Quy and Randy Hays
Interview of Quy and Randy Hays for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Quy discusses her life in Vietnam during the Vietnam and her move to the United States.
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Kim and Van Du
Interview of Kim and Van Du for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Kim and Van discuss leaving Vietnam as refugees and coming to the United States, establishing themselves and their family in Carlisle, and their successes since settling.
George and Tim Yuda
Interview of George and Tim Yuda for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. George Yuda discusses his life as well as stories from his father Montreville Yuda, a student at the Carlisle Indian School.
George and Tim Yuda
Interview of George and Tim Yuda for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank. Both discuss Montreville Yuda and his connections with the Carlisle Indian School as well as alumni including Fred Cardin, Gus Welch, and Jim Thorpe.
Carlisle man’s painting exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art
In 1932, New York’s Museum of Modern Art held an exhibit titled “American Folk Art of the Common Man in America 1750-1900.” One of the paintings in the exhibit was titled “
“Old Crofty” Mary Kraft: A Carlisle Market House “Institution.”
Little did Mary Kraft know that for decades after her death she would be mentioned in the published reminiscences of Carlisle’s old timers. Known as “Old Crofty,” “Mammy Crofty,” and Mrs. Croft, she kept a stand on Market Square from the 1830s to the 1850s.
Crea Arnold
Arnold discusses the Second Presbyterian Church in Carlisle as well as her experiences working at Cochran and Allen among other changes in Carlisle over time.
Robert M. Frey
Interview of Robert Frey by Susan Meehan. Frey discusses his life in Carlisle including his experiences as a lawyer and being on the last passenger train to through Carlisle.
Eugene Schlosnagle
Interview of Eugene Schlosnagle for the Second Presbyterian Church and the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Schlosnagle discusses his involvement with Second Presbyterian as well as his experiences during World War II and teaching veterans how to farm.
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.