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Marshall Bond Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-118-SC

Scope and Content

The collection contains material related to a trip taken by Marshall Bond, his son, Marshall Jr., and Governor Miguel Otero and his wife in 1926 to investigate the events in the life of Billy the Kid. Items include correspondence primarily between Miguel Otero and Marshall Bond, and between Deluvina Maxwell, an elderly Navajo woman who knew Billy the Kid, and Marshall Bond. Also included is one letter from Susan E. Barber (formerly Mrs. Alexander McSween), three letters from Marshall Bond Jr. about the collection, clippings about Billy the Kid, and handwritten notes by Marshall Bond Sr. about Billy the Kid, probably from the Lincoln County interviews.. Some of the letters are annotated. Nineteen related photographs were transferred to CSWR Pictorial Collections.

Dates

  • 1926-1954

Language of Materials

English.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Copy Restrictions

Limited duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publications or distribution.

Biographical Information

Marshall Bond was born in Virginia in 1867. In 1926 he visited Lincoln County, New Mexico with his son, Marshall Jr., Miguel A. Otero (Governor of New Mexico), and Otero's wife. During this trip he interviewed and photographed the survivors of the Lincoln County War and Billy the Kid's gang.

Extent

1 Folder

Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, clippings, and notes related to Marshall Bond's visit to Lincoln County, New Mexico where he interviewed and photographed the survivors of the Lincoln County War and Billy the Kid's gang.

Related Material

Pioneers Foundation Oral History Collection. Center for Southwest Research. University Libraries. University of New Mexico. Elfego Baca Collection. Center for Southwest Research. University Libraries. University of New Mexico. Miguel Antonio Otero Papers. Center for Southwest Research. University Libraries. University of New Mexico. John William Poe Papers. Center for Southwest Research. University Libraries. University of New Mexico. Coe Family Papers. Center for Southwest Research. University Libraries. University of New Mexico.

Separated Material

Photographs have been transferred to the Marshall Bond Photograph Collection.

Relevant Secondary Sources

  • Bond, Marshall. Gold hunter; the adventures of Marshall Bond. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press,[1969].
Title
Finding Aid of the Marshall Bond Collection, 1926-1954
Status
For Approval
Author
Processed by Mary Burkee
Date
©2000
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is in English

Revision Statements

  • June 28, 2004: PUBLIC "-//University of New Mexico::Center for Southwest Research//TEXT (US::NmU::MSS 118 SC::Marshall Bond Collection)//EN" "nmu1mss118sc.sgml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
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Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451