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| Repository: | Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection |
| Creator: | Moses Cone Estate |
| Title: | Collection 132. Moses Cone Estate Collection, 1905 - 1945 |
| Language of Material: | Material in English |
| Location: | For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Appalachian State University. |
| Abstract: | The Moses Cone Estate Collection is made up chiefly of correspondence concerning the operation of the Moses Cone Estate near Blowing Rock, North Carolina, especially its work in the raising of Shropshire sheep. Estate manager was A. C. Moody, and much of the materials relate to his work. |
| Extent: | 0.3 linear feet, 1 archival box |
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[Identification of item], Collection 132. Moses Cone Estate Collection, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA.
Provenance is unknown. The original arrangement of the collection was originally made by Deborah Bell in 1994. This collection was opened to the public on July 31, 2002.
Processed by Deborah Bell, Kathryn Staley, 1994, July 31, 2002
Encoded by Kathryn Staley, June 2005
The Moses Cone Estate, originally known as the Flat Top Manor, was designed as the mountain vacation home of Moses and Bertha Lindau Cone. Moses Cone was the eldest child of Herman and Helen Guggenheimer Cone, German Jewish immigrant who built a thriving family-owned wholesale grocery business. Although born in Jonesborough, Tennessee, Moses was raised in Baltimore, Maryland within the Jewish community. His parents had eleven additional children, Ceasar, 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. 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 married the former Bertha Lindau and Ceasar married the former Jeannette Siegel. Moses and Bertha Cone were the owners of the 3,500 acre Flat Top Manor, currently known as the Moses Cone Estate near Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
The Cones had tenant employees and raised sheep for market. After Moses' death in 1908, Bertha took control of the Flat Top Manor business. She and her sisters lived at the manor during the summer months and at the Baltimore, Maryland home of her sister Sophie during the winter months. 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.
Arthur C. Moody worked as the estate manager. His family consisted of wife Marticia Estes and children Cama, Ivan, Reece.
Materials range in date from 1905 to 1945. This collection has been organized into five series: Correspondence Series, Bill Series, Ledger Series, Photograph Series and Miscellaneous Series. Correspondence include letters from A.C. Moody, letters to A.C. Moody, Moody family letters and estate business letters. They are organized chronologically by correspondent. The bills are all connected to the estate operations and are organized chronologically. The ledgers include a photocopied Cone Estate Ledger Book, December 1905 - December 1908 and two time books, October 1925 - February 1939. Miscellaneous Series includes Christmas cards, Gospel of Luke and pamphlets.
| Cone, Bertha |
| Cone, Moses |
| Flat Top Manor (Blowing Rock, N.C.) |
| Moody, Arthur C |
| Sheep industry -- North Carolina -- Blowing Rock |
| Collection 132D. Photograph Series. (n.d.) | |||||||||
| Photograph Series contains three undated black and white photographs of the estate. | |||||||||
| Box | |||||||||
| 4 | Estate Ledger, 1905-1908 | ||||||||
| Time Books, 1925-1939 | |||||||||
