Salem’s Emancipation Jubilee Celebrations
By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation…That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one [...]
February 2022
Schucking Family Genealogy
Agnes Gilbert Agnes Gilbert, 1902 image courtesy of the Oregon Historical Society, #002G025 Birth: Â Â Â Â 7 Dec. 1883 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â [...]
Susan B. Anthony’s 80th Birthday Celebration
Photograph of invitation for event held in Salem in honor of Susan B. Anthony's 80th Birthday. WHC Collections 1994.087.0045 detail. At least one [...]
January 2022
Historic Marion: Salem YMCA Celebrates Centennial
This article was written by Al Jones for the November 1992 issue of Historic Marion, the Marion County Historical Society Newsletter Vol. 30, No. [...]
Electric Alley
Electric Alley Renaming reminds us that Domestic Electricity is a Relatively New Innovation Electric Alley as it now stands in Salem, Oregon. Numbered [...]
Eola Acres Florist and Gift Shop
This Metsker map for Polk County dated 1962 shows the breadth and scope of the Eola Acres 144-acre farm formerly held by the Gilbert-Patterson [...]
Salem in Portraits
Portraits and brief biographical sketches of Salem individuals from 1930. Persons included were nominated by friends with the only qualification being their active [...]
Netta McAllister
Jeanette "Netta" McAllister [Minor] Job Title(s) Seamstress, Finishing Department Dates of Employment c. 1893 Last Name McAllister  [...]
Sarah Wolff
Sarah Wolff [Fournier] Job Title(s) Weaver Dates of Employment c. 1907-1910 Last Name Wolff     [Fournier] First Name [...]
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 [...]