This series contains correspondence pertaining to J. Max Bond's career as a member of United States Agency for International Development (US AID) and the United States Foreign Service, Ruth Bond's affiliation and leadership of various women's organizations, letters from the immediate and extended family, and a few Bond family financial and legal materials.
General Correspondence includes letters to and from a wide variety of professional associates and Bond family members, as well as more occasional correspondents. Amongst the general correspondence can be found letters and cards from Ruth's brother, Rufus Clement, and sister, Abbie; Max's brothers Gilbert and Horace; and a number of nephews, nieces, and other extended family members, including Georgia State Senator Julian Bond. This correspondence has been arranged chronologically by decade, and runs from the 1930s through the 1990s.
Correspondence from the immediate family includes letters to and from sons Max Jr. and George, and daughter Jane. This material, the majority written during the late 1950s and 1960s, contains extensive correspondence pertaining to Max's and George's secondary and university education, and many of these letters are copies written by Max Sr. to his sons from his various USAID and Foreign Service postings. Because much of the correspondence is addressed to both George and Max, Jr., their correspondence has been generally kept together, with the exception of a large group of letters addresses specifically to Max Jr. The Jane Bond correspondence primarily contains letters to her parents from the 1950s through the 1990s. The Max Bond, Jr. and George Bond correspondence, as well as the Jane Bond correspondence has been organized chronologically by decade.
Note: Some correspondence, both professional and occasionally personal, can also be found in the Subseries II.1: Country and Regional, 1939-1990.
Box 1 Folder 1 to 11
General, 1930s-1990s, Undated (11 Folders), 1930s-1990s, Undated
Box 2 Folder 1 to 9
General, 1930s-1990s, Undated (9 Folders), 1930s-1990s, Undated
Box 3 Folder 1 to 8
General, 1930s-1990s, Undated (8 Folders), 1930s-1990s, Undated
Box 4 Folder 1 to 2
General, 1930s-1990s, Undated (2 Folders), 1930s-1990s, Undated
Family
Box 4 Folder 3
Max and Ruth Bond--Personal, circa 1934-1978, 2004, 1934-1978, 2004
Box 4 Folder 4 to 11
George and Max Bond, Jr., 1948-1970s (8 Folders), 1948-1970s
Box 5 Folder 1 to 7
George and Max Bond, Jr., 1948-1970s (7 Folders), 1948-1970s
Box 5 Folder 8
Max Bond, Jr.--University, 1950-1953
Box 5 Folder 9 to 10
Jane Bond, 1950s-1960s (2 Folders), 1950s-1960s
Box 5 Folder 11
Jane Bond, circa 1960s-1970s
Box 6 Folder 1 to 7
Jane Bond, 1970s-1990s (7 Folders), 1970s-1990s
Box 7 Folder 1 to 3
Jane Bond, 1970s-1990s (3 Folders), 1970s-1990s
Box 7 Folder 4
Family Reunion, 1978
Professional and Organizational
Box 7 Folder 5
General, 1961-1978
Box 7 Folder 6 to 11
Afghanistan, 1954-1957, 1978, Undated (6 Folders), 1954-1957, 1978, Undated
Box 8 Folder 1
Afghanistan, 1954-1957, 1978, Undated, 1954-1957, 1978, Undated
Box 8 Folder 2
African American Institute, 1978-1983
Box 8 Folder 3
Atlanta University, 1948-1950
Box 8 Folder 4
Haiti, 1946-1947
Box 8 Folder 5
Howard University, 1966-1968
Box 8 Folder 6
Institute of Computer Technology, 1967-1968
Box 8 Folder 7 to 12
Liberia, 1950-1978 (6 Folders), 1950-1978
Box 9 Folder 1
Liberia, 1950-1978
Box 9 Folder 2 to 6
Malawi (formerly Nyasaland), 1961-1967 (5 Folders), 1961-1967
Box 9 Folder 7
Malawi (formerly Nyasaland)--and Travel Documents, 1963-1966
Box 9 Folder 8 to 9
Sierra Leone, 1953-1962, (2 Folders)
Box 9 Folder 10
Senator Heinz, 1982
Box 9 Folder 11
Tunisia, 1957-1960, Undated, 1957-1960, Undated
Box 10 Folder 1 to 3
Tunisia, 1957-1960, Undated, 1957-1960, Undated, (3 Folders)
Box 10 Folder 4 to 6
Women's Organizations, 1960s-1990 (3 Folders), 1960s-1990
Box 10 Folder 7
"Young, Andrew", 1979
Legal and Financial
Box 10 Folder 8 to 11
General, 1940s-1980s (4 Folders), 1940s-1980s
Box 11 Folder 1
Fundraising and Contributions, 1975-1979
Box 11 Folder 2
Lawsuit--Amtrak, 1975-1989
Box 11 Folder 3 to 4
Lawsuit--Police Brutality, 1989-1992 (2 Folders), 1989-1992
Box 11 Folder 5
Lawsuit--Police Brutality--Notes, 1989, Undated, 1989, Undated
Box 11 Folder 6
Jackson, Abbie--Estate, 1986
Invitations
Included here are reports, documents, and printed materials related to the countries in which the Bonds worked and toured, and their various interests and avocations. The material in this series is arranged alphabetically.
