The Mechanicsburg
Museum Association

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"Keeping Our History Alive"

2 Strawberry Alley
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
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Stationmaster's House
Virtual Tour

Welcome
Telegraph Office
Parlor
Kitchen
Master Bedroom
Small Front Room
Girl's Bedroom
Boy's Room
Follow-up Information

     The Mechanicsburg Museum Association hopes you have enjoyed your Virtual Tour of the Stationmaster’s House. The MMA encourages you to visit their location in Mechanicsburg where you can meet with docents who will guide you through the on-site facilities. Hours and directions are listed on the MMA website.

     For those inquiring visitors who would like more information, the following sources will expand upon material related to the Virtual Tour of the Stationmaster’s House.
 

Alexander, Edward, P. The Pennsylvania Railroad, A Pictorial History, Bonanza Books, New York, NY 1984.

Baer, Christopher T. “A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context” An Open-ended Data Base, 2004, www.prrths.com/Hagley.

Blackmar, Frank W., ed. Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, etc. Standard Publishing Company. Chicago: 1912. Vols. I-II, transcribed in October 2002 by Carolyn Ward, 174-75. This volume is identified at the Kansas State Historical Society as microfilm LM196.

Bridges, William E. "Family Patterns and Social Values in America, 1825-1875." American Quarterly 17 (1965): 3-11.

Brown, Trudi, Executive Producer. Pennsylvania Railroad WHYY-TV, Pennsylvania Public Television Network.

Bunkle, Phillida. "Sentimental Womanhood and Domestic Education, 1830-1870." History of Education Quarterly 14 (1974): 13-30.

Burnhouse, Robert, L. Miniatures of Mechanicsburg, originally published 1928, republished 1986, Mechanicsburg Museum Association, Mechanicsburg, W & M Printing Inc, PA.

Colman, Penny. GIRLS: A History of Growing Up Female in America, Scholastic Inc., 2000, New York, NY, 2000.

Colwell, David G. The Bitter Fruits: The Civil War Comes to a Small Town in Pennsylvania, Cumberland County Historical Society, 1998.

“Coming to Kansas” Reprinted from the Kansas City Times in the Carlisle Mirror for Cumberland County History (Winter 1998) Volume Fifteen, Number Two.

“Cumberland Valley Railroad: 150th Anniversary” Commemorative Booklet, Mechanicsburg Museum Association, 1985.

“Cumberland Valley Railroad Pamphlets” Numbers 11-18.

Donehoo, George. History of Cumberland Valley in Pennsylvania, Vol. I and II, 1930.

Douglas, Ann. "Heaven Our Home: Consolation Literature in the Northern United States, 1830- 1880." American Quarterly 26 (1974): 496-515.

Fisher, Denise. “The Railroad in Mechanicsburg” as researched by Denise Fisher and Jerry Reid, Report printed by Mechanicsburg Museum Association.

Ferris Motz, Marilyn and Pat Browne, ed. Making the American Home: Middle Class Women and Domestic Material Culture, 1840-1940, Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1988.

Garrett, Clarke, W. In Pursuit of Pleasure: Leisure in Nineteenth Century Cumberland County, Cumberland County Historical Society, 1997.

--- “We’re Not in the Cumberland Valley Any More, Toto! The Great Migration to Kansas in the ‘70s” Cumberland County History, (Winter 1998), Volume Fifteen, Number Two, 83-96.

Hauck, A. J. Hauck’s Centennial Directory of the Borough of Mechanicsburg, (Cumberland County PA), 1876.

Jepsen, Thomas C. “Women Telegraphers and the Railroad in Pennsylvania.” Scholar in Residence Powerpoint Presentation, Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, February 26, 2003.

Jacobs, Timothy. History of The Pennsylvania Railroad, Bonanza, New York, NY, 1988.

Keefer, Norman, D. A History of Mechanicsburg And The Surrounding Area, Mechanicsburg Area Historical Committee, 1976.

Leisch, Juanita. Who Wore What? Women’s Wear 1861-1865, Thomas Publications, Gettysburg, PA, 1995.

McCullough, Hax and Mary Brignano. The Search for Safety: A History of Railroad Signals and the People Who Made Them. Pittsburgh: Union Switch and Signal Division, American Standard Inc., 1981.

Montgomery, Florence M. Textiles in America: 1650-1870. NY: W. W. Norton & Co., New York, NY, 2007.

Murray, William J. “Mechanicsburg—Then and Now: A Good Place to Live,” Mechanicsburg Museum Association.

Nelson, Leslie. "Popular Songs in American History Website." www.contemplator.com/america/index.html

Nickell, Joe. Pen, Ink, & Evidence: A Study of Writing and Writing Materials for the Penman, Collector, and Document Detective. The University Press of Kentucky, 1990.

Nissenbaum, Stephen. The Battle for Christmas. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.

Olean, Joanne. Children’s Fashions 1860-1912, Dover Publications, Inc, Toronto, Canada, 1994.

O’Neil, Sunny. The Gift of Christmas Past: A Return to Victorian Traditions, The American Association for State and Local History, 1981.

------ Past Receipts Present Recipes, Cumberland County Historical Society, 1996.

Pike, Martha. "In Memory Of: Artifacts Relating to Mourning in Nineteenth Century America." In American Material Culture, ed. Edith Mayo. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1984.

Sackman, Jacob. “The Third Pennsylvania Colony in Kansas, 1878”, Cumberland County History (Winter 1998): Volume Fifteen, Number Two, 96-98.

Sapiro, Virginia. Women in American Society. Mayfield Publishing Company, Mountain View, California, 1998.

Saveth, Edward N. "The Problem of American Family History." American Quarterly, (Summer 1969): Volume Twenty One, 311-329.

Seymour, John. Forgotten Household Crafts: A Portrait of the Way We Once Lived. Borzoi Book of Alfred Knopf, London1987.

Severa, Joan. Dressed for the Photographer: Ordinary Americans and Fashion, 1840-1900. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1995.

Sutherland, Daniel E. The Expansion of Everyday Life: 1860-1876. NY: Harper & Row, 1989; Fayetteville, AR: U of Arkansas Press, 2000.

Tawa, Nicholas E. “Sweet Songs for Gentle Americans: The Parlor Song in America, 1790- 1860.” Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1980.

Thompson, D.W., chairman, editorial committee. Two Hundred Years in Cumberland County, The Telegraph Press, Harrisburg, PA.

Thompson, Jim. “The Railroad Telegrapher,” thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/periodicals/

Veenendal, Augustus J. American Railroads in the Nineteenth Century, Greenwood Press, Westport, Ct, 2003.

Westhaeffer, Paul J. History of the Cumberland Valley Railroad 1835-1919. Washington, D.C.: Washington Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, 1979.

White, John H. The American Railroad Passenger Car. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 1978.

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