Pete Ellerman
Interview of Pete Ellerman of the Union Fire Company by Randy Watts on March 21, 2016. The interview focuses on the Union Fire Company in Carlisle, Pennsylvania as well as fire fighting in general.
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.
Jean Eschenmann
Interview of Jean Eschenmann by Troy Ehrensberger for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Eschenmann discusses her life in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania and how the borough has changed over the years.
Dolly Fair
Interview of Dolly Fair for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Fair discusses growing up in Mount Holly Springs and South Middleton Township as her love of roller skating.
David Faller
Interview of David Faller for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library of the Cumberland County Historical Society and the St. Patrick's Church of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. David discusses growing up in Carlisle and attend Saint Patrick's School and Church as well as coming back to both Carlisle, PA and St. Patrick's as an adult.
George Faller
Interview of George Faller of Carlisle, Pennsylvania by Carolyn Osborn in 2002 for the Cumberland County Historical Society.
Marie Farley
Interview of Marie Farley for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Farley discusses her work as a judicial law clerk in the Cumberland County Court System including for Judge George Hoffer.
Jacky Ferguson
Interview of Jacky Ferguson for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Ferguson discusses her experiences at the Second Presbyterian Church in Carlisle as well as being the wife of longtime pastor Mike Ferguson.
Jacky Ferguson on the Architecture of the Second Presbyterian Church
Interview of Jacky Ferguson for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Ferguson discusses the architectural elements that make up the Second Presbyterian Church of Carlisle's building and sanctuary located on Garland Ave.
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.
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.