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1907–2003 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗
6 works about Bonnie E. Cone are indexed here, as are 2 works by Cone.
Works about or by Bonnie E. Cone. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
Bonnie E. Cone talks with historian Edward Perzel of UNC Charlotte on 4 February 1988 about how the Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina became Charlotte College in 1949. Elmer Garinger, Herbert Hechenbleikner, student veterans and college pay all come up. One of the UNC Charlotte Oral History Interviews, with about 74 minutes of audio and a 45-page transcript.
Bonnie E. Cone, founding leader of what became UNC Charlotte, talks with historian Ed Perzel on 4 February 1988 about the change from the Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina to Charlotte College in 1949. One audio file of about 1 hour 14 minutes with a 45-page transcript, from the UNC Charlotte Oral History Interviews.
Cameron Morrison Harris, a longtime Charlotte resident and UNC Charlotte graduate, recalls growing up in the city and his ties to the university and to Charlotte College before it. His grandfather Cameron Morrison, governor of North Carolina in the early 1920s, is discussed, along with Bonnie Cone and Dean Colvard. Interview of 12 June 2014, about 53 minutes, from the UNC Charlotte Oral History Interviews.
Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003.
Oral history recorded 12 June 2014 with Cameron Morrison Harris, a longtime Charlotte resident and UNC Charlotte graduate, about growing up in Charlotte and his ties to UNC Charlotte and its forerunner, Charlotte College. He talks about his grandfather, Governor Cameron Morrison, and figures such as Bonnie Cone and Dean Colvard come up. From the UNC Charlotte Oral History Interviews; one MP3, 53 minutes.
Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003.
Jack Claiborne, for many years a Charlotte Observer reporter and editor and later public relations director at UNC Charlotte, shares memories of Bonnie Cone and the first years of Charlotte College in an interview of 28 March 2012. He follows the college into the state university system as its fourth campus, with William Friday, Dean Colvard and Elmer Garinger among the names. Second interview, about 2 hours 25 minutes.
Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003.
Jack Claiborne, longtime Charlotte Observer reporter and editor and later UNC Charlotte's public relations director, recalls Bonnie Cone and the early years of Charlotte College, through its entry into the University of North Carolina system as the fourth campus. Recorded 28 March 2012 for the UNC Charlotte Oral History Interviews; one audio file of about 2 hours 25 minutes.
Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003.
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