Subseries II.1: Country and Regional, 1939-1990
The bulk of the material in this subseries is related to the countries and regions in which Max Bond worked while employed by the United States Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Materials include reports—many of which were written by Max Bond—correspondence, printed material and ephemera. Printed materials include a small collection of Liberian newspapers, several broadsides of Liberian government proclamations, pamphlets, newspapers, and brochures—published by various African states as well as the US State Department. Also here are Ruth Bond's notes and report of her trip to West Africa in 1978. The trip, a feasibility study, was sponsored by the International Division of the National Council of Negro Women. Some correspondence, both professional and occasionally personal, can also be found here.
Afghanistan
Box 11 Folder 7
Basic Data, 1956, Undated, 1956, Undated
Box 11 Folder 8
Description--Draft, Undated
Box 11 Folder 9
Education--Reports, 1952, 1956, 1952, 1956
Box 11 Folder 10
Ephemera, 1955, Undated, 1955, Undated
Box 13 Folder 1
"Proverbs, 100 Afghan Persian"--Christy Wilson, 1961
Box 13 Folder 2
Reports, 1955-1957, Undated, 1955-1957, Undated
Box 13 Folder 3
Reports--Ill Treatment, 1956, Undated, 1956, Undated
Box 13 Folder 4
Reports--Terminal, 1962, Undated, 1962, Undated
Africa
Box 13 Folder 5 to 7
General, 1954-1989 (3 Folders), 1954-1989
Box 13 Folder 8
American Aid--Proposals, 1975-1983, Undated, 1975-1983, Undated
Box 41 Folder 1
Education--Charts and Statistics, 1966, Undated, 1966, Undated
Box 13 Folder 9
Education Notes, 1966
Box 13 Folder 10
Memos and Reports, 1957-1962, Undated, 1957-1962, Undated
Box 13 Folder 11
Printed Material, 1960s-1970
Box 14 Folder 1
Report--Draft--International Institute of African Guidance and Development, circa, 1960s
Box 14 Folder 2 to 3
Trip to--Ruth Bond's Report, 1978 (2 Folders), 1978
Box 14 Folder 4
Cuba--"A Public Survey on the Quality of Health Care,", 1988
Box 14 Folder 5
Haiti, 1945-1947, 1987, 1945-1947, 1987
Box 14 Folder 6
Haiti--Printed Material, 1945-1946
Box 14 Folder 7
India--Education--Reviews, 1955-1956
Box 14 Folder 8
Indochina, 1972
Box 14 Folder 9
Korea--United States Policy, 1974
Box 14 Folder 10
Lebanon--Education--Proposal, circa, 1950s
Box 14 Folder 11
"Lebanon, Letters From"--Edward Marion Hope, 1951-1966
Liberia
Box 15 Folder 1
General, 1972-1990
Box 15 Folder 2 to 3
Description--Draft, Undated (2 Folders), Undated
Box 15 Folder 4
Ephemera, 1950-1954
Box 15 Folder 5
Ephemera--Programs and Bulletins, 1950-1954
Box 15 Folder 6
"Folktales of the Liberian Tribes"--Charles S. G. Boayue, Undated
Box 15 Folder 7
Manly, Arthur Nanuh--Report of Trip to the United States, 1953
Box 15 Folder 8
Periodicals, 1950-1954
Box 41 Folder 2
Proclamation, 1954
Box 41 Folder 3
Sketch--University of Liberia Amphitheatre, Undated
Box 15 Folder 9
Trip to--Notes, 1978
Box 15 Folder 10
Tubman, William, 1951-1954, 1971, 1951-1954, 1971
Box 15 Folder 11
University of--Bulletin, 1953
Box 16 Folder 1
University of--English Theses--Students of Ruth Bond, 1953-1954
Box 16 Folder 2
University of--Yearbooks, 1952-1954
