Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 19, 1988 April 5: 19

Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003,

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In this fourteenth of a series of interviews conducted by Dr. Ed Perzel (former Chair of the Department of History and Associate Dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UNC Charlotte), Bonnie Cone returns to the topics of the bond issues and tax levy elections to support Charlotte College; site selection for the present campus; selection of an architect for the campus buildings and working on building design; her early interest in teaching and time at Coker College; the Charlotte Industrial Education Center, Mecklenburg College, and Central Piedmont Community College; and the Charlotte College engineering program, supported by Duke University and North Carolina State University. She and Dr. Perzel also discuss Fred Alexander, the NAACP, and attitudes toward integration during the late 1950s, and Ms. Cone reflects on racial tensions on campus in the early 1960s, mentioning students Ben Chavis and T. J. Reddy. She also recalls her relationship with student Harold Pulley, describes various politicians and businessmen who were friends of the college, and concludes by briefly discussing the school colors and mascot.

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Title

Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 19, 1988 April 5

Creator

Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003, interviewee

Contributor

Perzel, Edward Spaulding, interviewer

Date (Text)

1988-04-05

Place of Creation

Charlotte, North Carolina

Publisher

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Extent

1 audio file (1:03:49) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (46 pages : PDF)

Biographical/Historical Note

Bonnie Ethel Cone was an 80-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place in J. Murrey Atkins Library at UNC Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was born in Lodge, South Carolina in 1907 and was educated at Coker College and Duke University. She was employed as a teacher, as Director of the Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina, as President of Charlotte College, and as Acting Chancellor and later Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:2897

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UA-CO0029

Subject (Person)

Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Perzel, Edward Spaulding
Alexander, Frederick Douglas, 1910-1980
Kennedy, W. A. (Woodford Armstrong), 1895-1958
Rowe, Oliver Reagan, 1902-1988
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Subject (Corporate)

Charlotte College
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Central Piedmont Community College (Charlotte, N.C.)
Carver College (Charlotte, N.C.)
Odell Associates Inc.

Subject (Topic)

Education, Higher
Education, Higher--Administration
Education, Higher--Finance
Community colleges
Women college presidents
Women community college presidents
Race relations

Geographic Coverage

North Carolina--Charlotte

Subject (Occupation)

College administrators
College presidents

Subject (Date)

1950-1990

Type

Audio

Format

spoken word
Interviews
Oral histories

Language

English

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University Archives Collection > UNC Charlotte Oral History Interviews
Oral History Collections > Interviews with Bonnie Cone

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Location of Original

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on analog audio cassette and digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.
2013-05-21

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