Mill Place on the Willamette
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February 2020
July 2019
Life in the Prohibition
Life in the Prohibition By Kira Kinney When the word Prohibition comes up, most people have a vision of 1920's flappers in [...]
June 2019
Marion County Juvenile Court Center, 1963
Marion County Juvenile Court Facility WHC Collections, 2009.076.0001, folder 9 In November of 1960, Marion County voters approved a measure to build a facility [...]
March 2019
What We Wore
By Kira Kinney The History of Clothing in the past 150 years has been one of constant change. [...]
Brochure: Rigdon’s New Colonial Chapel
Access digitized version of this pamphlet here. Rigdon's New Colonial Chapel The building at 299 Cottage St NE in Salem today [...]
November 2018
1892 Map of Salem
1892 Map of Salem detail. WHC collections 1986.017.0004. The 1892 Map of Salem, Oregon published by the Union Abstract Company (WHC 1986.017.0004) [...]
May 2018
1871 Salem City Directory
What was Salem Like in 1871? If you really want to understand a community, a city directory is a good place to start. In [...]
March 2018
Echelon
News from Camp Adair Echelon newsletter, first published March 19, 1942 at Camp Adair, a military cantonment located about six miles north of [...]
February 2018
Mystery Diary (0081.023.0010.026)
Mystery Diary is, well, very mysterious. Volunteer Katie Lively spent several months pouring over the tablet which contains a chronological, pencil-written entries from [...]
November 2017
Tiger Engine Company No. 2 Membership Rolls
Salem Fire Department's Volunteer Company Membership Roll Book. WHC 0084.050.0001. This bound book (WHC 0084.050.0001) contains a series of lists of membership [...]