Carlisle

Timothy Scott

Tim Scott

Interview of Timothy Scott at the Black History Festival in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank. Scott discusses how he came to Carlisle as a child to be closer to his mother's family and how close knit the community was at that time. Scott mentions hanging around arcades and the greater level of retail stores and less restaurants. Scott mentions the run of championship basketball teams at Carlisle High School in the 1980s.

Rachel Seitz

Interview of Rachel Seitz for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library in partnership with the Greater Carlisle Heart and Soul Project. Seitz discusses growing up in West Pennsboro and spending time in Carlisle.

John Sheaffer

Image of John Sheaffer during Interview

Interview of John Sheaffer of the Union Fire Company by Randy Watts on March 25, 2015. The interview focuses on the Union Fire Company and Cumberland Fire Company both in Carlisle, Pennsylvania as well as fire fighting in general.

Casper Shirk

Casper Shirk served in Company E of the 5th Massachusetts Colored Cavalry Regiment. He was born around 1836, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, the middle of nine siblings, to parents Harriet and Casper Shirk. He was about 14 years old and attending school when the 1850 Federal Census was taken.1 He enlisted as a private with Company E on January 29, 1864, and his Company Descriptive Book lists him as twenty-eight years old, 5 feet and 4 inches tall, with black hair, eyes, and complexion.

Mary Ann Shughart

Mary Ann and Judge Dale Shughart

Interview of Mary Ann Shughart by Carolyn Osborn for the Cumberland County Historical Society. Shughart discusses her life including her experiences during World War II while her husband, Dale F. Shughart, was serving in the military.

 

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