Al Speers
Interview with Al Speers for the Second Presbyterian Church and the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Speers discusses his involvement with the Second Presbyterian Church.
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.
John Steigleman Jr.
Interview of John Steigleman by Susan Meehan on November 20, 2014. Steigleman discusses his family and growing up in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Additionally, he talks about his later life working at the Dickinson College Physics Department.
Charles H. Stone
Interview of Charles H. Stone by Susan Meehan for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank. Stone discusses growing up in the West Shore area of Cumberland County, his father's box manufacturing company, and his career as a lawyer.
Charlie Stringfellow
Interview with Charlie Stringfellow, Rick Hrip, Bob Marek, and Mark Fishkin focusing on the golf career of Stringfellow and the Carlisle Country Club.
Thomas Sunday and Jill Sunday Bartoli
Interview of Jill Sunday Bartoli and Thomas Sunday for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Bartoli and Sunday discuss the Sunday Family of New Kingston, Pennsylvania and their parents restaurant the Country House.
Russ Sutton
Russ Sutton discusses growing up in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Sutton focuses on his days attending local schools in Carlisle as well as his undergraduate days at Dickinson College. Sutton then moves on to discuss his time in the Army as a member of the 2nd Armored Division and his work with the Pennsylvania Department of Education and many charity efforts.
Marilyn Stoner Swartz
Interview of Marilyn Stoner Swartz for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Swartz discusses what it was like growing up helping her family run the Willow Mill Amusement Park in Silver Springs, PA.
Ellie Sweet
Interview of Ellie Sweet for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank. Sweet talks about her life and the influence of St. Patricks Church.
David Toner
David Toner interview by the Orton Family Foundation on the Mount Tabor AME Zion Church and cemetery. Toner discusses how he came to attend the Mount Tabor Church as a child and how it was different than other churches. He also mentions how he returned to Mount Holly Springs after living in California and his reaction upon seeing the church in disrepair and the joy he has in seeing it serve as a renewed focal point for the community.
Clair Tritt
Interview of Clair Tritt by Linda Benzon for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library.