The Flu Hidden in Christmas Card, 63.1.21.16.11
Apparently Cheery postcard belied a hard year for one family. WHC Collections 63.1.21.16.11 In cataloging what, by all appearances, looked like very [...]
January 2022
July 2020
W. Carlton Smith Collection
Biography William Carlton Smith served in World War I for two years as a First Lieutenant in the Medical Corps. From about 1902 [...]
March 2020
Spanish Influenza – Sproed Family
Herman and Louisa Sproed family. From left to right, Herman, Edward, John, Louisa, and baby Joseph. Taken in Minnesota, 1901-1902, with permission from [...]
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 [...]
February 2018
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 [...]
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 [...]
February 2016
Intimate view of the 363rd Field Hospital Company in WWI
View of the manuscript found in Dr. W. Carlton Smith’s papers. WHC 0087.035. The following is an excerpt from a manuscript [...]
December 2014
A Christmas Dispatch From Our World War I Correspondent
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The information in this article was published March 24, 1915, but is pertinent to [...]
September 2014
September 10, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Writing from London, Salem jeweler Charles Hinges writes of traveling through the war zone: Well I am this far, [...]
August 2014
August 15, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Capital Journal, concerned that reporting the news was secondary to interests of the belligerents notified their readers: Even [...]