Malawi (formerly Nyasaland)
Box 16 Folder 3
"An AID Employee in Nyasaland,", 1962-1964
Box 16 Folder 4
Controversy, Textbook Distribution, 1964-1965, Undated, 1964-1965, Undated
Box 16 Folder 5
Printed Material, 1964-1973
Box 16 Folder 6
Reports, 1965
Box 16 Folder 7
Reports--Education, 1962
Box 16 Folder 8
Reports--End of Tour, 1964
Box 41 Folder 4
Maps, Undated
Box 16 Folder 9
Namibia--Printed Material, 1960s-1970
Box 16 Folder 10
Nigeria--Printed Material, Circa, 1950s
Box 16 Folder 11
Senegal--Trip to--Notes, 1977-1978
Sierra Leone
Box 17 Folder 1
Education--Proposal, 1961
Box 17 Folder 2
Ephemera, 1961
Box 17 Folder 3
"--Old and New of,", 1939
Box 17 Folder 4
Reports, 1959
Box 17 Folder 5
South Africa, 1978-1990
Box 17 Folder 6
South Africa--Printed Material, 1978-1979
Box 17 Folder 7
Sudan--Printed Material, 1976-1978
Box 17 Folder 8
Tanzania--Printed Material, 1977
Box 17 Folder 9
Togo--Trip to, 1978
Tunisia
Box 17 Folder 10
American Women's Club of, 1957-1959
Box 17 Folder 11
Education--Report, 1958
Box 17 Folder 12
Ephemera, 1957-1959
Box 18 Folder 1
University Proposal, Undated
Box 18 Folder 2
Uganda--Printed Material, Undated
United States--State Department
Box 12 Folder 7 to 8
Bulletins, 1969-1986 (2 Folders), 1969-1986
Box 12 Folder 9
Employees of African Descent, 1965-1966, Undated, 1965-1966, Undated
Box 12 Folder 10
Program Training, Circa, 1960s
Box 12 Folder 11
West Africa--Observations of, Circa, 1952-1954
Box 12 Folder 12
West Africa--Printed Material, 1960-1961
Box 12 Folder 13
Zambia--Printed Material, 1970
Subseries II.2: Subject Files, 1935-1995
This subseries features an eclectic mix of personal and vocational interests of both Max and Ruth Bond. Included are materials produced by or regarding the extended Bond-Clement family. Areas of vocational interest comprise the Tennessee Valley Association, the Tuskegee Institute, various educational topics and the Washington, DC community.
Max Bond's clipping folders, which contained un-annotated newspaper and magazine articles primarily from mainstream media sources such as theNew York Times,theWashington Post, Time, The New RepublicandThe Nation,and mostly dating from the late 1960s and early 1970s, were not retained. Selected folder headings, created by Max Bond, give an indication of the subjects that he collected: "Africa," "African Jewelry," "Art-Theatre-Agriculture," "Black Colleges," "Black Education," "Black Intelligence," "Black Male Crisis," "Black Politicians," "Black Power," "Black Related Recent Current," "Black Vote," "Black and White Together Movements," "Blacks/Africa," "Blacks in Nixon's Employ," "Church," "Civil Rights," "Criminals," "Grenada's Rape-Rush's Rule," "Impeachment," "Indians + Other Minorities," "Rev Jackson," "Jaworski," "Job Discrimination," "Justice Dpmt. Violation," "Kent State," "Martin L King," "Medicare," "Myth + Sham," "NAACP," "Negro + Other Leaders," "Nixon-Agnew + Hiss," "Outstanding Blacks/Black Leaders," "Panthers," "Police Brutality," "Politics Reagan's Fall," "RACIAL: Whites + Blacks," "South African White Churches," "Snow 1987," "Student Protest Groups," "Wallace of Alabama," "What Citizens Should Know," and "Wine + Foods."
