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November 2017

Tiger Engine Company No. 2 Membership Rolls
Gallery
Tiger Engine Company No. 2 Membership Rolls

Digital Collections, Uncategorized

Tiger Engine Company No. 2 Membership Rolls

Heritage Center2017-11-09T13:10:45-08:00November 9th, 2017|Categories: Digital Collections, Uncategorized|Tags: Fire, Firefighters, Salem Fire Department, Tiger Engine Company No. @, Volunteer Firemen|

Salem Fire Department's Volunteer Company Membership Roll Book. WHC 0084.050.0001. This bound book (WHC 0084.050.0001) contains a series of lists of membership [...]

October 2017

Waller Hall – 150 Years
Waller Hall – 150 Years

Historic Buildings, Uncategorized

Waller Hall – 150 Years

Heritage Center2020-12-29T15:15:53-08:00October 20th, 2017|Categories: Historic Buildings, Uncategorized|Tags: Alvan Waller, Angie Grubbe Engle, Bishop E.S. Janes, Carl G. Doney, Great Reinforcement, Greek cross, historic temple, James T. Matthews, Lausanne, Methodist Episcopal church, Methodist missionaries, Oregon City, Oregon Institute, University Hall, Waller Hall, Willamette University, Willamette Valley|

Waller Hall circa 1890 2007.001.0643 There’s an old historic temple rising grandly through the years Where the oaken hearted fathers drew their [...]

Coroner’s Record, 1878-1886
Coroner’s Record, 1878-1886

Archives Spotlight

Coroner’s Record, 1878-1886

Heritage Center2017-10-18T17:45:48-07:00October 18th, 2017|Categories: Archives Spotlight|Tags: Bennett House, Coroner, Death, Marion County Coroner, Marion County Records|

Coroner's Record (WHC 2015.040.0001) contains handwritten notes from the Marion County Coroner about deaths attended in Marion County from 1878-1886. About This [...]

Arrival
Arrival

Past Exhibits

Arrival

Heritage Center2024-12-10T15:55:02-08:00October 18th, 2017|Categories: Past Exhibits|

Arrival: Stories of Migration, Immigration and Journeys in the Mid-Willamette Valley Locomotives arriving at rail depot in Turner, Oregon. WHC 0085.076.0026.012. Saturday, [...]

Processing Flax at the Miles Linen Company (L2002-041)
Processing Flax at the Miles Linen Company (L2002-041)

Digital Collections

Processing Flax at the Miles Linen Company (L2002-041)

Heritage Center2017-10-17T16:20:55-07:00October 17th, 2017|Categories: Digital Collections|Tags: A.S. Graham, A.W. Wittig, Bertram Thompson, C. E. Nelson, Clifford Brown, D. Daneman, F.A. Gepner, F.J. Gilbraith, Flax, G.F. Smith, George Shand, H.R. Crawford, J.G. Heltzel, L.C. Oman, L.L. Laws, Linen, Linen Gill Netting, Linen Mill, M.D. Shaw, M.G. Anderson, Miles Linen Mill, Nels Hawkinson, Salem, Sunde & d'Evers Co., Thomas Benjamin Kay|

A copy of this type-written document was found in the Willamette Heritage Center Collections (L2002-041). Notations on the first page indicate it was originally [...]

Color Gone Wild: WEGO Juried Exhibit
Color Gone Wild: WEGO Juried Exhibit

Past Exhibits

Color Gone Wild: WEGO Juried Exhibit

Heritage Center2018-12-14T18:00:02-08:00October 11th, 2017|Categories: Past Exhibits|Tags: Exhibits, Weaving Guilds of Oregon|

Color Gone Wild Friday, September 28 - Saturday, December 8, 2018 Members preview Thursday, September 27 5:30 - 7:00 pm The WHC [...]

Fire: Celebrating 160 Years of the Salem Fire Department
Fire: Celebrating 160 Years of the Salem Fire Department

Announcements, Past Exhibits

Fire: Celebrating 160 Years of the Salem Fire Department

Heritage Center2018-01-11T14:07:18-08:00October 10th, 2017|Categories: Announcements, Past Exhibits|Tags: Salem Fire Department, Salem Fire Foundation|

An exhibit held in partnership with the Salem Fire Department and the Salem Fire Foundation November 7 - December 23, 2017 In 1857, Salem’s [...]

September 2017

Annual Labor Day Hike from Salem to Portland
Annual Labor Day Hike from Salem to Portland

Archives Spotlight

Annual Labor Day Hike from Salem to Portland

Heritage Center2020-07-12T06:27:03-07:00September 29th, 2017|Categories: Archives Spotlight|Tags: 0063.001.0059.007.03, Bunion Derby, John Olson, Labor Day, Oregon Journal, Portland, Race, Renska Swart Collection, Salem|

Clipping from the Renska Swart Collection reveals a Labor Day Hike tradition from the late 1920s. Labor Day First Officially Celebrated in Oregon Through mere [...]

A Sketch of the Life of Joseph Yates
A Sketch of the Life of Joseph Yates

Archives Spotlight, Biographies, Uncategorized

A Sketch of the Life of Joseph Yates

Heritage Center2017-09-28T16:16:59-07:00September 28th, 2017|Categories: Archives Spotlight, Biographies, Uncategorized|Tags: 1855, Battle of Big Meadows, Brownsville, Calvin W. Yates, Grave Creek, Hugnry Hill, J. Fred Yates, Joseph William Yates, Linn County, Martha Jane Robinett, Mina May Bell Yates, Nicholas Yates, Oregon Trail, Rog River Indian War, Walter E. Yates, William E. Yates|

This hand-typed document bound with metal brads and missing large chunks of pages was recently donated to the Willamette Heritage Center (2015.036.0005). It was [...]

Heritage Center Photos help New Online Asahel Bush Letters Archive Initiative
Heritage Center Photos help New Online Asahel Bush Letters Archive Initiative

Announcements, Heritage News

Heritage Center Photos help New Online Asahel Bush Letters Archive Initiative

Heritage Center2020-03-12T06:30:51-07:00September 18th, 2017|Categories: Announcements, Heritage News|Tags: Asahel Bush, Bush House Museum, Digital Collections, Letters, Oregon Political History, Stephen Fowler Chadwick|

Governor Stephen Fowler Chadwick portrait. Chadwick Collection. Willamette Heritage Center, 2011.060.0167. This portrait of Oregon’s 5th governor is one of three photographs [...]