Salem Thinking Globally in 1957
While trolling the newspapers (T2011.001.005) on an unrelated project we came across this very interesting story of a global thinking in Salem in 1957. Spurred [...]
November 2012
Jefferson Barbers
This excerpt is from an article that was first published in the Oregon Statesman. We located it in a series of undated clippings in the [...]
Pauline Looney
Ruth Sather Collection, 1986.015.0055 In a collection of materials from Jefferson, comes this photo and an unsourced typewritten description of Pauline Looney: Pauline Looney--was an excellent [...]
Salem High School Class of 1917
We recently uncovered an open letter from Bryan Goodenough to the Salem High School Class of 1917 (X2012.027.0001). The letter, dated 1961, includes updates on [...]
October 2012
Obed Dickinson's Store
We were going through an old slide collection today and came across this pretty incredible image (X2012.016.0063) of the Reverend Obed Dickinson in front of [...]
Another Find during Fall Cleaning
In moving the filing cabinets yesterday we also revealed some stickers stuck to their sides. Having just discovered the B.F. Drake collection of letters in [...]
Masonic Building
Our volunteer Richard has been cataloging and scanning commercial photos from the Robert McEwan Photo Studio. Today he found this photo of the Masonic Building [...]
Fall Cleaning Finds Parrish Periscope
With the help of our marvelous volunteer Sue, we did a little rearranging and cleaning in the archives storage today. We can now open all [...]
Dragon Puppet Theatre coming to WHC
What: The Dragon Theatre Puppet Group Presents Kintaro and Eugene Taiko When: Saturday, October 13, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Where: [...]
Oregon Pulp & Paper Co.
We recently received a donation of a few aerial views of Salem in 1947 (2012.051). This image shows the old Oregon Pulp & Paper processing [...]