Archives & Library Director, Cara Curtis, will explore the complex history of Carlisle’s oldest historic Black cemetery at the corner of Pitt and Penn Streets.

Virtual program. Judith Ridner published her early history of Carlisle "A Town In-Between" in 2010. In this talk, Ridner reviews some of her findings and considers newer research that I and other scholars have uncovered that offers new perspectives on Carlisle’s and Cumberland’s early history.  Register for the Program Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NMLpSHyeSU6z5cH0HEN65w

Between the rides of the Blue Mountains and the crystalline waters of the Yellow Breeches Creek, one-room schoolhouse of yesteryear dot the landscape of Cumberland County. By the latter half of the 19th century, there were more than 160 one-room schools operating throughout the region. Join us for a talk exploring the schools that educated […]

The son of a Philadelphia shipping merchant and the namesake for the capital of New Jersey, William Trent carved his own legacy as a gentleman, throughout the latter half of the eighteenth century. A seasoned veteran officer of three different conflicts, he was praised for his “frame of speech to the Indians, in their style”. […]

Sources of Untapped Information for Historians and Family Researchers in Cumberland County Court House Records. Merri Lou Schaumann, author an local historian, will shed light on the kinds of county court records that are seldom used, unknown to most genealogists and historians, yet packed with untapped historical data. You will discover the titles of these […]