Processing Flax at the Miles Linen Company (L2002-041)
A copy of this type-written document was found in the Willamette Heritage Center Collections (L2002-041). Notations on the first page indicate it was originally [...]
October 2017
September 2017
Annual Labor Day Hike from Salem to Portland
Clipping from the Renska Swart Collection reveals a Labor Day Hike tradition from the late 1920s. Labor Day First Officially Celebrated in Oregon Through mere [...]
1909 AYP Essays from Salem 7th Graders
In 1909, all eyes turned to Seattle for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition. Oregon school children took part by submitting examples of coursework for [...]
April 2017
Salem Keizer School District Records
The Willamette Heritage Center houses over 45 cubic feet of records compiled by the Salem Keizer School District (2002.020) and has an extensive Yearbook [...]
March 2017
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 [...]
Salem Mayors Oral History Project
Salem Mayors Sue Harris Miller Addressing Crowd at City hall c. 1983. Al Jones Collection, WHC 2007.001.0270 The history of Salem's [...]
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 [...]
November 2016
Why is Salem Oregon’s Capital?
Why is the city of Salem Oregon’s Capital? By Kylie Pine Why is Salem Oregon’s Capital? I was asked this question twice this week [...]
September 2016
President Taft Comes to Salem
This article about President Taft’s visit to Salem in 1911 was originally published in the Statesman Journal in August 2016. It is reproduced here with [...]
Ringling Brothers Circus 1907
Circus program 1907. WHC 2014.082.0318 On Wednesday, August 28, 1907 the “greatest show on earth” came to town. [...]