Morrill, Dan L.

Wright, Christina

Charlotte, North Carolina

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

2012-03-28

1 audio file (20:24) : digital, MP3

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Dan L. Morrill was a 74-year-old man at the time of interview, which took place at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was born in Charlotte in 1937. He was educated at R. J. Reynolds High School and Wake Forest College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and was employed as a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and as consulting director for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission.

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 spontaneous celebration on campus when the news arrived that Charlotte College had become the fourth campus of the University of North Carolina system. Students started ringing the old school bell that was erected for a time in the courtyard in front of the Kennedy building. Dr. Morrill also discusses the significance of having Miss Cone buried on the university's campus and the importance of institutional history to a university community. Finally, he summarizes the significance of Miss Cone's career at Charlotte, remarks on how he would like students to learn about her, and observes the difference between the early faculty of Charlotte College and the faculty of the early twenty-first century.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on a Marantz PDM 670 digital recorder.

Consultants
College teachers

Morrill, Dan L.
Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Woodward, James H. (University chancellor)
Claiborne, Jack
Dubois, Philip L.

Charlotte College
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University of North Carolina (System)
Duke University

Universities and colleges
College students
Universities and colleges--Faculty
History

North Carolina--Charlotte

Interviews
Oral histories

1960-2020

UNC Charlotte Oral History Interviews

Memories of Bonnie Cone

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Dan L. Morrill oral history interview 5, 2012 March 6, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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)

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