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October 2017

Processing Flax at the Miles Linen Company (L2002-041)

2017-10-17T16:20:55-07:00October 17th, 2017|Categories: Digital Collections|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A copy of this type-written document was found in the Willamette Heritage Center Collections (L2002-041).  Notations on the first page indicate it was originally [...]

Fire: Celebrating 160 Years of the Salem Fire Department

2018-01-11T14:07:18-08:00October 10th, 2017|Categories: Announcements, Past Exhibits|Tags: , |

An exhibit held in partnership with the Salem Fire Department and the Salem Fire Foundation November 7 - December 23, 2017 In 1857, Salem’s [...]

September 2017

Annual Labor Day Hike from Salem to Portland

2020-07-12T06:27:03-07:00September 29th, 2017|Categories: Archives Spotlight|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Clipping from the Renska Swart Collection reveals a Labor Day Hike tradition from the late 1920s. Labor Day First Officially Celebrated in Oregon Through mere [...]

A Sketch of the Life of Joseph Yates

2017-09-28T16:16:59-07:00September 28th, 2017|Categories: Archives Spotlight, Biographies, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This hand-typed document bound with metal brads and missing large chunks of pages was recently donated to the Willamette Heritage Center (2015.036.0005).  It was [...]

Heritage Center Photos help New Online Asahel Bush Letters Archive Initiative

2020-03-12T06:30:51-07:00September 18th, 2017|Categories: Announcements, Heritage News|Tags: , , , , , |

Governor Stephen Fowler Chadwick portrait. Chadwick Collection. Willamette Heritage Center, 2011.060.0167. This portrait of Oregon’s 5th governor is one of three photographs [...]

Mystery Man E.O. Norton and the Oregon Vidette

2020-12-29T15:14:02-08:00September 17th, 2017|Categories: History Tidbits, People|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Ad from the 1884-85 Oregon, Washington, and Idaho Gazeteer and Business Directory The worlds of collection and research collided this past month [...]

1909 AYP Essays from Salem 7th Graders

2021-06-07T20:13:34-07:00September 15th, 2017|Categories: Digital Collections|Tags: , , , , , , , |

In 1909, all eyes turned to Seattle for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition.  Oregon school children took part by submitting examples of coursework for [...]

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