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

1988-03-24

1 audio file (1:04:00) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (44 pages : PDF)

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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 thirteenth 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 reflects on a variety of topics concerning Charlotte College and higher education in the Charlotte area. She discusses the creation of Central Piedmont Community College through the merger of the Central Industrial Education Center and Mecklenburg College (previously known as Carver College). She shares the stories of how Charlotte College received and dedicated the bell, conducted book and plant drives, and worked to get out the vote in a tax levy election. Ms. Cone also reflects on numerous honorary degrees and awards she received and on being elected president of the North Carolina College Conference. Other topics include early opposition to fraternities on campus, the North Carolina governor's Carlisle Commission, and specific individuals such as basketball coach Irv Edelman, secretary John Kennedy, and reporters that covered Charlotte College including Harry Golden and Charles Kuralt.

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

College administrators
College presidents

Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Perzel, Edward Spaulding
Kennedy, W. A. (Woodford Armstrong), 1895-1958
Hechenbleikner, Herbert, 1909-2004
Golden, Harry, 1902-1981
Kuralt, Charles, 1934-1997
Rowe, Oliver Reagan, 1902-1988

Charlotte College
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Central Piedmont Community College (Charlotte, N.C.)
Carver College (Charlotte, N.C.)
University of North Carolina at Asheville
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
University of North Carolina (System)

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

North Carolina--Charlotte

Interviews
Oral histories

1940-1990

UNC Charlotte Oral History Interviews

Interviews with Bonnie E. Cone

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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); Charlotte Community College System minutes (UA0092), J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. (https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/6/resources/837); Harry Golden Papers - pt. 1 (MS0020.1), J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. (https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/204); Harry Golden Papers - pt. 2 (MS0020.2), J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. (https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/205)

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