Martin Sisters: Sack of Photos Leads to Family Tale
Sisters Amy and Jessie Martin enjoying a class picnic at Lily Pond on Sept. 3, 1934. Photo Credit: WHC 2012.011.0002 Our story [...]
February 2016
Intimate view of the 363rd Field Hospital Company in WWI
View of the manuscript found in Dr. W. Carlton Smith’s papers. WHC 0087.035. The following is an excerpt from a manuscript [...]
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 [...]
Hello Alice – Haas family postcard 1908
Contributed by WHC volunteer Mike Nugent Oregon State Reform School WHC x2013.010.0022 WHC x2013.010.0022 Â Â Â Â Â Â Hello [...]
September 2015
June 2015
June 30, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Our chronicle has taken us through the first year of the war and the signal event that triggered the [...]
June 10, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent From the front page of the Daily Capital Journal, the headlines reported growing tensions between the United States [...]
May 2015
May 31, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent From the pages of The Daily Capital Journal: DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH GERMANY MAY BE SEVERED BY PRESIDENT Notes On [...]
May 31, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent From the pages of The Daily Capital Journal: DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH GERMANY MAY BE SEVERED BY PRESIDENT Notes On [...]
May 24, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The news and headlines from the Daily Capital Journal: AUSTRIA STRIKES AS SOON AS ITALY MAKES DECLARATION OF WAR [...]