Williams came to Carlisle in 1841 and opened a studio in Beetem's Hotel. The October 27, 1841 edition of the Carlisle Weekly Herald extolled his talent for representing faces on ivory and canvas and urged people to visit his studio. Painting portraits was not Williams' only talent.
Interview of Evelyn Wilson at the Black History Festival in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank. Wilson discusses moving to Carlisle when her husband was posted at the Carlisle Barracks and the tension her family experienced being the first Black family to move to North Pitt Street. She mentions her work experience and family. Wilson further talks about how she stayed in Carlisle because of the schools and the positive direction Carlisle is moving.
The provincial town of Carlisle was fortunate to have among its mist for a short period a political theorist and talented lawyer, James Wilson. Born in 1742 at Carskerdo near St. Andrews, Scotland, Wilson studied at St. Andrews, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Emigrating to America in1765, he first took a tutoring job at the College of Philadelphia. Next Wilson studied law under John Dickinson...
Kirk Wilson discusses a number of aspects of his life including being a member of the Carlisle High School Band, joining the Carlisle Fire Police and Friendship Fire Company, and his experience as the mayor of Carlisle. Wilson also discusses the fire appratus of the Friendship Fire Company, fires during his experience in the 1970s and 1980s including the South Pomfret Street Apartment Fire, the Cumberland Valley Savings and Loan Fire, and others.
When Alexander Wilt of Newville died in 1902, he was the longest serving employee of the Cumberland Valley Railroad.
Interview of Nicole Witmer by Alan Schultze on March 25, 2015. Witmer discusses growing up on a farm outside of Carlisle, Pennsylvania and the physical changes to the landscape as farms are replaced by warehouses in the area. She further talks about her school experiences including being home schooled, attending Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, and Shippensburg University.
Interview of Wilbur Wolf for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank and the Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Association. Wolf discusses his involvement with the CCWA and the Cumberland County Conservation District as well as his work in the forestry business and being on the Big Spring School District Board.
Ray L. Wolfe was a well-known banking executive and President of the Farmer’s Trust Company born in 1934 in just south of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Wolfe grew up on a farm with his family, with his childhood mostly consisting of working on his family farm and other farms working picking apples, berries and peaches. Wolfe graduated high school in Boiling Springs and immediately started to work in Farmer’s Trust Bank where he worked his way up to a clerk position.
Interview of Ray Wolfe of the Farmers Trust Co. by Blair Williams on December 17, 2014. The interview focuses on the Farmers Trust Co. in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, innovations in the banking industry including branch banking, drive-thru banking, and consolidation, as well as Wolfe's life in Carlisle.
Thomas Penn, a son of William Penn and a Proprietor of the lands remaining from his father's original grant, was actively involved in plans related to the design of Carlisle. The town, as originally developed, incorporated sixteen square blocks centered on a Square bounded by the cardinal streets: North, South, East and West.