Box 12 Folder 14
African-Asian-American Peoples Organization--Proposal, 1957
Box 12 Folder 15
"The African Influence on Afro-American Art"--Lois Jones Pierre Noel, Circa, 1970s
Box 12 Folder 16
African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church, 1968-1975
Box 12 Folder 17
Afro-Americans Problems Conference--Proposal, Circa, 1965
Box 12 Folder 18
Bond, Horace--"From Negro to American Man"--Address to Lincoln College,, 1956
Box 12 Folder 19
Bond, Horace--"A Study of Factors Involved in the Identification and Encouragement of Unusual Academic talent Among Under Privileged Populations,", 1967
Box 18 Folder 3
Bond, Julian--Clippings, 1969-1979
Box 18 Folder 4
Bond, Julian--Remarks: Anniversary of Fair Housing Act, 1988
Box 18 Folder 5
Bond, Zelema--Proposal--Supportive Educational Services, 1971
Box 18 Folder 6
Boston--African-American Research, 1987-1988, Undated, 1987-1988, Undated
Box 18 Folder 7
Brann, Joan--State Department Appointment, 1977
Box 18 Folder 8
Clothing--Patterns, Circa, 1950s
Box 18 Folder 9
Clement, Rufus E., 1947, 1967-1969, 1947, 1967-1969
Box 42
Clement, Rufus E--Audio Tape--Shining Light Award, 1968
Box 41 Folder 5
The Committee for the Future--SYNCON Booklet, 1973
Box 18 Folder 10
Eckhardt, Celia--Feminism, Undated
Education
Box 18 Folder 11
General, 1965-1967, 1978, 1965-1967, 1978
Box 18 Folder 12
"The Evaluation of Higher Institutions,", 1937
Box 18 Folder 13
International Students--Africa, 1962, 1981, Undated, 1962, 1981, Undated
Box 18 Folder 14
International Students--Printed Material, 1966-1981
Box 18 Folder 15
International Students--Reports, Circa, 1970s-1980
Box 18 Folder 16
Knoxville People's College--Proposal, Undated
Box 18 Folder 17
Louisiana--Reports, 1937-1940
Box 18 Folder 18
Phoenix Indian School, 1972-1973
Box 18 Folder 19
Teacher Education Questionnaire, 1948
Box 18 Folder 20
U. S. Commission on Civil Rights--Testimony of Arthur S. Fleming, 1981
Box 18 Folder 21
University of the District of Columbia, 1981, 1988, 1981, 1988
Box 18 Folder 22
Diplomatic Lists, 1966-1979
Box 18 Folder 23
Funerals, 1960s-1990s
Box 18 Folder 24
Home Repair, Circa, 1960s-1971
Box 18 Folder 25
International Glass Plant, 1969
Box 18 Folder 26
Library of Congress, 1980
Box 18 Folder 27
Lincoln University, 1985-1994
Box 18 Folder 28
Kentucky Opera Association--Complaint, 1965
Box 18 Folder 29
Parker, Judge Barrington, 1987
Box 18 Folder 30
Programs and Events, 1949-1988, Undated, 1949-1988, Undated
Box 18 Folder 31
Refugees, 1981-1983
Box 18 Folder 32
Robinson, Henry S., 1960-1988, Undated, 1960-1988, Undated
Box 18 Folder 33
Sociology, Department of--University of Southern California, 1959-1966
Box 18 Folder 34
Sociology, Negro Doctorates in--Questionnaires, Undated
Box 18 Folder 35
Southern Negro Youth Conference, 1940, Undated, 1940, Undated
Tennessee Valley Association (TVA)
Box 18 Folder 36
"Effects of Pickwick Landing Reservoir on Waterloo and Riverton, Alabama,", 1935
Box 18 Folder 37
Negro Training Program, 1935, Undated, 1935, Undated
Box 18 Folder 38
Quilts--Exhibit, 1990-1995
Box 19 Folder 1
Textile Museum, 1988-1992
Box 19 Folder 2
Tuskegee Institute--Army Airforce Training Program, 1944, Undated, 1944, Undated
Box 19 Folder 3
Tuskegee Institute--Ephemera, 1942-1943, 1965, 1942-1943, 1965
Box 19 Folder 4
United States Civil Rights, 1963-1970
Box 19 Folder 5
Women--Reports, 1977, 1991, Undated, 1977, 1991, Undated
Washington, D. C.
