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Descriptive Summary Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection Cone Collection 131. Cone Family Collection, 1850 - 1869 131 Material in English 0.25 1 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Appalachian State University. The Cone Family Collection is made up primarily of photographs and papers related to industrialist Moses Cone and his family. This collection includes the book Half Century Book, 1891-1941, twenty-five family photographs, a program from the dedication of Appalachian State University's Moses H. and Bertha Cone Hall, a leather letter wallet engraved "Moses H. Cone", a newspaper clipping scrapbook inscribed "Ceasar Cone", other newspaper clippings. This collection is divided into seven series: Book, Correspondence, Ephemera, Newspaper Clippings, Photographs, Scrapbook, Bills. Photographs are stored separately and the portraits of Moses and Ceasar Cone hang within the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

An appointment for research is required. No restrictions to access. No Interlibrary Loan. Photographs are housed separately within a cold storage unit. Please allow additional time to allow the photograph to adjust to room temperature.

Standard federal copyright laws apply.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Collection 131. Cone Family Collection, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA.

Acquisitions Information

The W.L. Eury Appalachian does not have provenance documentation; however, this collection was donated prior to 1986. This collection was opened to the public on July 31, 2002.

Processing Information

Processed by Kathryn Staley, 2002

Encoded by Kathryn Staley, May 2005

Biographical Note

Brothers Moses and Ceasar Cone were the eldest children within the Herman and Helen Guggenheimer Cone family. Although born in Jonesborough, Tennessee, they were raised in Baltimore, Maryland with their eleven younger siblings, Albert (died at 3 months), Etta, Dr. Claribel, Clarence, Carrie, Dr. Sydney, Julius, Bernard, Solomon, Frederick, Monroe. Herman Sr., Moses, Ceasar and Monroe incorporated into H. Cone and Sons. Moses married the former Bertha Lindau and Ceasar married the former Jeannette Siegel. Later in life, they became textile industrialists. The brothers established the Cone Export and Commission Company in 1890. Five years latter, they built their first cotton mill, Proximity, in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Moses and Bertha Cone were the owners of the the 3,500 acre Flat Top Manor. The Cones were childless and Mrs. Cone willed the estate to the Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro. In 1949, the hospital board donated the property to the National Park Service. The estate was named The Moses H. Cone Memorial Park and is managed by the Blue Ridge Parkway, a unit of the National Park System.

Collection Overview

The series of correspondence is primarily between Cone Export and Commission Co. secretary David Dreyfuss, Cone Export and Commission Co. treasurer Reuben Lindheim, Ceasar Cone and Moses Cone. Writers refer to letters that are not included. Included letters contain Ceasar Cone's handwritten notes to Moses to underscore the contents related to their corruption. Moses subsequently fired Dreyfuss and Lindheim for their inappropriate use of company money and stock for personal use. Most newspaper clippings focus on the death of Moses while the papers date primarily from 1906 to 1908 and focus on the operation of Cone Export and Commission Co. Other correspondence includes letters between Paul Fink and Ben Cone regarding historical Jonesborough, Tennessee.

Collection Arrangement

This collection is divided into seven series: Book, Correspondence, Ephemera, Newspaper Clippings, Photographs, Scrapbook, Bills. Photographs are stored separately and the portraits of Moses and Ceasar Cone hang within the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection.

Online Catalog Headings Cone, Ceasar Cone Export and Commission Co Cone family Cone, Moses Textile industry -- North Carolina Container List Collection 131. Cone Family Collection. Book Series. (1941)

Book Series contains a hardback edition of Half Century Book, 1891-1941.

Collection 131. Cone Family Collection. Correspondence Series. (1901-1969, n.d.)

Correspondence Series contains letters primarily between Cone Export and Commission Co. secretary David Dreyfuss, Cone Export and Commission Co. treasurer Reuben Lindheim, Ceasar Cone and Moses Cone. Writers refer to letters that are not included. The included letters contain Ceasar Cone's handwritten notes to Moses to underscore the contents related to their corruption. Moses subsequently fired Dreyfuss and Lindheim for their inappropriate use of company money and stock for personal use. Most newspaper clippings focus on the death of Moses while the papers date primarily from 1906 to 1908 and focus on the operation of Cone Export and Commission Co. Other correspondence includes letters between Paul Fink and Ben Cone regarding historical Jonesborough, Tennessee

Collection 131A. Cone Family Collection. Scrapbook Series. (1917-1923)

Scrapbook Series contains one scrapbook inscribed "Ceasar Cone" and includes glued newspaper clippings dating 1917-1923. Articles are about Cone's death and will.

Collection 131B. Cone Family Collection. Newspaper Clippings Series. (1907-1969, n.d.)

Newspaper Series contains photocopies of newspaper articles, and two entire newspapers volumes.

Collection 131C. Cone Family Collection. Ephemera Series. (n.d.)

Ephemera Series contains a leather mailing wallet inscribed "Moses Cone".

Collection 131D. Cone Family Collection. Bills Series. (1907-1969, n.d.)

Bills Series contains bills, receipts and statements.

Collection 131E. Cone Family Collection. Photographs Series. (1850-1916)

Photographs Series contains photographs of the Cone family, of buildings in Jonesborough, Tennessee and of ephemera. Photographs are housed separately within a cold storage unit. Please allow additional time to allow the photograph to adjust to room temperature.

Links to selected photographs: Ceasar Cone, Moses and Ceasar Cone together, a portrait of Ceasar Cone, and a portrait of Moses Cone.