Papers, 1915-1989 (bulk 1965-1985). This
collection is comprised of the papers of Ervin Bond. The bulk of the material
consists of scrapbooks created by Mr. Bond which contain photographs, news
articles and annotations relating to the history of Cochise County, Arizona.
The materials include; places, people and events specifically around Douglas,
Arizona. Also included are biographical materials; correspondence; articles and
speeches; photographs and subject files.
Collection Number:
MS 422
Languages Represented
English
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
Biographical Note
Ervin Bond was born in 1906 near Wiggins, Mississippi. In 1926 he moved
to Douglas, Arizona where he became a grocer. He married Irma Dalton in 1933
and they had three daughters. In 1956 he began working for the Arizona Highway
Department until his retirement in 1977.
Mr. Bond became interested in the history of southern Arizona and began
documenting it in the 1960s. He collected materials, oral histories and
photographs of Cochise County and assembled many scrapbooks documenting the
area. He also lectured extensively about local history. He wrote three books:
Douglas, Arizona: its first seventy-five years "and a few
before,"
Percy Bowden: Born to be a Frontier Lawman and
Cochise County, Arizona: Past and Present.
Scope and Content Note
Papers, 1915-1989 (bulk 1965-1985). This collection contains the papers
of the author Ervin Bond relating to his research on Cochise County, Arizona
history. The bulk of the material includes scrapbooks created by Mr. Bond that
contain photographs, news articles and annotations about the people, places and
events of the area. Other scrapbooks created by Mr. Bond include two on the
publication of his book
Cochise County, Arizona: Past and Present, lecture events,
the bicentennial and special events. Also included in the collection are
biographical materials; correspondence; articles and speeches concerning
Southern Arizona history and subject files including research materials,
newspapers as well as maps included in Mr. Bond's books.
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish
from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record,
the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The
user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the
University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all
claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of
copyright.
Arrangement: Alphabetical. This series contains biographical
materials associated with Ervin Bond including résumés, printer plates of
articles written about Bond and association member cards.
Arrangement: Alphabetical. This series contains material related to
the history of Arizona including newspapers, research materials, maps and
printed music.
box
folder
1
10
Articles sent to Ervin Bond.
, undated, 1982
1
11
Business Cards.
, undated
1
12
Jones, Stan- Printed Music.
, undated, 1972
1
13
Maps- Cochise County.
, undated
1
14
Newspapers-
Arizona Daily Star.
, 1983
1
15
Newspapers-
Bisbee Review.
, 1948
1
16
Newspapers-
Daily Dispatch.
, 1978
1
17
Newspapers-
Stone County Enterprise.
, undated, 1968-1976
Arrangement: Alphabetical. This series contains a collage of
photographs about the history of Douglas, Arizona, photographs from lectures
given by Ervin Bond, photographs of the Bond family and a photo album with
photographs of early pioneers and the border region including border
conflicts.
Arrangement: Alphabetical. This series consists of scrapbooks that
contain photographs, news articles and annotations by Ervin Bond about the
history of Southern Arizona including people, places and events of Cochise
County. The majority of the scrapbooks fall under the series titled by Bond: My
5 ways to see Cochise County from Douglas. Also included are scrapbooks of
materials relating to the publication of Bond’s book
Cochise County, Arizona: Past and Present, lecture
events, the bicentennial and special events.
box
folder
2
1
Business Cards.
, undated
2
2
Geronimo Trail.
, 1965
2
3
Cochise County, Arizona: Past and Present- Second
Printing.
, 1984
2
4
Highway 80 North East- Leslie Canyon Road.
, 1965
2
5
Highway 80 West.
, 1965
2
6
Highway 92.
, 1965
box
folder
3
1
Highway 666- East.
, 1965
3
2
Highway 666- West.
, 1965
3
3
History of my Book
Cochise County, Arizona: Past and Present.
, 1982
3
4
Interstate 10- San Simon, Bowie, Wilcox and Benson.
, 1965
3
5
My Bicentennial Year- Number One.
, 1976
box
folder
4
1
My Bicentennial Year- Number Two.
, 1976
4
2-3
Pictures Old and New.
, 1965
4
4
Pictures Old and New- Ranch Homes and Mexico Wars.
, 1965-1981
