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. [...]
August 2023
March 2023
Lunar New Year Celebrations in Salem
Lunar New Year in Salem, 1897. Dr. Kum on the left and George Sun on the right. WHC Collections. 2015.025.0021 Historical newspapers and [...]
Sgt. Major John W. Jackson and Caroline Woodson Jackson
Tombstone of John W. and Caroline Woodson Jackson in Hayesville Cemetery, Salem, Oregon. Photo taken February 2023. Photo by Kylie Pine Salem’s [...]
September 2022
Origins of Salem’s Electric Avenue
Nob Hill Annex Plat Map, 1891. Source: Marion County Survey Graphic Index. The Willamette Heritage Center’s Research Library and Archive recently received [...]
August 2022
Bob Schwartz and the Blue Note
Bob Schwartz, Blue Note Vocalist. McEwan Photo Studios, Jan 1955. WHC Collections 2006.002.0687. Passion for Jazz Led to Firing of Salem Police Officer [...]
July 2022
1898 Report of the Oregon State Reform School
The Oregon State Reform school, which stands on a commanding eminence about six miles southeast of Salem, was completed and thrown open to the reception [...]
May 2022
Nora Anderson
Portrait of Nora L. Anderson. WHC Collections 1997.012 A major honor accorded to Nora Anderson during her lifetime was the dedication of the [...]
February 2022
Salem’s Emancipation Jubilee Celebrations
By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation…That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one [...]
Schucking Family Genealogy
Agnes Gilbert Agnes Gilbert, 1902 image courtesy of the Oregon Historical Society, #002G025 Birth: Â Â Â Â 7 Dec. 1883 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â [...]
January 2022
Historic Marion: Salem YMCA Celebrates Centennial
This article was written by Al Jones for the November 1992 issue of Historic Marion, the Marion County Historical Society Newsletter Vol. 30, No. [...]