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