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December 2013

Oregon National Guard Newsletters now Online

Heritage Center2020-03-20T05:27:23-07:00December 10th, 2013|Categories: Marion County Research Facilities, Research Tips|Tags: Adjutant General, Digital Resources, military, Newsletter, Oregon Guardsman, Oregon National Guard, Oregon State Library|

The Oregon State Library has digitized and created an online access portal to the Oregon National Guard Newsletters from 1921-1962. The newsletters are chock [...]

Geo. C. Will Piano and Sewing Machine Merchant

Heritage Center2019-04-08T12:01:36-07:00December 6th, 2013|Categories: History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized|Tags: 1992.005.0175, 203.5 Commercial St, 231 Commercial Street, 432 State Street, Alfred Will, Aurora Colony, C.C. Sarvis, Christina Will, Clackamas County, Clackamas County Oregon, Dr. Wilhelm Keil, Edward Will, Geo. C. Will, George C. Will, German, Homestead Act, John Will, Key Bank, Margaret A. Will, Oregon, Phonographs, Pianos, Religious Communes, Salem, Salem Oregon, Saul S. Janz., Sewing Machines, Sheet music, Wiscarson Family|

George C. Will, Elks Portrait. WHC 1992.005.0175 The following information appeared in the Statesman Journal Newspaper, Sunday November 24, 2013. It [...]

Salem Snapshot, 2009.052.0003

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:27-07:00December 5th, 2013|Categories: Photo Highlights|Tags: Bligh Hotel, Bligh Theater, Downtown, Gray Building, High Street, Liberty Street, Livesley Building, McGilchrist Building, Old First National Bank Building, Oregon Building, Pioneer Trust Building, Rooftops, Salem, Salem Bank of Commerce, Salem Oregon, State Street, Urban|

This great little snapshot (WHC 2009.052.0003) of downtown Salem focuses on the rooftops lining State Street from High Street (at bottom of image) to about [...]

November 2013

Al Jones Remembers Kennedy's Assassination

Heritage Center2013-11-22T22:52:43-08:00November 22nd, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Al Jones, Capital Journal, John F. Kennedy, Newspaper, President, Presidential Assassination, reporter|

http://youtu.be/HD8ac_CdcQY In this great clip, Al Jones, former reporter for the Capital Journal in Salem, Oregon, remembers exactly where he was when he heard about [...]

Willkie-McNary for President? WHC 2004.026.0030

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:27-07:00November 21st, 2013|Categories: Archives Spotlight, Uncategorized|Tags: 2004.026.0030, Campaigns, Charles Linza McNary, Charles McNary, Elections, Politics, Presidential Elections, Wendell Willkie|

WHC Collections 2004.026.0030 This poster, depicting the presidential campaign by Wendell Willkie and Oregon politician and Salem native Charles Linza McNary in 1940, [...]

Oregon State Defense Council's Official Air Raid Instructions, 2010.026.0002

Heritage Center2013-11-14T00:16:55-08:00November 14th, 2013|Categories: Artifact Spotlight, Uncategorized|Tags: Air Raid, Air Raid Instructions, Air Raid Warnings, Gerrold Owen, Governor Charles A. Sprague, Oregon State Defense Council, Radio, Robert Smith, State Printing Department, WWII|

We came across this little booklet today which included illustrated instructions for what to do in case of an Air Raid attack during WWII. We [...]

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Oregon Genealogical Society Family History Seminar 2013

Heritage Center2020-03-15T11:30:33-07:00November 1st, 2013|Categories: Heritage Happenings, Uncategorized|

The Oregon Genealogical Society & Research Library will be hosting a Family History Seminar on Saturday, November 9, 2013 in Eugene. Click here for more [...]