Fresh Air Fund Children
On Tuesday, August 19, 1884, a train left New York City with 100 children bound for the Cumberland Valley. They were “Fresh Air Fund” children; a movement started by Pennsylvania clergyman Willard Parsons in 1877.
Carlisle
J. Mark Frey and the Bethlehem Bach Choir
J. Mark Frey (1880-1958) and his wife, Miriam Anna Dum (G: Thommen) (1891-1988), raised their family on South Hanover Street, Carlisle from the early 1930s forward. Mark, as he was called, was born to a confectioner living in Allentown, about seven miles west of Bethlehem.
Robert M. Frey
Interview of Robert Frey by Susan Meehan. Frey discusses his life in Carlisle including his experiences as a lawyer and being on the last passenger train to through Carlisle.
From Carlisle and Fort Couch: The War of Corporal John Cantilion
John Cantilion was a tall, handsome soldier when he stepped into Ordnance Sergeant Lewis Leffman's office at Fort Niagara. The old sergeant was somewhat of a legend in the Niagara area. He had fought with Wellington's Hanovian forces at Waterloo in 1815. Shortly after he joined the British army and shipped to Canada. His next assignment was to have been the disease-plagued islands in the south, so he arranged an early departure to Hancock Barracks, Sackets Harbor, New York, where he enlisted at twenty seven in the United States Army, 30 August 1829.
The Galveston, Texas Disaster of 1900: Cumberland County Raises Money for Relief
“Thousands Perish in Texas Cyclone,” “Wreck, Ruin and Death in Pathway of the Terrific Storm in Texas,” “The Greatest Catastrophe in the History of the Lone Star State,” Galveston Survivors are Totally Destitute,” were just a few of the headlines in newspapers across the United S
Henry Ganss
Henry George Ganss (22 February, 1855-25 December, 1912) was a Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as well as a musician and historian. For twenty years he served as pastor of Saint Patrick’s parish in Carlisle, and then he became pastor of Saint Mary’s parish in Lancaster.
Betty Gardner
Interview of Betty Gardner for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Gardner discusses coming to Carlisle and her work with the Second Presbyterian Church in Carlisle.
Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner
The first interview of Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner by Susan Meehan on August 27, 2014. The Gardners discuss how they met, their honeymoon, as well as some of their travels over the past twenty years.
Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Part 2
Part two of an interview of Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner conducted by Susan Meehan on September 10, 2014. The Gardners talk about their involvement with the Cumberland County Historical Society, Elizabeth's time at Boiling Springs High School including her time in the band, her time working as nurse for various doctors in Carlisle, George's experiences with Carlisle in the sixties, and other stories related to Cumberland County.
George B. Vashon, Educator, Writer, and Abolitionist: An Autobiographical Letter
An unusual letter from George Boyer Vashon (1824-1878), a noted African American attorney, educator, and poet, who was a native of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was recently discovered in the Mary Wager Fisher Papers in the Special Collections Library at Duke University, Wager (as she then was)1 , an American journalist, was particularly active in the movement for education of freedmen. The letter, written in response to a request by Wager for biographical information, provides details of the education and accomplishments of an outstanding individual.