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Marshall Bond photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-0212-SC

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 2 pictures of “Twin Peaks, NM” and the “Ethel claim,” donated by Jack and Charlotte Rittenhouse, which were given to them by Bond’s son, Marshall Bonds, Jr.

Dates

  • 1917

Biographical / Historical

Born in Virginia in 1867, Marshall Bond visited Lincoln County, New Mexico with his son, Marshall Jr., Miguel A. Otero (Governor of New Mexico), and Otero's wife. During this trip, in 1926, he interviewed and photographed survivors of the Lincoln County War and Billy the Kid's gang. Bond was a friend of Jack London, who based his novel The Call of the Wild on Bond’s dog. Bond reported on the gold rush in Nevada and California and investigated silver mines during the Mexican Revolution. His son, Marshall Bond, Jr. wrote an extensive biography titled Gold Hunter: The Adventures of Marshall Bond.

http://elibrary.unm.edu/oanm/NmU/nmu1%23mss118sc/nmu1%23mss118sc_m1.html

Extent

2 items (Small Collections Photographs)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Adventurer Marshall Bond’s photographic prints of “Twin Peaks, NM” and the “Ethel claim.”

Processing Information

Austin Hoover, August 1984
Title
Guide to the Marshall Bond photographs
Status
Completed
Author
Austin Hoover
Date
August 1984
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Branson Hall
PO Box 30006
MSC 3475
Las Cruces New Mexico 88003 USA