Join the Club
Join the Club! An Exhibit at the Willamette Heritage Center January 24 - June 15, 2020 40/8 Salem Voiture. WHC [...]
August 2019
Employees of the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill
Working at the Mill Thomas Kay Woolen Mill Employees. WHC M3 2007-010-0013 The Thomas Kay Woolen Mill operated from 1889 [...]
Amos Barker
Biography of Amos Barker - Wet Finisher at the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill.
July 2019
Policing with Radar Pioneered in Northwest by Salem Police Department
Salem was the first Police Department in the Pacific Northwest to adopt the use of radar to catch speeding motorists.
Life in the Prohibition
Life in the Prohibition By Kira Kinney When the word Prohibition comes up, most people have a vision of 1920's flappers in [...]
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 [...]
Carl Gerlinger
A devastating explosion. The fate of three men hanging in the balance. A catalyst in the life of one. It was a late afternoon [...]
Marion County Juvenile Court Center, 1963
Marion County Juvenile Court Facility WHC Collections, 2009.076.0001, folder 9 In November of 1960, Marion County voters approved a measure to build a facility [...]
May 2019
History in the Hands of Teens
Teen Interpreters Faith Danner and Kayla Burns researching their historic characters. WHC Each June after the proverbial school bell rings in summer [...]
Payne Settecase Smith Architecture Collection, 2017.053
Collection Overview In 2017, the WHC received a large donation of drawings from the former Salem architectural firm Payne Settecase Smith/Architects, and subsequent [...]