Looking for an Historic Structure in Salem?
The City of Salem has a great tool for finding historic buildings in the City of Salem. Use the interactive map (http://www.cityofsalem.net/HistoricBuildings) to look through [...]
August 2013
Reed’s Opera House
Reed Opera House, David Duniway Collection. Willamette Heritage Center, 1999.013.0200. Note that this is a Cronise print (see mark in lower right corner). [...]
Historic Hayesville Project
The Historic Hayesville Project is compiling information on historical families, buildings, schools and landmarks that marked this location in NE Salem, Oregon, along what [...]
Get Published!
The Willamette Heritage Center invites submission of manuscripts for publication in the summer issue of its bi-annual publication, Willamette Valley Voices: Connecting Generations, scheduled for [...]
Finding the Civil War Close to Home
This list of ways to experience the Civil War close to home was compiled for the Statesman Journal and published in the Sunday, July 6, [...]
July 2013
Muellhaupt Family
Thanks to the hard work of volunteers Kaylyn and Sandy, the Willamette Heritage Center has finished processing a large donation of materials that document the [...]
Bridging the Willamette River in Salem
“Had all of the talking and writing about a third Salem bridge been stored up, traffic could probably be floated across the river for the [...]
Boys and Girls Pig Club, X2011.003.0021
We came across this photo today (X2011.003.0021) with a handwritten note from Mary Eyre describing it. We thought it was particularly appropriate for the start [...]
Doty-Stone
Card Catalog at the WHC This is an example of one of the cards found in the old Marion County [...]