New National Quilt Project
Keni passed along this interesting project. If you like quilts, this is a fun browse and has lots of interesting information about quilt history.http://worldquilts.quiltstudy.org/americanstory/ [...]
January 2014
Work on Wilson Durbin House Artifacts to be Discussed
Ceramics part of the Wilson-Durbin House Collection at the WHC 1992.032.0002. Thursday, January 30, 2014, Archaeology students from Willamette University [...]
Genealogy Conference to be held Aug 2, 2014
The Genealogical Council of Oregon (GCO) and Oregon Association of Professional Genealogists (OR APG) will be cohosting a Summer Genealogy Fest August 2, 2014 at [...]
Mild Weather in Comparison, 2002.026.0001
A view of Miller’s Department Store in Salem (now known as Reed Opera House building) at the SW corner of Liberty [...]
First Donation of the New Year, 2014.001
This photo-postcard is the first donation to the WHC of the new year. It features a photograph of Rufus Boatwright in what he writes is [...]
A Happy New Year to You, 2006.047.0012
This postcard was written to Marlin O. Muellhaupt who lived at 1066 Chemeketa Street in Salem by his mother, Maggie May Ramp Muellhaupt. In the [...]
December 2013
Mele Kalikimaka, 1942
This menu found in the Willamette Heritage Center's collection s(X2013.021.0002) shows what was for dinner at Pearl Harbor's Naval Air Station 71 years ago today.   [...]
Plain Talk, 1892
This ticket (WHC 63.1.1.8) made us giggle a little bit today. Aside from the wonderful irony that boys are not admitted to a program at [...]
Rev. Plutarch S. Knight, 2006.013.0066
2006.013.0067 Plutarch S. Knight 2006.013.0067. Rev. Plutarch S. Knight. Boston-born, he came to Oregon in 1853 and was pretty much a Renaissance man. [...]
Hayesville Women's Club, 2013.070.0001
These programs from the Hayesville Women's Club (Salem, Oregon) are a few of the new things received by the Willamette Heritage Center this past month. [...]