This lecture will enable listeners to understand the many ways in which the American people transformed during the course of the Second World War. In addition to building a mighty arsenal - including army, navy, and air force to fight a global war - they transformed their thinking about their role in the world. Moving from isolationism to global leadership in a few short years, the American people had to reinvent their national identity and develop a new relationship to the wider world.

The Digital Harrisburg project, in partnership with Messiah University, has compiled multiple data sets which include historical Census data, building footprints, and Sanborn maps. Geospatial processes were performed on each of these data sets and ultimately, an online interactive web map was constructed. The work done on Digital Harrisburg improved Census data, allowing a more accurate spatial analysis of the City of Harrisburg. As a result of the spatial analysis performed, trends of ethnicities and race movements across the city became apparent. This presentation will look at the population across Harrisburg from 1900 to 1930, exposing individual resident details such as race, immigration status and employment, and the patterns and trends of this population through time.

The history, practices, and traditions of the Orthodox Christian faith will be the focus of this three-session course. Presentations will include a basic approach to the belief system and way of life as lived out by followers of the Orthodox Church.

Are you interested in finding out about your family history and climbing your family tree? The class will be an introduction to online genealogy resources that are free to use and easily accessible to anyone with internet access. Find census, birth, marriage, military, and death records with ease and without spending a dime. This class will energize you to make discoveries on what makes your family unique, special, and downright interesting. All participants will receive a resource packet to organize and keep track of their findings. In addition to a resource packet provided for this session, Messiah University’s Murray Library will provide an online virtual help desk for one evening (details to be shared during the class) to help you one-on-one with your individual family history research questions.

The formation of the powerful Hollywood studios turned Hollywood into a worldwide phenomenon. These “factories” included rosters of extremely talented actors, directors, writers, cinematographers, and a whole host of other creative departments that churned out so many wonderful films. During the Golden Era that spanned the late 1920s until the late 1940s, each studio developed its own specific “personality” or style. We will look at each of the major studios: MGM, Paramount, Warner Brothers, RKO, 20th Century Fox, and the minor ones: Columbia, Universal and United Artists. We will watch scenes from many of their great films. We will also learn how they started to lose their grip on the industry that they created.