Local+History+Research+Topics

==Possible Topics for Local History Resear ch Paper ==

Pulitzer Prize winning poet Marianne Moor Integration-desegregation of Carlisle Schools - 1920's First Female local attorney - Ida Kast

Great Depression- Effect on county farmers Relief programs WPA projects CCC camp at Micheaux Forestry Corps

Three Babes in the Woods-Murder of three children that made national headlines

Greek Immigration and Influence

World War II- Local organizations Prisoner of war camp at Micheaux Local reactions

Zatae Longsdorf-Longsdorf Family-First female graduate of Dickinson College

County Architecture

History of the Railroad in Cumberland County

Industrial Revolution- Introduction of modern conveniences within the county Daniel Drawbaugh-inventor-developed one of the first telephones-lost patent case to Bell Masland Corp-made carpet-sold carpet for model T-survived the depression-made canvas during WWII Linder Shoe Company-fascinating owner-connection with WWI-major employer John Hayes-Frog and Switch Company-now mining equipment-great story Planks Garment Company-early manufacturer of ready-made clothing Beistle Corp-Hoiday decorations-good industrial story

Carlisle Indian Industrial School-CIIS- Topics related include: Jim Thorpe Athletics at the CIIS Outing Program-lived with white families as part of assimilation policy Change of art techniques from native to European style Compare commencement exercies at the Inidan School with those of your school What debate topics were used by Inidan School students for debate club CIIS Girls Literary Society Trade Shope reports-blacksmithing, tinsmithing, carpentry etc... Christianization as part of assimilation Captain Pratt's relationship with the Catholic Church Girl's sports at the CIIS Temperance messages to the students Messages supporting allotment policies delivered to students-Dawes Act Penalties for speaking native language Look in Arrow Magazine for information on soldiers fromt he school in World War I

Saint Sister Katherine Drexel-contribution to the Carlisle Indian School, contrib ution to St. Patrick's Church

World War I - Red Cross activities during the war YMCA activities during the war

Creation of the Medical Hospital at the War College to rehabilitate World War I veterans Reconstruction of wounded at Carlisle Barracks "Girl problem" at the War College-girls hanging around the barracks Development of the Carlisle Bandage

History of the Cumberland County Historical Society

Bonus Army marchers from World War I at the Carlisle Barracks

Evolution of the YWCA in county

Devolopement of the Carlisle Hospita-women's involvement outside the home

Women's Suffrage Grangers Organization and Women's Suffrage

Shiremanstown Methodist Home-orphanage in Shiremanstown

Prohibition in Cumberland County Temperance Movements in the county