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October 2013

Frances Beatty Racknor

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:27-07:00October 30th, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|

Frances Beatty Racknor, a set on Flickr.Check out this virtual exhibit created by our intern Mele Ana on the Frances Beatty Racknor collection at the [...]

Rescuing Europe, 1947

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:27-07:00October 29th, 2013|Categories: Archives Spotlight|Tags: 1947, Europe, Heart of Valley, Homefront, War Aftermath, War Effort, WWII|

This snippet came out of a Marion and Polk County directory, called Heart of the Valley, published November, 1947. (X2013.021.0003, front cover) Years after peace [...]

Windows of Migrant Life Website

Heritage Center2020-07-06T17:31:51-07:00October 24th, 2013|Categories: Heritage News, Research Tips, Uncategorized|Tags: Amelia Bustamante, Immigration, Lidia S. Salinas, Migrant Life, Migrant Workers, Miguel A. Alinas|

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InBhqbhQp5s&w=420&h=315] This interview with Amelia Bustamante is just one of the fabulous snippets of history that have been collected by Miguel A. Salinas and Lidia [...]

Galloners Club, X2011.003.0016.001

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:27-07:00October 22nd, 2013|Categories: Can You Identify?, Photo Highlights, Uncategorized|Tags: Bill Leeper, Blood donation, Commercial Book Store, Dr. Willard J. Stone, Dr. Willard Stone, Galloners Club, Salem, Salem Recreation Committee, Statesman Journal, Unidentifed Photos, William J. Leeper|

WHC X2011.003.0016.0001 With the help of the Statesman Journal we were able to run this photo in last Sunday’s (October [...]

Salem Geological Society Materials, 2005.039

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:27-07:00October 19th, 2013|Categories: Archives Spotlight|Tags: Adah Carson, Alice C. Beers, Allen O. Anderson, Amza Barr, Arch T. Beasley, Arthur Brady, B.L. Bradley, Beulah Blake, Braden Daggett, Caroline Butler, Carolyn Carson, Clara Bricher, Clarence L Bowes, Claude L. Carson, Connie Baillie, Constance Albrecht, Donna Cain, Dr. Edwin M. Baldwin, Dr. George F. Beck, Dr. Grover C. Bellinger, Dr. Ira S. Allison, Dr. John Eliot Allen, E. Irene Brush, Ed Adams, Ed Albrecht, Ed Culp, Else D. Allen, Elwood Bergen, Esther Allison, Eugene Crothers, Florence Culp, Frank M. Beer, Frank S. Beer, Gene Brassfield, Geneva Cubbison, Geology, George A. Coffey, Gertrude Clark, Glen Baillie, Grace Anders, Grace Barber, Grace Curtis, Gwen Craft, Harold Brantner, Harold Charnholm, Harold Clack, Harry A. Clark, Hazel Crothers, Helen M. Bradley, Ira S. Allison, Irene Arken, J. Dean Butler, J. Wesley Antrican, James Cameron, James E. Cannon, Jean Charnholm, Jean Corcran, Jim Cain, Jim Corcran, Joanne Bentley, John Cotton, John I. Ankeny, Joseph Carson, Ken Archibald, Lance Allison, Lila Antrican, Lillian Arthur, Lloyd Craft, Lorraine Bergen, M.E. Crawford, Mariana Bornholdt, Marie Brassfield, Marjorie Beaman, Marjorie Chesebro, Marjorie Chester, Martha Brown, Marvin Baker, Mary Bowen, Mary Clack, Mattie Carr, Maude Chase, Maxine Ankeny, Minnie Bingham, Miss Corliss Clark, Mrs. Allen O. Anderson, Mrs. Arthur Brady, Mrs. Clarence (Fannie B.) Bowes, Mrs. Grover C. Bellinger, Mrs. Ira S. Allison, Mrs. J.R. Carruthers, Myrtle Beaver, Natalie Cannon, Nina S. Coffey, Olive Cellucai, Orrin A. Chase, Peggy Blachly, Prof. Herman Clark, R.L. Archibald, Rollin Beaver, Rose Daggett, Ruth Baker, Ruth Berry, Ruth Cameron, Salem Geological Society, T. Harry Banfield, Ted Blachly, Thomas Bricher, Tom Carney, Vesta S Beer, Virgil R. Ballantyne, Virginia Brodniak, Vivian Carr, William Beaman, William H. Barber|

Photo showing a Salem Geological Society trip to Eola Hills in 1942. WHC 2005.039 For a large chunk of this [...]

Heritage Invitational Exhibit Coming this January

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:27-07:00October 16th, 2013|Categories: Announcements, Exhibit News|Tags: Exhibits, Heritage Invitiational Exhibit, Work|

Join us and our fellow Mid-Valley Heritage partners in exploring notions of Work at our 4th annual Winter Heritage Invitational. Opening this coming January!

September 2013

St. Boniface Community Archives and Museum

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:27-07:00September 24th, 2013|Categories: Marion County Research Facilities, Research Tips|Tags: Archives, Milton Wright, Museums, Saint Boniface, Sublimity, Wright brothers|

Volunteers at the St. Boniface Community Archives and Museum have been preserving history in Sublimity since 2006. Their website is chock-full of some great [...]

August 2013

Just Released: Willamette Valley Voices Waterways Edition

Heritage Center2020-10-18T19:32:19-07:00August 28th, 2013|Categories: Announcements, Uncategorized|Tags: Berryman Jennings, Breitenbush Hot Springs, Canemah, Canoes, Captain Fred Stinson, Captain Leonard White, Captain Robert Jamieson, Chester L. Lewis, Clark Moor Will, Columbia River, Crawford M. Dobbins, Detroit Dam, Dr. James R. Cardwell, Edward Shiel, Gazelle, George Shaver, Howard Corning, Issac Moore, Jacob Kamm, Kalapuya, Klaus Beckman, Linn County, Lot Whitcomb, Nellie I Monical, Orleans, Phillip File, Portland, Reverend James Patterson Millar, Robert Shortess, Rueben Moore, Salem Water Department, Sarah Dixon, Sebastian Miller, Senator, Shoalwater, Steamboat Disasters, Steamboats, Theatre, West Stayton, Willamette Heritage Center, Willamette Landings, Willamette River, Willamette Valley, Willamette Valley Voices, William Smith|

Volume II, No. 2 of the Willamette Heritage Center’s historical journal Willamette Valley Voices has just come back from the printers. This issue offers articles [...]

Leather, A Virtual Exhibit

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:28-07:00August 22nd, 2013|Categories: Exhibit News, Uncategorized, Virtual Exhibits|Tags: Anniversary, Leather, Merger|

Leather, a set on Flickr. Thanks to the help of some great volunteers (Bob, Susan and Ray) we are experimenting with new ways of making [...]

Rickey School Souvenir, 1996.006.0001

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:28-07:00August 11th, 2013|Categories: Artifact Spotlight, History Tidbits|Tags: 1898, 1899, B.B. Gesner, Education, G.W. Jones, J.B. Ashby, J.O. Estes, L.H. Lewis, Marion County Superintendent of Education, Oregon, Philipines, Philippine-American War, Rickey, Rickey School, Schools|

This school souvenir for the old Rickey School was cute to look at, but became much more interesting after reading the note at the very [...]