John Fisher
John Fisher, WHC Collection M3 1992-008-0003 John Fisher Job Title(s) Weaver Dates of Employment c. 1893-1908 / 1915-1928 / [...]
April 2021
William Ernst
William Ernst, WHC Collections M3 2007-010-0012 William Ernst Job Title(s) Weaver Dates of Employment c. 1896 [...]
June 2020
Tom Kay Walking Tour
Take a tour of the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill with 4th generation owner Tom Kay.
Milia Connawarf
Milia Campbell, WHC Collections M3 1992-008-0003 Milia Connawarf [Campbell] Job Title(s) Burler, Finisher Dates of Employment c. 1913-1941 [...]
May 2020
Dora Lehman
Dora Lehman Barnes, WHC Collections 0079.001.0002 Dora Lehman Job(s) Weaver, Spinner Dates of Employment c. 1925-1946Â [...]
Minnie Wood
Minnie Wood Apple, WHC Collections 0079.001.0002 Minnie Wood [Miles, Apple] Job Title(s) Spooler Dates of Employment c. 1907- 1908, [...]
Augusta Donaldson
Augusta Donaldson Allport, WHC Collections M3 1992-008-0003 Augusta Donaldson [Allport] Job Title(s) Weaver Dates of Employment c. 1930-1952 [...]
June 2019
Rebirth of the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill
Original wooden structure of the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill destroyed by fire in November 1895. A fire devastated the Thomas Kay Woolen [...]
February 2019
Thomas Kay Woolen Mill in Wartime
Survey of documentation of changes in operations due to wartime conditions at the Thomas Kay woolen Mill, Salem, Oregon During World War I, World [...]
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 [...]