President Truman visits Salem aboard the INDEPENDENCE in 1948
THE INDEPENDENCE, President Harry Truman's plane at McNary Field in Salem Oregon, June 1948. Willamette Heritage Center, Al Jones Collection, 2007.001.2095. By [...]
July 2017
June 2017
Dora Lehman Barnes – Oral History & Teenagers
Dora (center) with fellow TKWM workers Fern Harper, Christina Heman, Chester Page, and Mrs. Grable in the late 1920s. Willamette Heritage Center M3-1992-117-0006 [...]
C.A. Whale – Pianos and Organs
C.A. Whale Piano and Organ House on Commercial St. circa 1902-1905. Willamette Heritage Center 2017.028.0001 We have learned here in the research [...]
May 2017
Mrs. P.E. Fullerton – Bedspread Points to Early 20th Century Salem Family
Coverlet donated by the Petram family.Willamette Heritage Center 2016.064.0001 At 162 years old, the blue and white coverlet was in remarkably good [...]
Albert Lester Chandler Collection
Albert Lester Chandler, c. 1918. Willamette Heritage Center Collections, WHC 0091.022.0001. Albert Lester Chandler Collection WHC 0091.002 and WHC 0091.022 The Albert [...]
Disco Inferno at the Mill
There is something slightly ironic at the thought of a disco, called Disco Inferno, operating on the second floor of the Thomas Kay Woolen [...]
April 2017
Exhibit: Through Gerry Lewin’s Lens
Images of Salem Photojournalist Gerry Lewin featured in photo exhibit at the Willamette Heritage Center. Monday, May 1 - Saturday, June 24, 2017 [...]
Woolson/Rominger Family Photos
2016.101.0001 Woolson/Rominger Family Materials contains photographs and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings related to the families of Golda M. Rominger and Theron Silas "Tom" [...]
Salem Keizer School District Records
The Willamette Heritage Center houses over 45 cubic feet of records compiled by the Salem Keizer School District (2002.020) and has an extensive Yearbook [...]
Courage and Compassion: Japanese American Experience in WWII
July 14 - September 23, 2017 The Willamette Heritage Center is proud to announce it will host the debut of a new national traveling [...]