Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003

Perzel, Edward Spaulding

Charlotte, North Carolina

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

1988-03-03

1 audio file (1:03:53) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (21 pages : PDF)

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

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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.

In this ninth 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 recalls the passing of state legislation that transformed Charlotte College into the fourth campus of the University of North Carolina on March 2, 1965. She describes the preparation process to become a university, which involved undergoing the scrutiny of three groups including the State Board of Higher Education, the 99-man Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina, and representative faculty from the three other UNC campuses at the time. Dr. Perzel and Ms. Cone discuss the controversial Rowe vs. Winn trial in which two doctors challenged the building of a separate college campus for the African-American Carver College. Ms. Cone also reminisces about the acquisition of land for UNC Charlotte, including the role of Tom Belk, and early construction on the UNC Charlotte campus.

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

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Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Perzel, Edward Spaulding
Kennedy, W. A. (Woodford Armstrong), 1895-1958

Charlotte College
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Carver College (Charlotte, N.C.)
North Carolina. General Assembly

Education, Higher
Education, Higher--Administration
Universities and colleges
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North Carolina--Charlotte

Interviews
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1950-1990

UNC Charlotte Oral History Interviews

Interviews with Bonnie E. Cone

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Bill J. Reid oral history interview 1, 2012 September 13, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. (https://goldmine.uncc.edu/index/render/object/pid/uncc:2568/parentPID/un...); Multiple interviews were conducted with Bonnie Cone by Ed Perzel and others. These and other interviews about Bonnie Cone can be found by using “Bonnie Cone” as a search term.

Bonnie Ethel Cone papers (MS0112), J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. (https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/406); Charlotte College records (UA0034), J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. (https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/6/resources/76); Charlotte College photographs (UA0065), J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Available online at (https://goldmine.uncc.edu/index/render/pid/ua:uapcc); Carver College records (MS0063), J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. (https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/266)

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