Such Is Life
One of our volunteers found and transcribed this poem on Valentine’s Day in a recently donated scrapbook.Such is LifeClyde Ralston We walked o’er the farm where [...]
February 2012
Oregon Prunes for Health
The following recipe came out of a booklet entitled: Oregon Prunes for Health (2008.018.0010) that we came across in the archives today. Published by the [...]
January 2012
Willamette Women Exhibit Now Open
Members of the Benedictine Sisters and Mount Angel Historical Society prepare their exhibit section for the upcoming Willamette Women: Our History is Our Space heritage [...]
A Great Big Thank You!
Thank you to all of the members of the Willamette University Community who came over and helped us move artifacts in the Historic Houses and [...]
"Hop Fever" Featured in latest edition of the OHQ
The Winter 2011 edition of the Oregon Historical Quarterly, published by the Oregon Historical Society, features an article by Peter Kopp on Hop Farming in [...]
Crochet Pattern Book at Santiam Historical Society Museum
This pattern book page was recently rediscovered at the Santiam Historical Society Museum in Stayton. It is part of a collection of fourteen double sided [...]
December 2011
Salem's version of the Bat Signal
The small bulb you can see hanging above the intersection may at first look like some kind of traffic signal. In fact, the light served [...]
Library and Archives will be closed December 24-January 2, 2011
The Willamette Heritage Center Library and Archives will be open by appointment only December 24-January 2, 2011. We will resume our regular hours January 3, [...]
Library and Archives will be closed December 24-January 2, 2011
The Willamette Heritage Center Library and Archives will be open by appointment only December 24-January 2, 2011. We will resume our regular hours January 3, [...]
Jacquard Loom, Paris Woolen Mills
Get a peek our large object storage facility with Executive Director Peter Booth and Millwright David Birch.