History in Rubble: Salem’s Lost Buildings
Demolition of Salem’s City Hall. WHC Collections X2014.023.0034 History in Rubble: Salem's Lost Buildings August 9, 2024- December 21, 2024 Despite preservation [...]
September 2023
August 2023
Smith – Wolcott Family Collection
Smith-Wolcott Family Collection This collection (2016.089) consists of United States Navy records and other genealogical documents from the families of Reva Jean Walcott [...]
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. [...]
July 2023
Exhibit: The PNW Community Coral Reef Project
The PNW Community Coral Reef Project Exhibit Dates: March 22, 2024 - June 22, 2024 In partnership with Coral Knit [...]
Ernst Van Buren
Photo by Ackroyd Photography Inc., Portland. WHC Collections M3 1992-103-0003   Ernst Van Buren Job Title(s) Spinner, Filling Carrier Dates of Employment [...]
Organized Labor at the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill
Finding Aid For Materials Documenting Organized Labor, Union Activity and Strikes at the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill in the Willamette Heritage Center Collections Union [...]
Tiger Engine No. 2 – Salem Fire Department
We were pleasantly surprised recently when one of our research volunteers located an historic Oregon Journal article that provided history and context to this framed [...]
Martha Schnuelle
Martha Schnuelle    [Gehlar] Job Title(s) Weaver Dates of Employment c. 1908-1909 Last Name Schnuelle     [Gehlhar/Gehlar] First Name Martha [...]
June 2023
Saun Lee Lewis
Saun Lee Lewis, 1904. Cronise Studio Portrait. Photo Source: Oregon Historical Society Collections 0019G011 Saun Lee Lewis of Salem[1] Is a picture worth [...]
Sarah Wade Cone – Eliza Jane Graham Family Collection
Background Sarah Ann Wade Cone was born near Cleveland, Ohio on April 3, 1837. She moved to Goshen, Indiana at the age of [...]