Walker Bond Family Papers

163 WFCHS

Inventory created by Archives Staff 06/88. Last revised 02/21.

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EXTENT:  0.46 linear feet

CREATOR: Bond, Carrie Walker, 1885-1975

DATE: 1840-1957

Scope and Content: The Walker Bond Family Papers contains account books, school notes, and photo albums of the Bond Family of Frederick County, Virginia.

Biographical/Historical: Walker Bond was born in Frederick County, VA in 1875. He gained a civil engineering degree from Swarthmore College and was a farmer and orchardist. He was chair and president of multiple local boards. He married twice but had no children. Bond died in 1957.

Bibliography: Quarles, Garland R. Some Worthy Lives. Winchester, VA: Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society, 1988.

Cite As: Walker Bond Family Papers, 163 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

Organization:

BOX 1

Bond, Abner—account book, 1840-1847, 56 pages, manuscript

Bond, Abner—school notes, 84 pages, manuscript

Bond Family—account book, 1857-1887, 230 pages, manuscript

Bond Family—receipts, 1900-1905, 54 items, manuscript

Bond, Howell—school report, 1890, 1 leaf manuscript on printed form

Bond, Howell—auction, September 1954, 1 item, printed

Bond, John L.—account book for farm and orchard, 1888-1904, 232 pages, manuscript

Bond, John L. and Jock Lupton, granting rights to Patent Threshing Machine, October 9, 1828, 1 leaf, manuscript on printed form

Lupton, Carrie D. – Knit and crochet patterns, n.d., 6 pages, manuscript and typescript

BOX 2

Photograph albums, 3 volumes:

Album I—"Home Life at Fairfield, Frederick County, VA"

Album II—"Hopewell Friends Meeting"

Album III—"Mid the Green Fields of Virginia, Summer 1901"

PHOTOGRAPHS: Photographs and other images belonging to this collection may be accessed online through http://handley.pastperfectonline.com/