David Duniway Papers, 1999.013
David Cushing Duniway (1912-1993) Photo Source: WHC 2007.001.0501. Click here to access the David Duniway Papers Finding Aide. Click here to access [...]
July 2017
Courage and Compassion Exhibit Bibliography
Here are some of the sources we consulted when researching for the local sections of the exhibit: Courage and Compassion: Our Shared Story of the [...]
Mickye Bressler – Jersey Cattle Club Queen
Mickye Bressler 1958 Jersey Dairy Queen sharing her crown with a calf. WHC 2016.059.0001 It’s that time of year. 4-H and FFA [...]
President Truman visits Salem aboard the INDEPENDENCE in 1948
THE INDEPENDENCE, President Harry Truman's plane at McNary Field in Salem Oregon, June 1948. Willamette Heritage Center, Al Jones Collection, 2007.001.2095. By [...]
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 [...]
C.A. Whale – Pianos and Organs
C.A. Whale Piano and Organ House on Commercial St. circa 1902-1905. Willamette Heritage Center 2017.028.0001 We have learned here in the research library [...]
May 2017
Mrs. P.E. Fullerton – Bedspread Points to Early 20th Century Salem Family
Coverlet donated by the Petram family.Willamette Heritage Center 2016.064.0001 At 162 years old, the blue and white coverlet was in remarkably good condition when [...]
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 [...]
Disco Inferno at the Mill
There is something slightly ironic at the thought of a disco, called Disco Inferno, operating on the second floor of the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill, [...]
April 2017
Exhibit: Through Gerry Lewin’s Lens
Images of Salem Photojournalist Gerry Lewin featured in photo exhibit at the Willamette Heritage Center. Monday, May 1 - Saturday, June 24, 2017 [...]