Box 19 Folder 6
General, 1968-1986, Undated, 1968-1986, Undated
Box 19 Folder 7
Education, 1950s-1960s
Box 19 Folder 8
Park Bill--Max Bond Senate Testimony, 1967
Box 19 Folder 9
Program for Laymen Overseas, 1966, 1978, 1966, 1978
Manuscript drafts and notes by J. Max Bond make up the bulk of this series. Subject matter, largely concerning civil rights, the Black Panthers, and the Nixon administration, dates most of the manuscripts to the late 1960s-1970s. Where possible, drafts of the same manuscript have been grouped together and organized alphabetically, using the original titles; however, lack of dates makes it impossible to ascertain the chronological order of the drafts. A small amount of material in this series is by Ruth Bond and included here is her Master's thesis. The material is arranged alphabetically.
Note: Most reports written by J. Max Bond, Sr. and Ruth Clement Bond can be found in Subseries II.1: Country and Regional, 1939-1990.
J. Max Bond, Sr.
Box 19 Folder 10
"Aging"--Drafts and Notes, 1975, 1980, Undated, 1975, 1980, Undated
Box 19 Folder 11
"For America's Senior Citizens--Departure or Security," 1971-1972, Undated, 1971-1972, Undated
Box 19 Folder 12 to 16
"American Myth"--Drafts, Undated, (5 Folders)
Box 19 Folder 17
"Becoming a Negro" --Fragment, Undated
Box 19 Folder 18
"Bicentennial--Chapter 1", Undated
Box 19 Folder 19
"Education of the Negro in America"--Notes, Undated
Box 19 Folder 20 to 21
"Golden Thread", Undated (2 Folders), Undated
Box 19 Folder 22 to 23
"Holocaust Makers and Dream Killers", Undated (2 Folders), Undated
Box 19 Folder 24
"Martin Luther King Assassination", Undated
Box 19 Folder 25
"The Modern American Termites", Undated
Box 19 Folder 26
Minorities and Desegregation--Drafts and Research Material, 1970s
Box 19 Folder 27
Movements, Undated
Box 19 Folder 28
"Nation Out of Focus"--Outline and Proposal, 1974, Undated, 1974, Undated
Box 19 Folder 29 to 33
[Nation Out of Focus], Undated (5 Folders), Undated
Box 20 Folder 1 to 6
[Nation Out of Focus], Undated (6 Folders), Undated
Box 20 Folder 7
"New Nation", Undated
Box 20 Folder 8
"The Pall of Mylai", Undated
Box 20 Folder 9 to 10
"Panthers"--Draft, Undated (2 Folders), Undated
Box 20 Folder 11 to 16
"Permissiveness", Undated (6 Folders), Undated
Box 20 Folder 17 to 19
"Religion", Undated (3 Folders), Undated
Box 20 Folder 20 to 22
"Sickness", (3 Folders)
Box 20 Folder 23
"Southern Strategy", Circa, 1970s
Box 20 Folder 24
"Teachers of Democracy", Undated
Box 20 Folder 25
"Youth"--Draft, Undated
Box 20 Folder 26
"Washington's Elderly World," Circa, 1970s
Box 20 Folder 27 to 28
Untitled Drafts, Undated (2 Folders), Undated
Box 21 Folder 1 to 5
Untitled Drafts, Undated (5 Folders), Undated
Box 21 Folder 6
Untitled Drafts--Ruth's Edits, Undated
Box 21 Folder 7
Untitled Drafts and Notes, Undated
Ruth Bond
Box 21 Folder 8
"Birth of an Article,", 1988
Box 21 Folder 9
"Birth of an Article"--Notes and Drafts, 1988
Box 21 Folder 10
"Citizens of Christ and Democracy,", Undated
Box 21 Folder 11
"The Criminal in English Drama"--M.A. Thesis, 1930
Box 21 Folder 12
"The Criminal in English Drama"--M.A. Thesis --Notes, Circa, 1930
Box 21 Folder 13
"Trivia: Inauguration Day,", 1969
Box 21 Folder 14
Untitled Drafts, 1970-1979
Box 21 Folder 15 to 16
Notes and Drafts, Undated, (2 Folders)
Newsletters, correspondence, notes, minutes, and photographs, related to the many organizations to which the Bonds belonged, make up the bulk of this, the largest series in the collection. The material comprising this series was scattered throughout the holdings with no discernable order. Documents, therefore, were gathered from across the collection and arranged chronologically by decade and, where appropriate, by years. At times, documents from different organizations were found nested together. Generally these stray documents have been left where they were found; for example, the Association of American Foreign Service Women (AAFSW) folders also contain material related to the Africa-America Institute (AAI) and other organizations. These cases reflect the very strong ties, both in terms of shared personnel and subject matter, between the organizations to which the Bonds belonged. In addition, the Bonds frequently received a very small amount of literature—often only a single document—from a vast array of organizations. The material related to these organizations has been grouped together within the General Organizations folders and arranged chronologically. Within the General Organizations folders there is much material dedicated to Women's groups.
