Salem Daily Record, 1867-1868
Salem Daily Record Index The Salem Daily Record appears to have been a newspaper published from 1867-1868 in Salem, Oregon. After finding a hand-written [...]
August 2017
Salem Transportation History
Salem Transportation History Use the map above to find various Salem transportation landmarks (past and present). The purple markers indicate there is [...]
July 2017
David Duniway Papers, 1999.013
David Cushing Duniway (1912-1993) Photo Source: WHC 2007.001.0501. Click here to access the David Duniway Papers Finding Aide. Click here to access [...]
Courage and Compassion Exhibit Bibliography
Here are some of the sources we consulted when researching for the local sections of the exhibit: Courage and Compassion: Our Shared Story of the [...]
June 2017
Dora Lehman Barnes – Oral History & Teenagers
Dora (center) with fellow TKWM workers Fern Harper, Christina Heman, Chester Page, and Mrs. Grable in the late 1920s. Willamette Heritage Center M3-1992-117-0006 [...]
May 2017
Albert Lester Chandler Collection
Albert Lester Chandler, c. 1918. Willamette Heritage Center Collections, WHC 0091.022.0001. Albert Lester Chandler Collection WHC 0091.002 and WHC 0091.022 The Albert [...]
Disco Inferno at the Mill
There is something slightly ironic at the thought of a disco, called Disco Inferno, operating on the second floor of the Thomas Kay Woolen [...]
April 2017
The Zwicker Family and the Fluff Rug Industry
Recycling was just a part of good business at the Zwicker Family's Salem Fluff Rug and Mattress Factory Advertisement for the Salem Fluff Rug [...]
March 2017
Honeymoon By Carriage: 1852 Journal of Esther Bell McMillan Hanna
Read the manuscript edited by David Duniway here. Â An Unpublished Project David Cushing Duniway (1912-1993) Photo Source: WHC [...]
Armchair Research – The Property Hunt
It started simply enough, a visit to the Willamette Heritage Center’s research library, from two friends (and tenants) of an older home in the [...]