Clyde Barr
Interview of Clyde Barr for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Barr discusses his time as the Band Director for the Carlisle High School Band as well as his involvement with the band following his departure.
Carlisle High School
Lyn Barr
Interview of Lyn Barr for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Barr discusses her involvement with the Carlisle High School Band as the wife of former director Clyde Barr. Further she recounts her time as the parent of children who were involved with the band and helping to arrange trips across the country and world for various bands.
Carlisle Public Schools: Segregation to Integration
A pamphlet entitled “Milestones of Carlisle Schools 1836-1986” was issued for the sesquicentennial of the school district's founding. It includes the following information:
Memories of Blanche L. Dum and her niece Margaret Anne
The 19th and 20th century memories of Blanche Lightner Dum and her niece Margaret Anne “Peggy” provide personal glimpses of life in Landisburg and Carlisle. Blanche was born in 1886 to George Billow Dum/Thommen and his wife Annie Simons Spotts/Spatz, both born 1863. Thus, Blanche was a granddaughter of Samuel Spotts and his 2nd wife Mary Jane Baker, and of John Dum and Mary Catherine Tressler/Dressler.1 Blanche wrote of her knowledge of her mother’s preparations for marriage as follows:
Bobbe Fornwalt
Interview of Bobbe Fornwalt for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Fornwalt discusses her grandfather Clarence Smith the first band director of the Carlisle High School.
Halloween Customs
All Hallow’s Eve--the night when witches and hobgoblins supposedly walk abroad. What began in the 1860s as a night of boyish pranks evolved into a county-wide celebration of parties, parades and fun.
J. Wolford Herman
Interview of Wolfword Herman for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank. Herman discusses his family's deep roots in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania as well as growing up in Cumberland County during the Great Depression, his Korean War military experience, and meeting his wife Ruth.
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 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.
Robert Lee Jacobs – Lawyer, State Senator
Robert Lee Jacobs was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on December 7, 1910 to T. Ralph Jacobs and Flora Alma Lee Jacobs.