Book Review: Twentieth Century Thoughts: Carlisle: The Past Hundred Years
Ann Kramer Hoffer, Twentieth Century Thoughts. Carlisle: The Past Hundred Years. Carlisle: Cumberland County Historical Society, 2001.
Carlisle
Book Reviews: A Short History of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1751 to 1936
A Short History of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1751 to 1936. By Daniel J. Heisey. 58 pp. Carlisle, Pa. The New Loudon Press, 1997.
The Boys Are Called: Carlisle Responds to the National Guard Mobilization of World War I
One hundred years ago, in its first major projection of military power overseas, the United States was marshalling the force that President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed would “make the world safe for democracy.” Eventually, some two million Americans would enter combat in the “Great War” in Europe, helping to break a four-year stalemate and drive the Allied cause to victory.
Frank Brandt
Interview of Frank Brandt for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Bradnt discusses his life at the Second Presbyterian Church in Carlisle as well as his work in the Crystal Industry including helping designing the crystal used in the camera Alan Shepard used on the moon.
Annette Braught
Interview of Annette Braught by Blair Williams on February 11, 2016. The interview focuses on Braught's grandparents, parents, and uncle and the time she spent with them growing up in Carlisle. She then discusses her own art work.
John David Braught (1867 - 1959)
John Braught was born in North Middleton Township in 1867. His father died of a farm accident when he was two years old. He spent his early years working on the family farm consisting of a “brick house and a log barn.” In his late teens or early twenties he started working as an artist.
Ross Eugene Braught (1898 - 1983)
Son of artist, John D. Braught, Ross was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and graduated from Carlisle High School. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts where colleague, Thomas Hart Benton, called Ross “the greatest living American draftsman”.
Ronald Brehm
Interview of Ronald Brehm by Henry Koch for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank. Brehm discusses growing up next to the Barnitz Mill, working at the mill as a child next to his father, as well as the village of Barnitz and some of the history connected to the mill and village.
Lisa Brousse
Interview of Lisa Brousse for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank. Brousse discusses her work for the Red Cross in Carlisle including responding to and preparing for emergencies in Central Pennsylvania.
Charles L. Brown Part One
Interview of Charles L. Brown of Carlisle, Pennsylvania on November 13, 1998 by David Kates. Kates conducted the interview for research on the Desegregation of the Carlisle School District as part of an American Studies Seminar. Interview was digitized from a cassette tape.