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Title: Bonnie Cone Sawyer and Faye Reynolds oral history interview, 2013 December 5
Creator: Sawyer, Bonnie Cone, 1937-
Date Created: 2013-12-05
Subjects--Topical: Women college presidents, Women in education
Description: In this interview, Bonnie Cone Sawyer, niece and namesake of Bonnie Cone, and Faye Reynolds, friend of both the aunt and niece, share their memories of Bonnie Cone and give insight into her personal life. Mrs. Sawyer recalls her childhood memories...

Title: Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 11, 1988 February 9
Creator: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Date Created: 1988-02-09
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Education, Higher--Administration, Community colleges, Women college presidents, Women community college presidents
Description: In this sixth 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 describes the search for the current site ...

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: Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 21, 1988 May 3
Creator: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Date Created: 1988-05-03
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Education, Higher--Administration, Education, Higher--Finance, Universities and colleges--Faculty, Women college presidents
Description: In this sixteenth and final 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 his...

Title: Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 9, 1988 January 28
Creator: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Date Created: 1988-01-28
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Education, Higher--Administration, Community colleges, Women college presidents, Women community college presidents, College-student veterans
Description: In this fourth 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 the early history of UNC Charlo...

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: Dorlan D. Mork oral history interview 1, 2014 July 7
Creator: Mork, Dorlan, 1932-
Date Created: 2014-07-07
Subjects--Topical: Public universities and colleges, Public universities and colleges--Administration, Public universities and colleges--Faculty, Women college presidents, Depressions
Description: In this first of two interviews, Dr. Dorlan D. Mork, long-time employee of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and close friend and neighbor of Bonnie Cone, reflects on his own career and on the life and legacy of Dr. Cone. He begins by ...

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: Emil Kratt oral history interview, 2012 March 22
Creator: Kratt, Emil Failing, 1935-
Date Created: 2012-03-22
Subjects--Topical: Deacons, Baptists, Leadership--Philosophy, Women college presidents
Description: In this interview, Emil Kratt, long-time attorney, Charlotte resident, and member of Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, shares his memories of Bonnie Cone. He recalls their shared service on the Board of Deacons of Myers Park ...

Title: Genevieve Barnhart oral history interview, 2014 July 24
Creator: Barnhart, Genevieve, 1963-
Date Created: 2014-07-24
Subjects--Topical: Women college presidents, Education, Higher, Women in higher education, Public universities and colleges
Description: In this interview, Bonnie Cone's niece Ann McWhirter, her great-niece Genevieve Barnhart, and Ann's husband Bill McWhirter share their memories of Bonnie Cone. They describe her persuasiveness and enabling of others, her motivation and w...

Title: Harvey Murphy oral history interview, 2012 August 15
Creator: Murphy, Harvey Frank, 1930-
Date Created: 2012-08-15
Subjects--Topical: Women college presidents, College sports, African Americans--Civil rights, African American college athletes, Kinesiology--Study and teaching, Universities and colleges--Faculty
Description: In this interview, Dr. Harvey Murphy, long-time faculty member and athletic director at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, discusses his career at the university. He begins by recalling his first impressions of the fledgling campus in ...

Title: J. Kenneth Sanford oral history interview, 2012 April 17
Creator: Sanford, J. Kenneth
Date Created: 2012-04-17
Subjects--Topical: Women college presidents, Public universities and colleges--Administration, Universities and colleges--Public relations, African Americans--Civil rights, Feminism
Description: In this interview, J. Kenneth (Ken) Sanford, long-time Director of Public Information and Publications at UNC Charlotte, shares his perspective of the process of Charlotte College becoming the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, first as an...

Title: Jack Claiborne oral history interview 2, 2012 March 28
Creator: Claiborne, Jack
Date Created: 2012-03-28
Subjects--Topical: Public universities and colleges--Administration, Women college presidents, Education, Higher, Students, Teachers
Description: In this interview, Jack Claiborne, long-time reporter and editor with The Charlotte Observer and former director of public relations at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, shares his recollections of Bonnie Cone, Charlotte College'...

Title: James H. Woodward oral history interview 3, 2013 November 19
Creator: Woodward, James H. (University chancellor)
Date Created: 2013-11-19
Subjects--Topical: Women college presidents, Women in higher education, Public universities and colleges, Pay equity, Education, Higher--Political aspects
Description: In this interview, Dr. James Woodward, chancellor emeritus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, reflects on Bonnie Cone and the history of UNC Charlotte. Describing Ms. Cone as a giant in a small body, Dr. Woodward recollects his firs...

Title: James William Kirk oral history interview 2, 2013 November 26
Creator: Kirk, James William, 1925-2014
Date Created: 2013-11-26
Subjects--Topical: Universities and colleges, Women college presidents, Education--Political aspects, Nontraditional college students, Rural development, Public housing
Description: In this interview, James William Kirk, neighbor and alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, shares his knowledge of the institution's present site on Highway 49 and the history of the surrounding area, including his family&a...

Title: Mary Norton Kratt oral history interview, 2012 March 22
Creator: Kratt, Mary Norton
Date Created: 2012-03-22
Subjects--Topical: Women college presidents, Women in higher education, Deacons, Leadership--Philosophy
Description: In this interview, Mary Norton Kratt, award-winning author and adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, recalls her knowledge of and interactions with Bonnie Cone from her high school years at Central High School when Mi...

Title: Mildred English oral history interview, 2012 September 17
Creator: English, Mildred, 1925-2019
Date Created: 2012-09-17
Subjects--Topical: Women college presidents, Education--Political aspects, Women college administrators, Nontraditional college students, Depressions
Description: In this interview, Mildred English, Monroe native and long-time employee of Charlotte College and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, tells of her personal history and shares her first-hand knowledge of Bonnie Cone. She begins by speaki...

Title: Moutaz Khouja oral history interview, 2014 June 09
Creator: Khouja, Moutaz
Date Created: 2014-06-09
Subjects--Topical: Women college presidents, Public universities and colleges--Faculty, Neighborhoods--Social aspects
Description: In this interview, Dr. Moutaz Khouja, professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, reminisces about Bonnie Cone, his friend and neighbor from the College Downs neighborhood in Charlotte. He recalls his first impressions of Ms. Cone ...

Title: William C. Friday oral history interview, 2012 May 1
Creator: Friday, William C. (William Clyde)
Date Created: 2012-05-01
Subjects--Topical: Public universities and colleges--Administration, Women college presidents, Education, Higher, Education--Political aspects, Depressions
Description: In this interview, William "Bill" Friday, long-time president of the University of North Carolina System, shares his memories of Bonnie Cone, the founder of Charlotte College. He describes Ms. Cone's drive to establish a university in Charlot...

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