Guide to the George Bond Journal
1853

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Table of Contents
  Overview of the Collection
   
  Biographical Note
   
  Content Description
   
Use of the Collection
   
   
Detailed Description of the Collection

  Subjects

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Bond, George, b. 1818
Title: George Bond's journal of the family's immigration to Oregon in 1853
Dates: 1853 ( inclusive )
Quantity: .05 linear feet (1 folder)
Location of Collection: Collection is located with other small manuscript collections.
Collection Number: SFM 023
Summary: The George Bond papers comprise a photocopy of a published typescript in which a segment of George Bond's diary in transcribed. The segment concerns the Bond family's 1853 overland journey to Oregon.
Repository: University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives

1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299
URL: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html

Languages: Collection materials are in English. 
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical Note

George Bond was born in Henry County, Kentucky in 1818. With his family, he later moved to Indiana and then Illinois. He was, for many years, a Baptist minister. Along with several members of his family, George Bond made the overland journey to Oregon. Bond's diaries were left with his son James, who suppressed them because he feared that the spelling found in the writing might cast discredit on his father's reputation. The diaries came to light after the death of James Bond. After arriving in Oregon, the members of the travelling party scattered throughout the Willamette Valley. The portions of the diary transcribed here cover the overland journey, April-September 1853.

Content Description

The Geoge Bond papers comprise a photocopy of a published typescript which presents the text of George Bond's diary, which concerns the Bond family's 1853 overland journey to Oregon. There are six leaves in total, most containing two pages of the original typescript.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :  

Collection is open to the public.

Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.

Restrictions on Use :  

Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the Manuscripts Librarian in Special Collections & University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation :  

Bond, George. George Bond's journal of the family's immigration to Oregon in 1853, SFM 023, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

George Bond's journal of the family's immigration to Oregon in 1853 (photocopy of published typescript) 1853

Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

  • Personal Names :
  • Bond, C. A.
  • Bond, George, b. 1818--Diaries
  • Bond, George, b. 1818--Travel--Oregon
  • Family Names :
  • Bond family
  • Geographical Names :
  • Oregon--Description and travel
  • Subject Terms :
  • Overland journeys to the Pacific
  • Form or Genre Terms :
  • Diaries

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    Finding aid prepared by Erick Arenas
    ©2004