The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington (BGCGW: also known as Eastern Branch Boys' Club of Greater Washington) and its affiliate, the Women's Auxiliary Board (WAB), in which Max and Ruth Bond held leadership roles respectively, represent the single largest organizations within the series. Reflecting their organizational structure, the material relating to both groups has been kept together. The WAB's President's Book contains a representative assortment of documents related to this organization between 1970 and 1975, including a history, minutes, photograph albums, and materials regarding receptions for other organizations—especially those organizations associated with the Bonds.
The Association of American Foreign Service Women (AAFSW) was strongly involved in the BGCGW/WAB. Although the AAFSW and WAB were two distinct organizations, many AAFSW members came to occupy leading roles in the WABGC. The AAFSW—and, through it, BGCGW/WAB— was also affiliated with the National Council of Women of the United States (NCWUS); Ruth Bond held a number of roles within each organization and the materials here reflect that involvement.
Also within this series is material regarding the Africa-America Institute (AAI) and its African Scholarship Program of American Universities (ASPAU). The primary aim of the AAI was to facilitate the education and training of Africans studying in the United States by providing both financial support in the form of scholarships and a social, cultural, and legal support network. During the 1960s and early 1970s—the period of the Max and Ruth Bond's greatest involvement in the organization—the ASPAU was responsible for the selection, placement, funding, training, and orientation of students; Max and Ruth Bond were active in the selection and placement of scholarship students.
Material regarding the African-American Scholars Council (AASC) can be found within the AAI material. Although the two organizations were not officially aligned, the AASC was founded by James L. Hope, who had previously run the AAI's scholarship program. Also within the AAI documents are materials relating to the Hospitality and Information Service (THIS) for Diplomatic Residents and Families, as well as the Student Counseling Service and its subsidiary organizations, including the African-American Women's Council.
Of general note, the Washington Women's Council is the successor of African-American Wives Group. It is through Church Women United that Ruth Bond became involved with the Bicentennial celebrations of 1976.
