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In this eleventh 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 continues to discuss the development of Charlotte College. She reflects on her relationship with various news reporters, governors of North Carolina, and William Friday, president of the University of North Carolina System. She describes several members of the Charlotte College Board of Trustees as well as two of her secretaries and recalls tax levy and bond issue campaigns to support the college. Other topics include Ms. Cone's handling of press coverage and its effect on donors, the transition of Carver College leadership, Charlotte College's relationship with other colleges and universities, and the engineering program at Charlotte College.

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Title
Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 16, 1988 March 15
Creator
Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003, interviewee
Contributor
Perzel, Edward Spaulding, interviewer
Date (Text)
1988-03-15
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 (1:03:53) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (23 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.
Other Identifiers
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:2906
System Control No.
UA-CO0026
Subject (Person)
Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Perzel, Edward Spaulding
Caldwell, John T. (John Tyler), 1911-1995
Friday, William C. (William Clyde)
McKnight, C. A.
Subject (Corporate)
Charlotte College
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Davidson College (N.C.)
Carver College (Charlotte, N.C.)
University of North Carolina at Asheville
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
North Carolina State University
University of North Carolina (System)
Subject (Topic)
Education, Higher
Education, Higher--Administration
Community colleges
Universities and colleges
Women college presidents
Women community college presidents
Engineering--Education
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
Usage Statement
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Copyright Holder
This material is protected by copyright. Copyright is held by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Record Appears in
University Archives Collection > UNC Charlotte Oral History Interviews
Oral History Collections > Interviews with Bonnie Cone
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audio/mpeg
Location of Original
J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Reproduction Note
MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on analog audio cassette and digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.
2013-05-08

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