MG-072: The African American Collection contains information about the abolition and anti-slavery movement. Information about the McClintock Slave Riot, led by a white abolitionist John McClintock and local Underground Railroad ...
MG-004: The American Association of University Women (AAUW) was started in Boston in 1881. The Carlisle Branch was created in 1924 as an opportunity to help women further their education. ...
MG-025: The 130th Regiment served in the Civil War during the Battle of Antietam. After the war, starting in 1888, they held annual reunions for the veterans. Each year they ...
Description:
The Bruce Bazelon collection consists mainly of personal correspondence between Charles Kent and his wife Helen. Charles served during World War I and many of the letters he wrote during ...
MG-019: Charles Beetem was a historian whose collection contains both information on his family’s history and more general Carlisle history. There is a history of Jacob Zollinger who was an ...
MG-108: Collection of Records from the one room schools of the current Big Spring School District – Newville Borough, West Pennsboro Township, Penn Township, North Newton Township, South Newton Township, ...
Brass shelf clock labeled on the white face Seth Thomas, with an exterior beveled glass case displaying the workings of the clock. Key is present and is in the bottom ...
MG-013: This collection chronicles the development of schools in Carlisle beginning with private and church affiliated schools to the establishment of local government run public schools including the closing of ...
Abstract These journals record official orders and correspondence issued by the headquarters of the Cavalry Depot, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, during the period between 20 December 1855 and 24 October 1866. Historical ...
MG-002: The Club was formed on July 10, 1929, meeting for the first time in Mrs. Allan D. Thompson's garden, and chose the Three-Leafed Clover as their insignia. The membership ...
Note: More information on the Carlisle Indian School collection held at CCHS can be found at carlisleindian.historicalsociety.com The Cumberland County Historical Society houses an extensive collection of over forty linear feet ...
Note: More information on the Carlisle Indian School collection held at CCHS can be found at carlisleindian.historicalsociety.com The CCHS photo collection is one of the largest in the country consisting of ...
Description: Large pine wooden carved Schimmel spread wing eagle. Frowning beak, crest on head. Original paint has been stripped, showing traces of contemporary maroon and silver paint. Wings contain reverse side ...
Volunteers over many years have compiled information from many sources in the Cumberland County Church and Cemetery Index.
Check the following for resources used:
Alphabetical Listing
Numerical Listing
HISTORICAL NOTE The Citizens Fire Company #1 began its history in the Borough of Lemoyne on June 19, 1905. A meeting was held in Witman Building (or Witman Hall) for the ...
Collection Description (MC-90)
The Colwell Family Letters Collection consists of letters written by James Colwell and his wife Ann during the Civil War. There are 182 letters included in the collection ...
Cast iron grape shot artillery shell from a Confederate raid during the Civil War, found near Sporting Hill on the Eberly Farm, Cumberland County, following an engagement between Jenkis' Confederate ...
MG-005: The Nellie C. Cornman Collection contains a variety of materials on a variety of local organizations. A large portion of the collection deals with the Daughters of the American ...
MG-007: The Cumberland County Chapter of the American Red Cross provides many services to people involved in the military protection of the United States. This collection details some of those ...
MG-015: This collection contains information mainly about the Cumberland County School System. It includes such things as directories and information about the Teachers Local Institute as well as selections of ...
MG-014: Blanche L. Dum was a teacher at the Carlisle Indian School. This collection includes artifacts from her time as an employee including newspapers, lists of students, and commencement programs. ...
Each map and book showing the location of the earliest land records of Cumberland County. Volumes can be found in the Historical Society Library and can be purchased via the online ...
Historical Note:
The First Presbyterian Church of Carlisle ranks with Silver Spring (Mechanicsburg), Big Spring (Newville), and Middle Spring (Shippensburg) Presbyterian Churches as Cumberland County’s oldest churches. All four date from ...
MG-008: The Frey collection contains many documents from the Dum family. They include records of George Dum’s business, which sold wood, coal, feed and lumber. Also included are many school ...
Raphael S. Hays II Collection Inventory Draft Name: The Papers of Raphael S. Hays II Material: Various Papers/Manuscripts (1760– 1970) Volume: 4 boxes labeled MG – 212: Box 1 through Box 4 containing ...
MG-140: This collection is from the estate of Clarence and Esther Sipe Hempt, given to the donor by their daughter Marian King. The second part of this collection contains items ...
