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Title: Beth Rugg oral history interview, 2019 October 30
Creator: Rugg, Beth, 1961-
Date Created: 2019-10-30
Subjects--Topical: College students, School shootings, Universities and colleges--Administration, Police, Emergency communication systems
Description: In this interview, Beth Rugg, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Client Engagement at UNC Charlotte, shares her personal experiences and thoughts related to the April 30, 2019 shootings on campus. Ms. Rugg discusses the experience of working in the Ken...

Title: Betty Ladner oral history interview, 2020 July 2
Creator: Ladner, Elizabeth H., 1948-
Date Created: 2020-07-02
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, First responders, Campus police, Medical informatics, Emergency communication systems
Description: Betty Ladner, recently retired Executive Director of External Relations and longtime member of the Senior Management Team for the J. Murrey Atkins Library at UNC Charlotte reflects on her career and details her experiences on April 30, 2019. Ms. L...

Title: Betty Morgan oral history interview, 2006 March 26
Creator: Morgan, Betty, 1932-
Date Created: 2006-03-26
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Rural families, Education, Rural, Education, Elementary, College students, Rural electrification
Description: Betty Morgan recounts her life growing up in rural Rowan County, North Carolina. One of nine children, Mrs. Morgan discusses growing up on her family's small farm and how they grew the majority of their own food, as well as cotton. The farm lacked...

Title: Billy J. Reid oral history interview 1, 2012 September 13
Creator: Reid, Billy J. (Billy June), 1931-2022
Date Created: 2012-09-13
Subjects--Topical: Education, College students, Veterans--Education (Higher), Women college presidents, African Americans--Segregation, Depressions
Description: In this interview, Bill J. Reid, one of "Bonnie's Boys" and a Charlotte College alumnus, reflects on growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina, during the Great Depression and on Bonnie Cone's influence in his life. He recalls his educatio...

Title: Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 12, 1988 February 11
Creator: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Date Created: 1988-02-11
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Education, Higher--Administration, Education, Higher--Finance, Community colleges, Women college presidents, Women community college presidents, College students
Description: In this seventh 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 discusses her recollections of Charlotte...

Title: Brenda G. Shue oral history interview, 2019 November 20
Creator: Shue, Brenda G.
Date Created: 2019-11-20
Subjects--Topical: Emergency management, College students, School shootings, Universities and colleges--Administration, Compassion, Campus violence, Memorials, Collective memory, Commencement ceremonies
Description: Brenda Shue, Executive Assistant to UNC Charlotte's Chancellor Philip L. Dubois, talks about the events of April 30, 2019 and her role in the University's response to the tragedy. She begins the interview discussing her efforts to get Ch...

Title: Cade Lee oral history interview, 2020 May 27
Creator: Lee, Cade
Date Created: 2020-05-27
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Universities and colleges--Administration, Gun control, Homicide--Prevention, Mental health services, Campus police, Memorials, Local government--Political aspects
Description: Cade Lee shares his experience as a student and activist at UNC Charlotte on April 30th, 2019, when a former student opened fire on a classroom killing two students and injuring four others. Months before the tragedy, Mr. Lee founded the UNC Charl...

Title: Cameron Morrison Harris oral history interview, 2014 June 12
Creator: Harris, Cameron M. (Cameron Morrison)
Date Created: 2014-06-12
Subjects--Topical: College students, Education, Higher, Women in higher education, Community development, Urban
Description: In this interview, Cameron Morrison Harris, long-time resident of Charlotte, North Carolina, and alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, discusses his experience growing up in Charlotte and his involvement with UNC Charlotte and ...

Title: Celeste Godwin oral history interview, 2020 February 25
Creator: Godwin, Celeste
Date Created: 2020-02-25
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Compassion, Mental health services, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police, Memorials, Collective memory, Communication in crisis management, Public safety
Description: Police officer Celeste Godwin shares her experience on duty the night of April 30th, 2019 when an active shooter was reported on UNC Charlotte's campus. Officer Godwin was scheduled to work the Waka Flaka Flame concert and was stationed on th...

Title: Christopher Gonyar oral history interview, 2019 December 10
Creator: Gonyar, Christopher
Date Created: 2019-12-10
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Emergency management--Public opinion, Emergency management, Universities and colleges--Administration, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police
Description: Christopher Gonyar, Director of Emergency Management at UNC Charlotte, shares his personal account of managing aspects of the emergency response to the April 30th shooting, headquartered in the Police and Facilities Management building on campus. ...

Title: Dan L. Morrill oral history interview 5, 2012 March 6
Creator: Morrill, Dan L.
Date Created: 2012-03-06
Subjects--Topical: Women college presidents, Universities and colleges--Faculty, College students, Public universities and colleges--Administration, African Americans--Civil rights
Description: In this interview, Dr. Dan Morrill, long-time history professor and marshall at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the Consulting Director of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission, describes how he came to work at ...

