This is a collection of various historical and genealogical reference works on Pennsylvania. These references cover 1000's of individuals, and are an excellent way to start or continue research focused on PA. This collection includes all of the individual collections covering Cumberland County, PA (Please see individual collection listings for detailed descriptions of titles.)

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CU01 - Cumberland County PA - Everything Collection (All Collections on Cumberland County)

CU02 - County History & Biography Collection
The History and Topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, Perry, Somerset, Cambria, and Indiana Counties (I. Daniel Rupp, 1848, 658 pages)
Centennial Biography. Men of Mark of Cumberland Valley, Pa., 1776-1876 (Alfred Nevin, 1876, 478 pages)
History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Rev. Conway P. Wing & James D. Scott, 1879, 308 pages)
History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania (Warner, Beers & Co., 1886, 1155 pages)
Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of the Nineteenth Congressional District PA [Cumberland, York & Adams Counties] (Samuel T. Wiley, 1897, 550 pages)
Cumberland County Sesquicentennial 1751-1901 (Published by the Linder Shoe Company, 1901, 56 pages)
Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, 910 pages)
History of the Cumberland Valley Pennsylvania (Harriet Wylie Stewart, 1918, 174 pages)
A History of the Cumberland Valley in Pennsylvania (George P. Donehoo, 1930, 1079 pages)

CU03 - Regional History Collection - Carlisle & Vicinity
Charter and Ordinances of the Borough of Carlisle (Printed at the Herald Office, 1841, 68 pages)
A History of the First Presbyterian Church of Carlisle, PA. (Conway P. Wing, 1877, 194 pages)
Pollock Genealogy. A Biographical Sketch of Oliver Pollock, Esq. of Carlisle PA (Horace Edwin Hayden, 1883, 62 pages)
Boyd's Chambersburg, Carlisle and Hagerstown Directory 1882-1883 (W. Harry Boyd, 1882, 322 pages)
Boyd's General Directory of Carlisle 1887-1888 (W. Harry Boyd, 1887, 78 pages)
History of St. Patrick's Church, Carlisle, Pennsylvania (H. G. Ganss, 1895, 215 pages)
The Old Stone Meeting-House 1757-1832 (John B. Landis, 1904, 36 pages)
Early History and Growth of Carlisle (Hon. Theodore B. Klein, 1905, 11 pages)
Semi-Centennial of the 2nd Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, PA (Mary E. Himes, 1905, 106 pages)
Carlisle Old and New (The Civic Club of Carlisle, 1907, 179 pages)
Pictorial Carlisle (The Carlisle Garment Co., 1913, 24 pages)
Souvenir History of Carlisle - Old Home Week (Robert H. Gibb, 1924, 72 pages)
The Meeting House Springs Graveyard (Allan D. Thompson, 1926, 21 pages)
Memories of Carlisle's Old Graveyard (Sarah Woods Parkinson, 1930, 257 pages)
Bicentennial 1734-1934 - First Presbyterian Church, Carlisle PA (Bicentennial Committee, 1934, 29 pages)
Military History of Carlisle and Carlisle Barracks (Lt. Col. Thomas G. Tousey, 1939, 461 pages)

CU04 - Regional History Collection - Newville-Shippensburg & Vicinity
Historical Exercises of Middle Spring Presbyterian Church (Published by D. K. & J. C. Wagner, 1876, 112 pages)
History of the United Presbyterian Church of Big Spring 1764-1878 (S. B. Scouller, 1878, 46 pages)
History of the Big Spring Presbyterian Church, Newville, PA 1737-1898 (Gilbert Ernest Swope, 1898, 217 pages)
Descendants of Archibald McAllister of West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, PA. 1730 - 1898 (Mary Catherine Archibald, 1898, 193 pages)
History of the Middle Spring Presbyterian Church 1738-1900 (Belle McKinney Hays Swope, 1900, 239 pages)
History of Newville (Publication Committee, 1940, 73 pages)
150th Anniversary of Zion Lutheran Church, Newville, PA (W. E. Waybright, 1945, 13 pages)

CU05 - Regional History Collection - Camp Hill-Mechanicsburg & Vicinity
Hauck's Centennial Directory of the Borough of Mechanicsburg (A. J. Hauck, 1876, 153 pages)
The Cumberland Blue Book - January 1908 (J. R. Schwarz, 1908, 102 pages)
Silver Spring Presbyterian Church 1734-1909 (E. Rankin Huston, 1909, 74 pages)
Mechanicsburg - Shiremanstown Directory - 1925 (J. A. Bushman Company, 1925, 107 pages)
Miniatures of Mechanicsburg (J. A. Bushman Co., Inc, 1928, 162 pages)
1934 West Shore Directory (James F. Cline, 1934, 196 pages)
St. Paul's Reformed Church, Mechanicsburg, PA - 75th Anniversary 1863-1938 (W. Bruce Wister, Mrs. Bruce R. Mowery & David I. Gleim, 1938, 16 pages)
Welcome Home New Cumberland, PA (New Cumberland Welcome Home Association, 1946, 44 pages)
1905-1955 50 Years of Progress Golden Jubilee - Lemoyne, PA (Anonymous, 1955, 132 pages)
Shiremanstown Centennial Album (Anonymous, 1974, 54 pages)
Shiremanstown Centennial Historical Booklet 1874-1974 (Historical Booklet Committee, 1974, 48 pages)
150th Anniversary - Borough of Mechanicsburg -1828-1978 (Anonymous, 1978, 80 pages)

