Alfred W. Lien
Alfred W. Lien, pitcher for the San Francisco Seals, image from San Francisco Examiner, 27 June 1967 p. 60. Newspapers.com [...]
March 2024
January 2024
Fred Rockhill
Fred Rockhill Job Title(s) Weaver Dates of Employment c. 1913-1917 Last Name Rockhill First Name Frederick “Fred” Middle [...]
December 2023
Harvey C. Moullet
Harvey C. Moullet Job Title(s) Textile Worker Dates of Employment c. late 1930s - early 1940s Last Name [...]
August 2023
Women Working on the Railroad in Salem
The Women of Salem's Wartime Roundhouse Donna Beall at the Salem Roundhouse. Photo by Ben Maxwell. Published in the Capital Journal Friday, May 24, 1946. [...]
May 2020
John Kyono: The Ultimate Sacrifice
442nd Regimental Combat Team in France after Kyono’s death. Photo Source: Army Center for Military History file Photo. On Memorial Day, as I [...]
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 [...]
August 2018
Salem U.S.O. the “It” Spot in WWII
Salem U.S.O. One of Salem’s USO buildings. Look familiar? It is now the offices for Sherman, Sherman, Johnnie & Hoyt, LLP, on the [...]
April 2017
Courage and Compassion: Japanese American Experience in WWII
July 14 - September 23, 2017 The Willamette Heritage Center is proud to announce it will host the debut of a new national traveling [...]
January 2015
Dear Rosie: WWII Era letter from Lowell Arthur Walling
by M.J.Nugent letter found in the Rosa Cole Patterson Collection 2002.028.0001 Long Beach, Calif July 22, 1941 Dear Rosie, I thought I’d drop you a [...]
November 2013
Oregon State Defense Council's Official Air Raid Instructions, 2010.026.0002
We came across this little booklet today which included illustrated instructions for what to do in case of an Air Raid attack during WWII. We [...]