War Comes to Marion County
By Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent “What sort of day was it? A day like all days, filled with those events that alter and illuminate [...]
June 2014
Karoline Alsgaard and the Power of the Internet
Man in Graveyard c. 1917, WHC Collections, 0083.008.0005.111 The internet has opened up powerful avenues for researching and identifying [...]
WWI In Marion County
WWI Memorial Statue, Salem, Oregon. WHC Collections, X2012.016.0587. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the start of WWI. To [...]
Salem Senators’ Triple Threat: the Girod Brothers
Salem Senators Baseball Team, circa 1920s. WHC Collections, 2011.030.0401 At one point in every child’s life a stick becomes a [...]
Bureau of Fire Prevention, 1933
Volunteer Darrel today finished indexing the Daue Collection (1983.043), which contains a wide variety of ephemera from the Salem area in the early 20th century. [...]
German Speaking Salem
This article appeared in the Statesman Journal newspaper June 1, 2014. It is reproduced here with citations for reference purposes. The First Wednesday celebration [...]
May 2014
Mystery Muellhaupt Photos
Today we came across two portraits that seem to show the same individuals but we are having trouble confirming that fact. What do you think? [...]
Moonshine Down the Drain
This article was found in today by Volunteer Darrel in the personal papers of Elmer Daue he is indexing. We thought it was interesting the [...]
Old Photograph Tells a Tale: Adolph & May Farrow
Adolph and May Farrow, WHC X2011.003.0231 Occasionally here in the archives a single photograph with a simple inscription can yield a fascinating [...]
Preserving Oregon’s African American Historic Places Survey Announced
In honor of Historic Preservation Month, the Oregon Black Pioneers, in partnership with the State Historic Preservation Office, announces a property survey project entitled “Preserving [...]