CU06 - Church, Family, Education, Military and Miscellaneous History Collection
Churches of the Valley, or An Historical Sketch of the Old Presbyterian Congregations of Cumberland and Franklin Co. in PA (Alfred Nevin, 1852, 340 pages)
A Discourse on the History of Donegal and Carlisle Presbyteries (Conway P. Wing, 1877, 37 pages)
Industrial and Commercial Resources of Pennsylvania (Historical Publishing Company, 1886, 122 pages)
The Thompson Family (1887, 21 pages)
Sketch of Alexander Alexander (Walter Scott Alexander, 1898, 74 pages)
Church Directory for Cumberland County - 1899 (C. D. & D. H. Rishel, 1899, 29 pages)
Descendants of Jonathan Kearsley (Elmer L. White, 1900, 81 pages)
The Simpsons of Rye Top, Cumberland Valley, PA (Elizabeth Simpson Bladen, 1905, 32 pages)
Pennsylvania Archives - Fifth Series, Volume 6 (Thomas Lynch Montgomery, 1906, 672 pages)
International Magazine of Industry. Reviewing the Development of the Cumberland Valley (Charles M. Nichols Editor, 1913, 76 pages)
Five Typical Scotch Irish Families of the Cumberland Valley (Mary Craig Shoemaker, 1922, 84 pages)
Cumberland County Pennsylvania Marriages 1761-1800 (The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1927, 41 pages)
On Making One's Mark (Thomas Creigh, 1935, 32 pages)
Young American Patriots - The Youth of Pennsylvania in World War II (National Publishing Company, 1946, 674 pages)
Flood '72 (A. Keith Zorger & Frank E. Schubert, 1972, 32 pages)
Flood Pennsylvania - 1972 (Timothy E. Euker, David Berner, 1972, 68 pages)

Maps & Atlases
1858 Map of Cumberland County Pennsylvania (F. H. Bridgens, Color)
1872 Atlas of Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania (F. W. Beers & Co., 40 pages, B/W)

Birds-eye Town Views
Mechanicsburg, Pa. (1903, T. M. Fowler)
View of Newville, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania (1903, T. M. Fowler)

CU07 - Directory Collection (1860-1940)
Boyd's Business Directory of the Counties of Adams, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Lancaster, Montgomery and York, PA. together with a General Directory of all the Inhabitants of Harrisburg 1860 (William H. Boyd, 1860, 326 pages)
Directory of Harrisburg and towns on the Cumberland Valley Railroad for 1869 (Seltzer & Thome, 1869, 376 pages)
List of Subscribers - March 1st, 1886 [Telephone Directory, Eastern PA] (Pennsylvania Telephone Company, 1886, 84 pages)
1892-93 Randall's Business Directory of Chambersburg, Carlisle, Mechanicsburg, Waynesboro, Newville, Shippensburg, Penn (John C. Randall, 1892, 98 pages)
Moore's Standard Directory and Reference Book of Carlisle, Mechanicsburg, Mt. Holly Springs, Pennsylvania - 1908 (S. H. Moore Company, 1908, 172 pages)
Harrisburg, Carlisle, Chambersburg, Waynesboro and Nearby Places Telephone Directory - June 1, 1913 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1913, 116 pages)
Harrisburg, Carlisle, Chambersburg, Waynesboro and Nearby Places Telephone Directory - October 15, 1920 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1920, 156 pages)
Telephone Directory - April 1922 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1922, 172 pages)
Telephone Directory - October 1924 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1924, 152 pages)
Telephone Directory - 1926 Issue (Cumberland Valley Telephone Co., 1926, 204 pages)
Carlisle and Nearby Points - Telephone Directory - Winter 1928 (Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, 1928, 410 pages)
Harrisburg and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - Winter 1931-32 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1931, 380 pages)
Lancaster and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - June 1940 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1940, 234 pages)
Telephone Directory - 1940-41 Issue (United Telephone Company of PA, 1940, 154 pages)

CU08 - Directory Collection (1941-1959)
Telephone Directory - 1941-42 Issue (United Telephone Company of PA, 1941, 158 pages)
The Columbia Telephone Company Directory - June 1941 (Columbia Telephone Co., 1941, 198 pages)
Telephone Directory - July 1942 (United Telephone Company of PA, 1942, 162 pages)
Telephone Directory - July 1943 (United Telephone Company of PA, 1943, 166 pages)
Telephone Directory - July 1944 (United Telephone Company of PA, 1944, 138 pages)
York and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - June 1945 (York Telephone & Telegraph Co., 1945, 168 pages)
Carlisle and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - June 1948 (United Telephone Company of PA, 1948, 148 pages)
Chambersburg and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - August 1948 (United Telephone Company of PA, 1948, 264 pages)
Chambersburg and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - June 1949 (United Telephone Company of PA, 1949, 276 pages)
Waynesboro and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - June 1950 (United Telephone Company of PA, 1950, 264 pages)
Chambersburg and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - June 1952 (United Telephone Company of PA, 1952, 328 pages)
Carlisle and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - April 1956 (United Telephone Company of PA, 1956, 264 pages)
Perry County [& Vicinity] Telephone Directory - April 1957 (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1957, 216 pages)
Perry County [& Vicinity] Telephone Directory - April 1958 (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1958, 228 pages)
Waynesboro and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - June 1958 (United Telephone Company of PA, 1958, 392 pages)
Waynesboro and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - June 1959 (United Telephone Company of PA, 1959, 404 pages)