Fairfield
Fairfield, Marion County, Oregon Fairfield refers to a community, post office, steamship landing and voting/census precinct located northwest of St. Louis, Marion, Oregon. [...]
October 2023
2014.083 WEPACO Newsletters 1949-1960
WEPACO Notebook Volume 1 No. 2, 1949. WHC Collections 2014.083 WEPACO Notebook, 1949-1960 The WEPACO Notebook was a newsletter [...]
September 2023
Dr. S.A. Davis Comes to Salem, 1890
It was likely a warm summer day when the steam locomotive huffed and hissed into the Salem railroad depot in 1890, and the travel [...]
History in Rubble: Salem’s Lost Buildings
Demolition of Salem’s City Hall. WHC Collections X2014.023.0034 History in Rubble: Salem's Lost Buildings August 9, 2024- December 21, 2024 Despite preservation [...]
August 2023
Smith – Wolcott Family Collection
Smith-Wolcott Family Collection This collection (2016.089) consists of United States Navy records and other genealogical documents from the families of Reva Jean Walcott [...]
Women Working on the Railroad in Salem
The Women of Salem's Wartime Roundhouse Donna Beall at the Salem Roundhouse. Photo by Ben Maxwell. Published in the Capital Journal Friday, May 24, 1946. [...]
July 2023
Exhibit: The PNW Community Coral Reef Project
The PNW Community Coral Reef Project Exhibit Dates: March 22, 2024 - June 22, 2024 In partnership with Coral Knit [...]
Ernst Van Buren
Photo by Ackroyd Photography Inc., Portland. WHC Collections M3 1992-103-0003   Ernst Van Buren Job Title(s) Spinner, Filling Carrier Dates of Employment [...]
Organized Labor at the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill
Finding Aid For Materials Documenting Organized Labor, Union Activity and Strikes at the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill in the Willamette Heritage Center Collections Union [...]
Tiger Engine No. 2 – Salem Fire Department
We were pleasantly surprised recently when one of our research volunteers located an historic Oregon Journal article that provided history and context to this framed [...]