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 [...]
March 2023
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
October 2021
Japanese American Community, 1942
On March 27, 1942, Rev. Andrew Y. Kuroda of the Salem Japanese Community Church completed a census of Japanese American Families living in Salem [...]
July 2020
Obed Dickinson
Letterhead for Obed Dickinson's Seed Business. WHC collections 2015.018.0042. I have found there is an almost eerie phenomenon that happens working in [...]
March 2020
Spanish Influenza – Sproed Family
Herman and Louisa Sproed family. From left to right, Herman, Edward, John, Louisa, and baby Joseph. Taken in Minnesota, 1901-1902, with permission from [...]
February 2020
Radio St. Valentine Contest – Clara Virginia Barton
Grebe Synchrophase ad from the October 1924 issue of Radio in the Home magazine. Americanradiohistory.com In February 1925 Cupid delivered a very [...]
September 2019
The Ideal Type of State Policeman – Farley Mogan
Oregon State Police - Salem division, circa 1935 photo credit: Oregon State Police, MPI-002 In a powerful, tough-on-crime 1931 inaugural speech, [...]
Mysterious Disappearance of Willis Skiff
Willis and Mary Moe Skiff of Union, Oregon photo credit: WHC Shelton Collection 2019.013 In some respects, it was the perfect scenario [...]