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Title: Ben E. Douglas oral history interview 2, 1979 May 23
Creator: Douglas, Ben E. (Ben Elbert), 1894-1981
Date Created: 1979-05-23
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Municipal government, Urban transportation, Airports--Planning, City planning
Description: Ben Douglas discusses his tenure as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1935 to 1941. He discusses the structure of city government in the 1920s and explains that he was the first Charlotte mayor to be directly elected by voters. He describes ...

Title: Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 6, 1987 December 1
Creator: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Date Created: 1987-12-01
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Community colleges, Women college presidents, Women community college presidents, College-student veterans, North Carolina. General Assembly
Description: In this first 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 years of what eventual...

Title: Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 8, 1987 December 17
Creator: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Date Created: 1987-12-17
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Community colleges, Women college presidents, Women community college presidents, College-student veterans, Community colleges--Accreditation
Description: In this third 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 early history of the universit...

Title: Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 18, 1988 March 24
Creator: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Date Created: 1988-03-24
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Education, Higher--Administration, Education, Higher--Finance, Community colleges, Women college presidents, Women community college presidents
Description: 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 conce...

Title: Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 16, 1988 March 15
Creator: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Date Created: 1988-03-15
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Education, Higher--Administration, Community colleges, Universities and colleges, Women college presidents, Women community college presidents, Engineering--Education
Description: In this eleventh 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 development of...

Title: Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 10, 1988 February 4
Creator: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Date Created: 1988-02-04
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Education, Higher--Administration, Community colleges, Wages--College employees, Women college presidents, Women community college presidents, College-student veterans
Description: In this fifth 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 transition from Charlotte Ce...

Title: Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 20, 1988 April 19
Creator: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Date Created: 1988-04-19
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Education, Higher--Administration, Education, Higher--Finance, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, Benefactors
Description: In this fifteenth 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 begins by discussing her class reunion...

Title: Stanford Brookshire oral history interview 2, 1973 April 3
Creator: Brookshire, Stanford R., 1905-1990
Date Created: 1973-04-03
Subjects--Topical: Mayors, Civil rights movements, Race relations, Bombings, Municipal water supply, Politics and government, Cities and towns--Politics and government, County government, Cities and towns--Growth, Civic centers--Planning, Urban renewal, City planning, Urbanization, Local transit, Roads--Design and construction--Planning, Roads--Design and construction, Police administration, Civic leaders
Description: In this second interview with Ed Perzel, Stanford Brookshire discusses his experiences as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1961-1969. He begins by talking about the bombing of four civil rights leader's homes in Charlotte in 1965 and his ro...

Title: Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 7, 1987 December 8
Creator: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Date Created: 1987-12-08
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Teachers, Universities and colleges
Description: In this second 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 her childhood, youth, and ear...

Title: Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 19, 1988 April 5
Creator: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Date Created: 1988-04-05
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Education, Higher--Administration, Education, Higher--Finance, Community colleges, Women college presidents, Women community college presidents, Race relations
Description: In this fourteenth 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 returns to the topics of the bond iss...

Title: Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 17, 1988 March 17
Creator: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Date Created: 1988-03-17
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Education, Higher--Administration, Community colleges, Universities and colleges, Women college presidents, Women community college presidents, Architectural design
Description: In this twelfth 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 relating...

Title: Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 14, 1988 March 3
Creator: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Date Created: 1988-03-03
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Education, Higher--Administration, Universities and colleges, Women college presidents, Women community college presidents
Description: 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 t...

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: 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 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 13, 1988 March 1
Creator: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Date Created: 1988-03-01
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Education, Higher--Administration, Education, Higher--Finance, Community colleges, Women college presidents, Women community college presidents
Description: In this eighth 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 importance of 19...

Title: Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 15, 1988 March 8
Creator: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Date Created: 1988-03-08
Subjects--Topical: College trustees, Education, Higher, Education, Higher--Administration, Education, Higher--Finance, Community colleges, Women college presidents, Women community college presidents
Description: In this tenth 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 transfer of power from the C...

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: Paul G. Rodden oral history interview, 1979 May 22
Creator: Rodden, Paul G. (Paul Gilbert), 1909-
Date Created: 1979-05-22
Subjects--Topical: Genealogy, Families--Social life and customs, Country life, Education, Rural, Family farms, Mills and mill-work, Insurance companies
Description: Paul G. Rodden recounts his years working as an insurance agent for the Pilot Life Insurance Company during the 1940s-1970s and his family history. He describes his interest in genealogy; the Rodden family in Davie, Rowan, and Mecklenburg Counties...

Title: Stanford Brookshire oral history interview 1, 1973 February 16
Creator: Brookshire, Stanford R., 1905-1990
Date Created: 1973-02-16
Subjects--Topical: Mayors, Mayors--Election, Country life, Depressions, Family farms, Small business, Boards of trade, Cities and towns--Politics and government, Political campaigns, Sexism in political culture, Political candidates, Elections, Nonpartisan, Urban renewal, African Americans--Segregation, Race relations, Discrimination in public accommodations, Racism, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, African Americans--Civil rights, Bombings
Description: Stanford "Stan" Brookshire, the former four-term mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1961-1969, talks about his early life and his time as mayor. He describes his hometown, Troutman, North Carolina, and growing up on a farm that employed tenan...

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