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 [...]
February 2018
Horseshoe Club at the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill
1941 agreement between Horseshoe Club leaders at the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill provides an interesting look at recreational opportunities afforded employees at the Thomas [...]
1876 Election Scandal Money Leads to Ladd & Bush Bank
Following the money in the 1876 Election Scandal Leads to a Salem bank. By Kylie Pine What do an $8,000 dollar check, ciphered telegrams, [...]
January 2018
Steamboat Claire – The Ship That Came In
I was reminded recently at the funeral of a loved one, of a simple phrase that carries special meaning in my family, "when our [...]
December 2017
Illuminating Program, 63.1.21.10.3.1
Grand Opera House Program, December 12, 1912 Theater Program, WHC 63.1.21.10.3.1 I find one of the more revealing types of historical items [...]
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 [...]
October 2017
Waller Hall – 150 Years
Waller Hall circa 1890 2007.001.0643 There’s an old historic temple rising grandly through the years Where the oaken hearted fathers drew their [...]
September 2017
A Sketch of the Life of Joseph Yates
This hand-typed document bound with metal brads and missing large chunks of pages was recently donated to the Willamette Heritage Center (2015.036.0005). It was [...]
August 2017
Marion Memories by Ivan Hadley, 1975
Ivan Lowell Hadley 2 Aug 1897, Marion, Marion, Oregon - 23 April 1986, Yamhill County, Oregon. This typed sheet was found in the WHC [...]
Marion Grade School History
This typed document was found in the Willamette Heritage Center's subject files with very little accompanying information. It was transcribed here for reference purposes. [...]