 36 Folder 30 Graduation Bulletin--Northwestern University, 1925

Box 36 Folder 31 Passports, 1944-1972

Bond, George Clement


Box 34 Folder 18 Baby Book, 1936

Box 34 Folder 19 Driver's License--International, 1949

Bond, Max Jr.

Box 34 Folder 20 Baby Book, 1935

Subseries V.3: Financial, 1931-1994, undated

Financial documents, including income tax returns, bank account statements and checks, real estate information, receipts and bills, were extensively preserved. Although the financial material spans over sixty years, the bulk of the documents are from the 1950s and 1960s. The banks represented by cancelled checks and monthly statements include: the Alabama Exchange Bank and Tuskegee Institute Savings Bank of Tuskegee, Alabama; the Lincoln Bank & Trust Company of Louisville, Kentucky; Citizens Trust of Atlanta, Georgia; and the Whitney National Bank of New Orleans, Louisiana. Copies of income tax returns, although not inclusive, cover most of the years between 1961 and 1992. Also found here is extensive documentation regarding a rental property owned by the Bonds in Louisville, Kentucky.

Bank Statements and Checking Accounts


Box 37 Cancelled Checks, 1939-1954, (7 Folders)

Check Book Stubs


Box 38 1946 (1), 1946

Box 38 1949-1950 (2), 1949-1950

Box 38 1955-1956 (2), 1955-1956

Box 38 1960-1962 (1), 1960-1962

Box 38 1975-1994 (39), 1975-1994


Box 37 General, 1943-1986

Box 37 Budget--Home, 1947-1949

Box 37 Expenses--Africa Trip, 1978

Box 37 Income Tax Returns, 1940s, 1961-1992, (3 Folders)

Box 37 Life Insurance, 1931-1987

Box 37 Moving and Storage, 1945, 1950-1966, 1945, 1950-1966

Box 37 Property Tax Appeal, 1975

Box 37 Rental Property--Louisville, Kentucky--Bills and Receipts, 1960s-1970s

Box 37 Rental Property--Louisville, Kentucky--Documents and Correspondence, 1960s-1990, (3 Folders)

Box 37 Rich's Department Store--Receipts, 1948-1950s

Box 37 Tuskegee--Prairie Farms--Account Book, 1940-1941