Box 21 Folder 17 to 21
General, 1942, 1954 1960s-1994, 1942, 1954, 1960s-1994, (5 Folders)
Box 21 Folder 22 to 24
General--Women, 1950s-1994, Undated (3 Folders), 1950s-1994, Undated
Box 22 Folder 1 to 7
General--Women, 1950s-1994, Undated (7 Folders), 1950s-1994, Undated
Box 22 Folder 8
African Women's Organization in America, 1965-1966
African-American Institute (AAI)
Box 22 Folder 9 to 14
General, 1963-1981 (6 Folders), 1963-1981
Box 23 Folder 1 to 3
General, 1982-1990s, (3 Folders)
Box 23 Folder 4
African-American Scholars Council, 1974-1975 (with "Women of Africa"), 1974-1975
Box 23 Folder 5
African-American Women's Council, 1967-1972
Box 23 Folder 6
African Embassies, 1977
Box 23 Folder 7
The African Student in Washington--Transcripts, 1976
Box 42
The African Student in Washington--Voice of America--AudioTapes 1-3, 1976
Box 23 Folder 8
Student Aid Documents, 1971-1983
Box 23 Folder 9
Student Aid Documents--National Association for Foreign Student Affairs,, 1979-1981
Box 23 Folder 10
Student's Ball--An African Evening, 1977
Box 23 Folder 11
THIS--The Hospitality and Information Service, 1966-1969
Box 23 Folder 12
Washington Women's Council, 1961-1968
African-American Women's Association
Box 24 Folder 12
Africare, 1976-1977
Box 24 Folder 13
American Foreign Service Association, 1970-1971, 1983, 1970-1971, 1983
Box 24 Folder 14
American Red Cross, 1985-1988
Box 24 Folder 15
Amicale Americano-Malagasy, 1984-1985
Association of American Foreign Service Women
Box 25 Folder 9
Black Women's Agenda, 1979, 1987, 1979, 1987
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington
Box 25 Folder 10 to 15
General, 1968-1975, Undated, 1968-1975, Undated, (6 Folders)
Box 26 Folder 1 to 8
General, 1976-1995, Undated, 1976-1995, Undated, (8 Folders)
Box 26 Folder 9
Annual National Conference, 1982
Box 26 Folder 10
Award Presented to J. Max Bond, 1971
Box 26 Folder 11
Board Meetings and General Documents, 1975-1983
Box 26 Folder 12
"Boy's Club,", 1984-1985
Box 26 Folder 13
"Boys' & Girls' Club,", 1985-1986
Box 26 Folder 14
"Forms & Letters, Treasurers Reports, Grants,", 1986-1987
Box 26 Folder 15
History--Women's Auxiliary Board, 1992
Photographs
Box 40 Folder 4
President's Book Women's Auxiliary Board, 1970-1975 (Bound), 1970-1975
Box 26 Folder 17
Recipes, 1986
Box 26 Folder 18
Talent Show Journal, 1971
Box 27 Folder 1
Treasurer Reports and Minutes, 1970-1983
Box 27 Folder 2
"Women's Auxiliary Education Assistance,", 1986-1987
Box 27 Folder 3
Capital Hill Restoration Society, 1966-1971
Church Women United (CWU)
Box 27 Folder 4 to 16
General, 1960s-1975 (13 Folders), 1960s-1975
Box 28 Folder 1 to 6
General, 1975-1990s, Undated (6 Folders), 1975-1990s, Undated
Box 28 Folder 7
Anniversary, 30th--Celebration, 1971
Box 28 Folder 8
Anti-War Material, 1972
Box 28 Folder 9
Bethune, Mary McLeod--Funeral & Memorial, 1974
Box 28 Folder 10 to 11
Bicentennial, 1975 (2 Folders), 1975
Box 28 Folder 12
Board of Managers Program, 1974
Box 28 Folder 13
Conference of Church and Synagogue Women, 1970-1972
Box 28 Folder 14
Conference, Governor Romney's, 1974
Box 28 Folder 15 to 17
International Women's Year, 1975-1977 (3 Folders), 1975-1977
Box 28 Folder 18
International Women's Year--Report--"...To Form a More Perfect Union...,", 1976
Box 29 Folder 1
People's Platform, 1973-1976
Box 29 Folder 2
Planetary Pupil, 1970-1972
Box 29 Folder 3
World Day of Prayer, 1974-1988
Box 29 Folder 4
Civil Rights--Leadership Conference, 1975
Box 29 Folder 5
Committee for National Security, 1987
Box 29 Folder 6
Congressional Black Caucus, 1970-1971
Box 29 Folder 7
Diplomatic and Consular Officers, Retired (Dacor), 1988
Box 29 Folder 8 to 10
District of Columbia Bicentennial, 1987-1989 (3 Folders), 1987-1989
Box 29 Folder 11
Foreign Student Service Council, 1967-1972
Box 29 Folder 12
Friends of the National Museum of African Art, 1985-1988
Box 29 Folder 13
Inter-American Commission of Women, 1972-1980
