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.
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.
Interview of Robert Lee Jacobs.
Interview of Robert Lee Jacobs.
Bill Jacoby discusses Mount Holly Springs baseball with Jim Burgess for the Mount Holly Springs Heart and Soul Project.
Carmen James interview by the Orton Family Foundation on the Mount Tabor AME Zion Church and cemetery. James discuss connecting with her past through the Mt. Tabor Church and how the church further developed a sense of family and community in Mount Holly Springs including instilling a sense of right and wrong that has help guide James' life.
Interview of Chad Johnson for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Johnson discusses his work at the Carlisle Barracks and how sports connects those stationed at the base with the greater Carlisle community. Johnson also discusses how he created a local AAU Basketball team, the Carlisle Rocks, and how basketball can change lives.
Ethan Johnson, born in Sierra Vista, Arizona in 1999, is a second-generation Bosnian-American who currently attends Dickinson College in Carlisle Pennsylvania. Ethan’s mother, Maida Poljakovic, is originally from Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina. After briefly seeking refuge in Switzerland with her sister during the war, Maida returned to Tuzla and worked as an interpreter for NATO.
Interview with Winifred Kegris at her home in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, on June 5, 2002, with Jennifer Elliott as part of the Cumberland County Women During World War Two Oral History Project.
Interview of William F. Kennedy of Carlisle, Pennsylvania by Carolyn Osborn in 2002 for the Cumberland County Historical Society.
Interview of Carolyn Kenworthy and Nancy Tiley for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank.