Take a look at interesting materials from our collections.
Mrs. Phillip's Hymnbook?
WHC’s Collections. X2013.016.0004 This 1849 Methodist Hymnbook (X2013.016.0004) caused a bit of a quandary this afternoon while we were cataloging and [...]
September 2014
July 2014
St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Salem
This is the cover to the program given out at the dedication of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in 1953 that was recently donated to the [...]
Bromo-Seltzer, 1933
Got a headache? In 1933, you may have hopped down to the Woolpert & Legg's Drugstore, located on the corner of Court and Liberty Streets [...]
May 2014
Washington School Architectural Detail, 999.277
Today, Volunteer George found an undated, unsourced newspaper article which describes the demolition of the old Washington School and subsequent donation of architectural fragments to [...]
February 2014
Centennial of "City of Salem" celebrated in 1986
The 100th anniversary of the sternwheeler "City of Salem" was celebrated by the Salem Stamp Society in 1986 with this commemorative card (X2014.003.0001). The envelope [...]
January 2014
Boys of Summer coming this Summer
We are excited to announce that the 2014 Summer exhibit at the Willamette Heritage Center will focus on Baseball in the Willamette Valley. [...]
First Donation of the New Year, 2014.001
This photo-postcard is the first donation to the WHC of the new year. It features a photograph of Rufus Boatwright in what he writes is [...]
November 2013
Oregon State Defense Council's Official Air Raid Instructions, 2010.026.0002
We came across this little booklet today which included illustrated instructions for what to do in case of an Air Raid attack during WWII. We [...]
What was Lost…
…is now found. This money envelope (0083.043.0032) was not found in our 2010 inventory of collections because it wasn’t where it was supposed to be. [...]
August 2013
Rickey School Souvenir, 1996.006.0001
This school souvenir for the old Rickey School was cute to look at, but became much more interesting after reading the note at the very [...]