The Clarion: Salem High School Yearbook Collection
1923 Clarion Annual, WHC Collections 2005.031.0001 The Willamette Heritage Center is fortunate to have an almost complete collection of the [...]
June 2024
April 2024
WPA Sewing Room
Salem WPA Sewing Room in the old high school building. Photo from Oregon Statesman,19 May 1940 p. 13. Image from Newspapers.com [...]
March 2024
Williams Twins
Leslie Junior High School, 1936-37 schoolyear, student body photo. WHC Collections 2023.033.0005 Taken in the 1936-37 school year, this portrait of [...]
March 2022
Muriel White
Muriel White, 1932, Wallulah Yearbook, Willamette University, WHC Collections 2003.010.0010 Muriel White [Buick] Job Title(s) Wool Picker Dates of [...]
June 2021
William E. Pero
William E. "Bill" Pero, WHC Collections M3 1978-011-0001 William E. Pero Job Title(s) Shipping Clerk, Partner in Retail Store [...]
February 2020
Filipino Club of Salem
Last week (January 24, 2020) the Willamette Heritage Center (WHC) opened a new exhibit looking at the history of clubs and organizations in the [...]
September 2019
Salem Federal Art Center
Salem Federal Art Center at 460 North High St. photo credit: Multnomah County Library, John Wilson Collection An [...]
March 2019
Mystery Scrapbook
In 1983 a rather non-descript black photo album was donated to the Marion County Historical Society. Only a third of the pages were filled [...]
December 2017
The Meaning of Christmas – Beatrice Crawford
John and Lillie Crawford with daughters Edna (back) and Beatrice (front). […]
February 2017
James Carlton Nelson Papers
A recently acquired collection of papers belonging to longtime Salem educator James Carlton Nelson have yielded a few unexpected surprises. The papers consisting of [...]