MG-137: This collection contains information about the Hoy Family along with the activities and organizations in which they were involved. John M. Hoy worked as an agent first for the ...
James R. and Lorraine H. Humer Collection, MG-167. This collection consists mainly of records of the Continental Army’s Quartermaster office in Carlisle, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution. These records include ...
MG-145: This collection contains information about the Kings Gap Education Center including images of the house and its uses over the years. See the Full Collection Inventory
MG-144: Letort Neighborhood Preservation Alliance was founded in 1999 as a local organization that wanted to protect the LeTort Spring Run from urban sprawl and commercial development. In particular, the ...
The following are manuscript groups in the collections of the Cumberland County Historical Society that are not included in separate highlighted collections on this site. The following does not include ...
Spreadsheets of the imprint collection of Cumberland County Historical Society. Click to download. Search and sort using the CSV file on various fields including author, title, place of publication, publisher, ...
MG-001
Historical Note: The Lydia Baird Home for Aged Women was a facility operated by the Female Benevolent Society of Carlisle established in 1828. The Lydia Baird Home provided rent-free lodgings for ...
Description:
Peanut cart with an iron and brass roasting machine.
Provenance:
Charlie Veto sold peanuts at ball games, auctions, and on the sidewalks of Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
MG-011: The Medical Society of Cumberland County was an organization began in 1866. Physicians all over Cumberland County met to discuss interesting medical cases and different possible treatments. This collection ...
MG-139: This collection contains items from the Mumper/Thomas families. This is part of a collection that was donated to the Photo Archives (P.2010.006). See the Full Collection Inventory
MG-143: This collection contains items collected by Fred Noye who served in the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1972-1992. This collection contains three series: 21st Century Cumberland County Republication ...
MG-142: This collection contains minutes from the Oswald Taylor Chapter #540, Order of the Eastern Star, Trio Chapter #544, Order of the Eastern Star, and Old Bellaire Chapter #375, Order ...
Captain Thomas Hamilton's Company Orderly Book (PDF)
Transcribed by Carla E. Christiansen Table of Contents
Foreword ii
Captain Thomas Hamilton's Company Orderly Book I
Part One: Daily Entries 28 May — 24 December, 1759 1
Part ...
Description: Framed oil portrait of Jim Thorpe in football uniform by Paul Bloser in 1959. Provenance: This painting was hung in the James Wilson Hotel by its manager Richard Cummings. Currently hanging in ...
MG-146: This is a research collection started as the research for the book Secret War at Home: The Pine Grove Furnace Prisoner of War Interrogation Camp by John Bland. In ...
Robert Whitehill Papers
Material: Various papers (1776 – 1808)
Volume: 4 boxes labeled 2b through 2e containing 330 folders HISTORICAL NOTE Robert Whitehill (1739 – 1813) was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to James ...
Historical Note:
The immediate beginnings of the Second Presbyterian church of Carlisle are to be found in differences of theological opinions. West of the Susquehanna River, in the area of Carlisle, ...
MG-009: Andrew Jackson Shriver, Jr. served in the United States army for 30 years, 5 months, retiring on 1 October, 1948 as a colonel. This collection is of his personal ...
MG-012: The Soldiers Home Relief fund was created to aid all those affected by military service. Especially during WWI the organization contacted family members and others affected by the service ...
Historical Note:
The history of the Episcopal church in Carlisle began in 1751 when Richard Peters, an agent for the Penn family, reserved a lot on the town square, measuring 180 ...
Papers of Robert Tempest: MG-085 Box 1 Inventory A grand majority of this box is occupied by sheet music, but there are also a few sheet music catalogues and programs for shows ...
MG-138: This collection contains items from the Westshoremen Bonnie Scots Senior Drum & Bugle Corps including programs, newspaper articles, telegrams, administrative records, competition results and awards. A variety of artifacts ...
MG-010: David Wilson Thompson (1899-1986) was a local historian, author of the book, Early publications of Carlisle, Pennsylvania 1785-1835, and past president of the Hamilton Library association. This collection, which ...
MG-141: This collection contains items related to the Zell Family including report books/cards for Ella Lear (Plank's School) Ruth Zell (Churchtown Grammar) Mary Calaman (Mt. Pleasant School) report books and ...
MG-006: The Zimmerman collection contains information ranging from agricultural references to the Cumberland County Teachers Institute. It also holds information pertaining to the graduation of Irva Evelyn Zimmerman from Dickinson ...
