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April 2025

Francis Feller Family Collection

2025-04-22T10:28:48-07:00April 21st, 2025|Categories: Collections Guide|Tags: , , , , , , |

Background Francis (Francois) Feller (1839-1932) was born on July 28, 1839, in Haute Kontz, France. In 1855, he immigrated to the United States [...]

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September 2024

Fingerprint Cards

2024-09-13T10:08:29-07:00September 13th, 2024|Categories: Collections Guide|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

FBI civil registration card, Charles Arthur Borneman, millworker. WHC Collections, M3 1966-001_Box 51 FBI civil registration card, Charles Arthur [...]

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August 2024

Thomas Kay Woolen Mill Employee Records Collection Guide

2025-03-04T12:25:12-08:00August 21st, 2024|Categories: Collections Guide|Tags: , , , , , , |

Overview:  This guide covers the employee-related records found at the Willamette Heritage Center within the larger collection of institutional records of the Thomas Kay [...]

Breyman Boise House

2024-08-14T11:09:23-07:00August 14th, 2024|Categories: Collections Guide, Digital Collections, Historic Buildings, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , |

Breyman-Boise House, Salem, Oregon. Likely before 1931 move. Al Jones Collection. Willamette Heritage Center 2004.010.0149. Built: 1884-1889 Demolished: 1972 Built as the [...]

July 2024

Richmond School Alumni Interviews

2024-07-24T10:18:25-07:00July 20th, 2024|Categories: Collections Guide|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Richmond School, photo by Al Jones. WHC Collections 2007.001.1662a Example of Richmond Alumni interview sheet for Dorothy L. Brooks, [...]

June 2024

The Clarion: Salem High School Yearbook Collection

2025-01-08T16:02:22-08:00June 23rd, 2024|Categories: Collections Guide|Tags: , |

1923 Clarion Annual, WHC Collections 2005.031.0001 The Willamette Heritage Center is fortunate to have an almost complete collection of the [...]

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May 2024

March 2024

Ellen Savage Goodenough Collection

2024-04-03T11:09:08-07:00March 19th, 2024|Categories: Collections Guide|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Background Ellen Martha Savage was born 16 October 1895 in Salem, Oregon to John Claggett and Mary Catherine [Whelan] Savage. She was the [...]

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Helena C. Kayser – Henry M. Murhammer Family Collection

2024-04-03T11:10:41-07:00March 19th, 2024|Categories: Collections Guide|Tags: , , , , |

Background Helena Carolina Kayser was born December 28, 1894 in Robinson, Kansas to Frederick and Caroline [Knecht] Kayser. The Kayser family emigrated to [...]

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Jesten-Miller Studios (1934-1973)

2024-07-05T12:21:39-07:00March 5th, 2024|Categories: Collections Guide, Marion County Photographers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Jesten-Miller Studio portrait of unidentified children. Willamette Heritage Center 2015.066.0338. Jesten-Miller Studio (1934-1973) The Jesten-Miller Studio started out as the in-store studio for [...]

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