Title: Dan L. Morrill oral history interview 6, 2012 March 28
Creator: Morrill, Dan L.
Date Created: 2012-03-28
Subjects--Topical: Universities and colleges, College students, Universities and colleges--Faculty, History
Description: In this follow-up interview to his interview of March 6, 2012, Dr. Dan Morrill continues to reflect upon Bonnie Cone and the transition of the university from Charlotte College to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He recalls a spontan...

Title: David Spano oral history interview, 2019 December 13
Creator: Spano, David B.
Date Created: 2019-12-13
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Universities and colleges--Administration, Gun control, Compassion, Mental health services, Memorials
Description: Dr. David Spano shares his experience serving as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Director of the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services during the April 30th tragedy at the UNC Charlotte. Dr. Spano has worked at the...

Title: Elizabeth A. Hardin oral history interview 3, 2019 December 17
Creator: Hardin, Beth (Beth A.)
Date Created: 2019-12-17
Subjects--Topical: Emergency management, School shootings, College students, Universities and colleges--Administration, Compassion, Mental health services, Post-traumatic stress disorder, First responders, Campus violence, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police, Memorials, Communication in crisis management
Description: Elizabeth Hardin, Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs at UNC Charlotte, discusses the events of April 30, 2019, when a gunman opened fire in a classroom on campus. Ms. Hardin was at an off campus event at the Center City Building at the time of t...

Title: Ellison Clary oral history interview, 2012 May 25
Creator: Clary, Ellison
Date Created: 2012-05-25
Subjects--Topical: Women college presidents, Education--Political aspects, College students, Civil rights movements, Race relations, College student newspapers and periodicals
Description: In this interview, Mr. Ellison Clary, Charlotte native and graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, tells of his experience growing up in Charlotte in the 1950s, attending Charlotte College and UNC Charlotte during the pivotal ye...

Title: Floyd Simmons oral history interview 3, 2004 April 7
Creator: Simmons, Floyd, 1923-2008
Date Created: 2004-04-07
Subjects--Topical: War, Veterans, Universities and colleges, College sports, College students, College-student veterans, Decathlon, Decathlon--Training, Athletes, Olympics, Olympic athletes, Motion pictures, Acting, Photography
Description: In this last of three interviews, Floyd "Chunk" Simmons discusses his activities after serving in World War II, including his time in the Olympics and in Hollywood as an actor. After the war, Mr. Simmons attended the University of North Carolina a...

Title: Gary Stinnett oral history interview, 2020 February 3
Creator: Stinnett, Gary W., 1952-
Date Created: 2020-02-03
Subjects--Topical: College students, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/867976, Universities and colleges--Administration, Emergency management, Compassion, Mental health services, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Memorials, Collective memory, Communication in crisis management, Commencement ceremonies
Description: Gary Stinnett began his post-retirement career at UNC Charlotte in 1996 as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources. Gary shares his involvement on the evening of April 30th, 2019 coordinating efforts to connect students and families at a...

Title: H. Parry Bliss, Jr. oral history interview, 2015 October 22
Creator: Bliss, H. Parry, Jr.
Date Created: 2015-10-22
Subjects--Topical: College students, Civil rights movements, College student newspapers and periodicals, College yearbooks, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, Education, Higher, September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001)
Description: In this interview H. Parry Bliss, Jr., alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, shares memories of his time as a student at the university, particularly of his senior year in 1969. He recalls his impressions of Bonnie Cone and rec...

Title: Harold Pulley oral history interview 2, 2012 June 26
Creator: Pulley, Harold
Date Created: 2012-06-26
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Race relations, College students, Universities and colleges--Faculty, United States. Air Force, Military participation--African American, Post-traumatic stress disorder, African American churches, Church controversies
Description: In this second of four interviews, Harold Pulley, UNC Charlotte alumnus, recounts his college and military careers, discussing his time at Livingstone College, Gaston Technical Institute, and UNC Charlotte, as well as in the Navy Reserve and the A...

Title: Harold Pulley oral history interview 3, 2012 July 18
Creator: Pulley, Harold
Date Created: 2012-07-18
Subjects--Topical: Civil rights movement, Peace movements, College students, African American college students--Political activity, African American college students--Attitudes, Universities and colleges--Faculty, Racism in education, Race relations--Education (Higher)
Description: In this third of four interviews, Mr. Harold Pulley discusses his student experience at UNC Charlotte during the late 1960s and his connection to the civil rights movement in North Carolina. He describes Bonnie Cone's manner of speaking and i...