Salem Commercial Club Annual Report glimpse into Salem 100 years ago
This article was written for the Statesman Journal and appeared in publication on January 1, 2017. It is reproduced here with full citations for [...]
January 2016
What We Wore: Rarely Displayed Clothing and Accessories
Clothes may not make the man, but they do tell a story about our past. Styles, materials, utility and wear can read like clues to [...]
Jack and the Beanstalk – the Hollywood connection to a West Salem cannery
Blue Lake Producers Cooperative 325 Patterson Ave. West Salem - Photo Credit: PCHS – Bill Lucas Collection All [...]
December 2015
Christmas Flood Evacuation of Salem Memorial Hospital
Salem Memorial Hospital surrounded by flood water after Pringle Creek breached its banks. WHC 2012.49.124 Monday December 21, [...]
New Santiam Canyon Obituary Resource
The amazing folks at the Santiam Historical Society have digitized indexes to their obituary collection compiled over the years by their volunteers. You can now [...]
November 2015
Eating Salem: An Exhibit of Restaurant History
Photo: White House Restaurant, Salem. WHC 2013.13.58 June 19 – August 22, 2015 The restaurant industry is one of the [...]
Sedwick Post GAR Records, 2015.028.0001
Charter Member Gideon Stoltz from Memoirs of the Sedgwick Post No. 10 by Gideon Stolz. WHC 0064.001.0001. Earlier this year [...]
Farley E. Mogan – The Oregon State Policeman and the Sea Lion
Unidentified Oregon State Policeman and Sea Lion. The call came over the radio to state police patrolman Farley [...]
1965 Veterans Day Parade – Salem
The rumble of National Guard tanks mixed with bands and marching feet Thursday as Salem observed Veterans Day with its biggest parade in many [...]
October 2015
A Salem Witch – Miss Bruce Putnam
Miss Bruce Putnam WHC 2008.038.0020 written by Perry Reigelman article reprinted from the Oregon Magazine, April 1922 Dreamers, poets, and musicians have all [...]