Carlisle
Lorraine Humer (Women in World War II)
Interview with Lorraine Humer at her home in Carlisle Pennsylvania on June 7, 2002, with Heather Egan as a part of the Women in Cumberland County During World War II Oral History Project. Humer discusses attending Dickinson College during the war, her experiences in the Cadet Nurse Corps, and her familes experiences during the war including rationing.
Wanda Hunter
Interview of Wanda Hunter for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Hunter discusses growing up as a Black Woman in Carlisle including the history of the Carlisle School District's segregation and integration policies, and Lincoln Cemetery.
Sandy Ilgenfritz and Earl Keller
Interview of Sandy Ilgenfritz and Earl Keller for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Ilgenfritz and Keller discuss growing up in Carlisle, attending local schools, and the how downtown Carlisle was the center of activity.
In Defense of Union and White Supremacy: The Democratic Alternative to Free Soil, 1847-1860
Before April 1861, no one saw the Civil War as inescapable. Cumberland County Democrats, like most northern Democrats, opposed the nation's division over slavery and tried to placate the South without alienating their constituents.
In Tune with Community: The Swidler Family and Radio Carlisle
Eric Swidler is proud to oversee the group of radio stations that his father has maintained in Carlisle for over fifty years. Radio Carlisle under Swidler leadership will celebrate sixty plus years in 2025. In 1960, Eric’s father, Harold Z. Swidler, enjoyed listening to radio as much as anyone.
Indentured Servants
Indentured servants were men and women who agreed to work for a master without pay for a specified number of years, usually in return for having their passages to America paid. This 1775 advertisement in Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Gazette announced that the ship Hawke had just arrived from London and was lying off the Market Street wharf with a shipment of “a few likely healthy servants” of many different trades “whose times are to be disposed of.”
Index of Carlisle Valley Sentinel Newspapers - May 29, 1874 to May 11, 1882
This index runs from May 29, 1874 through May 11, 1882.