Box 29 Folder 14
International Visitors Service, 1967-1969
Box 29 Folder 15 to 17
Liberian Ore Limited, 1963-1992, (3 Folders)
Box 29 Folder 18
National Association for Community Development, 1969
Box 29 Folder 19
National Council of Churches
National Council of Negro Women
Box 29 Folder 20 to 21
1969-1993, (2 Folders)
Box 29 Folder 22
"International Women's United for Equality,", 1975
Box 30 Folder 1
"Report and Recommendations: Feasibility Trip to Senegal, Ivory Coast and Togo,", 1978
Box 30 Folder 2 to 3
"Women & Housing: A Report on Sex Discrimination in Five American Cities,", 1975
Folder 4 to 10
National Council of Women of the United States, 1964-1976, Undated, 1964-1976, Undated, (7 Folders)
Box 30 Folder 11
"85th Annual Meeting,", 1973
Box 30 Folder 12
Civil Rights for Women of Conscience, 1965
Box 30 Folder 13
White House Conference "To Fulfill These Rights,", 1966
Box 30 Folder 14
National Women's Political Caucus, 1971-1972
Box 30 Folder 15
Northwestern University, 1985-1992
Box 30 Folder 16
Overseas Education Fund, 1980-1981
Box 30 Folder 17
Public Television--Community Service Awards, 1973
Box 30 Folder 18
Rural America--Coming of Age, 1980
Box 31 Folder 1
United Planning Organization, "The Polycultural Pre-School Program,", 1975
United Nations
Box 31 Folder 2
General, 1975
Box 31 Folder 3 to 5
Decade for Women, 1984-1986 (3 Folders), 1984-1986
Box 31 Folder 6
UNIFEM, 1990-1991
Box 31 Folder 7 to 12
International Women's Year 1973-1977 (6 Folders), 1973-1977
Box 31 Folder 13
International Women's Year--French Materials, 1974
Box 31 Folder 14
Universities--General, 1970s-1990s
Box 31 Folder 15
Youth for Understanding, 1986-1987
Box 32 Folder 1 to 3
Widening Horizons, 1964-1975, Undated, 1964-1975, Undated, (3 Folders)
Box 32 Folder 4 to 5
Women & Labor, 1973-1989 (2 Folders), 1973-1989
Box 32 Folder 6
Women's International Religious Fellowship, 1970-1972
Box 32 Folder 7
Women's National Democratic Club, 1968-1994
Box 32 Folder 8
World Council of Churches, 1978
Box 32 Folder 9 to 10
World Day of Prayer, 1958-1988, (2 Folders)
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
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
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
The bulk of the material in this series comprises personal and family photographs, as well as pictures from some of the many events hosted by one of the organizations with which the Bonds were affiliated, especially the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington. Also included are slides and photographs from trips abroad. These photographs, a mix of black and white, and color, were scattered throughout the collection with little discernable order. Most of them were loose and unidentified, yet there were also some albums and a few labeled photographs. Whenever possible, photographs found in the same location have been kept together. Easily identifiable material was arranged according to the people featured and the nature of the event.
Box 39 Folder 1
General and Unidentified, Undated
Albums
Box 39 Folder 2
Family, 1920s-1980s
Box 39 Folder 3 to 4
"Red Album"-- Professional, Undated, (2 Folders)
Box 39 Folder 5
"White Album"--Personal, Undated
Family
Box 41 Folder 11
Emma C. Clement--Mother of the Year, 1946
Box 39 Folder 6 to 7
General, 1930s-1990s, Undated, 1930s-1990s, Undated, (2 Folders)
Box 39 Folder 8
Early Family Pictures, 1912, Undated, 1912, Undated
Box 39 Folder 9 to 10
Friends and Family, 1940s-1980s, Undated, 1940s-1980s, Undated, (2 Folders)
Box 39 Folder 11
Ghana, Undated
Box 39 Folder 12
Liberia, 1953-1954 (with labels), 1953-1954
Box 41 Folder 12
Liberia--University of, Undated (Rolled), Undated
Box 39 Folder 13
Negatives, Undated
Box 39 Folder 14
Organizations, 1950s-1980s, Undated, 1950s-1980s, Undated
Box 39 Folder 15 to 16
Professional, 1950s-1980s, Undated, 1950s-1980s, Undated, (2 Folders)
Box 39 Folder 17
Slides, 1958-1961