E. Jean Bixler
Interview of E. Jean Bixler of Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Bixler discusses growing up in Boiling Springs as well as her family.
Browse Stories
Cumberland County has been the home of thousands of individuals and organizations. Each has contributed to its history in ways both small and large. The Gardner Digital Library collects these stories in the Memory Bank. From Oral Histories of locals experiences in World War II to serving local civic organizations to growing up in Carlisle, Silver Springs Township, the West Shore, or Shippensburg, the Memory Bank is a place where the collected stories of Cumberland County can be shared and engaged with to present a fuller history of the County.
Robert W. Black
Interview of Robert W. Black for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank. Black picks up from his last interview to discuss his military career spanning time in the Korean War and Vietnam War as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division and Army Rangers. Black also talks about overseeing the ROTC program at Miami University as well as his career as a freelance travel writer as well as writing histories of the Army Rangers.
Robert W. Black
Interview of Robert W. Black for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library an initiative of the Cumberland County Historical Society. Black discusses growing up on a farm in Gardners, Pennsylvania during the Great Depression.
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.
Joan Brehm
Interview of Joan Brehm for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Brehm discusses growing up in Newville, Pennsylvania as well as its history along with being a School Librarian in the Northern School District in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania.
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.
Ivan R. and Greg Bretzman
Interview of Ivan R. and Greg Bretzman by Pamela Still on July 30, 2015. The interview focuses on the Bretzmans' involvement with the Citizen's Fire Co. No. 1 in Mount Holly Springs and their experiences with the fire station.
Harold O.Bricker and Samuel Gruber
Interview of Harold O. (Butch) Bricker and Samuel Gruber for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank by Christine Musser. Bricker and Gruber discuss their involvement with the Cumberland Valley School District.
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.