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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: 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: 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: Dorlan D. Mork oral history interview 2, 2014 August 25
Creator: Mork, Dorlan, 1932-
Date Created: 2014-08-25
Subjects--Topical: Public universities and colleges, Public universities and colleges--Administration, Wildlife refuges, Water--Pollution, Microelectronics, Telecommunication
Description: In this second of two interviews, Dr. Dorlan D. Mork, long-time employee of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, provides contextual background for three items he donated to the university's archives. First, he explains the booklet ...

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: 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: 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: 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 G. Babb, Jr. oral history interview 1, 2013 July 18
Creator: Babb, James G., 1932-
Date Created: 2013-07-18
Subjects--Topical: College students, African Americans--Segregation, United States. Army, Veterans--Education (Higher), Sports journalism, Political campaigns, Newspaper publishing, Television broadcasting
Description: In this interview, James G. "Jim" Babb, long-time Charlotte resident and student at Charlotte College in the 1950s, recalls his early years in New York City, Boston, and Charlotte, North Carolina; his school days at Dilworth Elementary School, O&a...

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: John Miller, Jr. oral history interview 3, 2011 September 26
Creator: Miller, John S. (John Sutton), Jr., 1930-2021
Date Created: 2011-09-26
Subjects--Topical: Rest homes, Rest homes--Administration, Rest homes--Government policy, Nursing home patients, Social service, African Americans--Segregation, Race relations, Eugenics, Mentally ill--Care
Description: In this interview John Miller, Jr., Superintendent of Green Acres Rest Home in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1961 to 1982 continues to recount his experiences administering Green Acres. He discusses its transition from public to private control,...

Title: Loy H. Witherspoon oral history interview 7, 2010 June 3
Creator: Witherspoon, Loy H., 1930-2017
Date Created: 2010-06-03
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Universities and colleges, Public universities and colleges--Religion, Public universities and colleges--Administration
Description: In this fourth of seven interviews given by Loy Witherspoon and conducted by Christina Wright, Dr. Witherspoon focuses the conversation on Bonnie Cone, the founder of UNC Charlotte. He discusses Ms. Cone's long relationship with UNC Charlotte, inc...

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: Merwin Edsel Foard oral history interview 1, 2014 February 4
Creator: Foard, Merwin E. (Merwin Edsel), Sr., 1931-2019
Date Created: 2014-02-04
Subjects--Topical: Universities and colleges, College students, Emigration and immigration, Colonists, African Americans--Segregation, Providence and government of God
Description: In this first of two interviews, Merwin Edsel Foard, Charlotte native and graduate of Charlotte College, reflects on his life history and his conviction of divine providence throughout his life. He recounts the Foard family's deep rooted conn...

Title: Merwin Edsel Foard oral history interview 2, 2014 February 28
Creator: Foard, Merwin E. (Merwin Edsel), Sr., 1931-2019
Date Created: 2014-02-28
Subjects--Topical: Universities and colleges, College students, Veterans--Education, African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights movements, Public speaking
Description: In this second of two interviews, Merwin Edsel Foard, native of Charlotte, North Carolina, and 1957 graduate of Charlotte College, continues to share about his experience attending the school. He begins by mentioning his service in the Korean War ...

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: 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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