Photo showing a Salem Geological Society trip to Eola Hills in 1942.  WHC 2005.039

Photo showing a Salem Geological Society trip to Eola Hills in 1942. WHC 2005.039

For a large chunk of this year our volunteer Walt has been delving into the records of the Salem Geological Society.  The organization was founded in the 1940s among Geology enthusiasts within our community.  The group organized talks and trips to explore natural history in Oregon and across the country.  The Society was disbanded in 2005.  Walt has created an amazing index to the collection which includes information about over 500 individuals who participated in events.  The photo albums in this collection provide a unique look at our state’s natural environment over the past 70 years.

You can see a finding aide here: Salem Geological Society Box List

Participants who appear in the records include:
Adams, Ed
Albrecht, Constance
Allen, Dr. John Eliot
Allen, Else D.
Allison, Dr. Ira S.
Allison, Mrs. Ira S.
Allison, Esther
Allison, Lance
Anders, Grace
Anderson, Allen O.
Anderson,  Mrs. Allen O.
Ankeny, John I.
Ankeny, Maxine
Antrican, J. Wesley
Antrican, Lila
Archibald, R.L.
Archibald, Ken
Arken, Irene
Arthur, Lillian
Baillie, Glen
Baillie, Connie
Baker, Marvin
Baker, Ruth
Baldwin, Dr. Edwin M.
Ballantyne, Virgil R.
Banfield, T. Harry
Barber, William H.
Barber, Grace
Barr, Amza
Beaman, William
Beaman, Marjorie
Beasley, Arch T.
Beaver, Rollin
Beaver, Myrtle
Beck, Dr. George F.
Beer, Vesta S
Beer, Frank S.
Beer , Frank M.
Beers, Alice C.
Bellinger, Dr. Grover C.
Bellinger, Mrs. Grover C.
Bentley, Joanne
Bergen, Elwood
Bergen, Lorraine
Berry, Ruth
Bingham, Minnie
Blachly, Ted
Blachly, Peggy
Blake, Beulah
Bornholdt, Mariana
Bowen, Mary
Bowes, Mrs. Clarence (Fannie B.)
Bowes, Clarence L
Bradley, Helen M.
Bradley, B.L.
Brady, Arthur
Brady, Mrs. Arthur
Brantner, Harold
Brassfield, Marie
Brassfield, Gene
Bricher, Thomas
Bricher, Clara
Brodniak, Virginia
Brown, Martha
Brush, E. Irene
Butler, J. Dean
Butler, Caroline
Cain, Jim
Cain, Donna
Cameron, James
Cameron, Ruth
Cannon, James E.
Cannon, Natalie
Carney, Tom
Carr, Mattie
Carr, Vivian
Carruthers, Mrs. J.R.
Carson, Claude L.
Carson, Carolyn
Carson, Joseph
Carson, Adah
Cellucai, Olive
Charnholm, Harold
Charnholm, Jean
Chase, Orrin A.
Chase, Maude
Chesebro, Marjorie
Chester, Marjorie
Clack, Harold
Clack, Mary
Clark, Prof. Herman
Clark, Gertrude
Clark, Harry A.
Clark, Miss Corliss
Coffey, George A.
Coffey, Nina S.
Corcran, Jim
Corcran, Jean
Cotton, John
Craft, Lloyd
Craft, Gwen
Crawford, M.E.
Crothers, Hazel
Crothers, Eugene
Cubbison, Geneva
Culp, Ed
Culp, Florence
Curtis, Grace
Daggett, Rose
Daggett, Braden
Dahl, Olive M.
Dake, Dr. H.C.
Dallman, Elizabeth
Davis, Franklin L.
Davis, Dena A
Davis, Lester
Davis, Georgia
Davis, Jennette
Davis, Donald S.
Davis, Willard
Davis, Willa
De Ment, Jack
Decker, Esther H.
Decker, Delama D.
DeMetz, Ralph A.
DeMetz, Mrs. Ralph A.
Detrick, Lula
Dixon, Lucille
Doerfler, Vivian M.
Dorsett, Mary
Doughton, Wayne
Douglas, Chester O.
Douglas, Elan S.
Downs, Chester A.
Downs, Warren
Dungey, Ralph
Dungey, Dorothy
Dvorak, Stanley
Dymmel, H.S.
Edwards, James L.
Edwards, Mrs. James L.
Elwell, Leslie A.
Erskine, Max
Estep, Elizabeth I.
Estey, Mrs. Leo
Estey, Leo
Ewing, LaVerne
Ewing, Winona
Eyre, Mary
Fahey, Jay
Fahey, Eva
Farrar, Bernis
Farrar, F.W.
Fate, Sharon
Fish, Hazel
Fishback, Pearl L.
Fisher, C.C.
Fisher, Genevieve
Follis, Glade
Follis, Irene
Fowlds, Diana
Franklin, Hugh
Franklin, Ruby
Franklin, Will C.
Franklin, Emelie
Frazier, Lillian
Fudge, James K.
Furr, Howard
Furr, Lynn
Gamer, Robert
Gamer, Louise
Geer, Ralph
Geiser, Anne
Geiser, Paul W.
Geisler, Bill
Geisler, Marilyn
Gies, Carl A.
Gies, Jessie M
Gillis, Phyllis
Gookin, Peg
Gordon, Eleanor
Gordon, Ted
Gordon, Bruce
Gordon , Ralph
Gould, Dr. Lawrence McKinley
Graves, Grace B.
Greenbaum, Adolph
Griffith, Donald K.
Griffith, Mrs. Donald K.
Hadley, Marlyn
Hadley, Hazel U.
Hale, Paul A.
Hale, May A.
Hale, Laura V.
Hall, Andrew A.
Hall, Nellie
Hanauska, Betty
Hancock, A.W.
Hancock, Berry
Haney, Linda
Hansen, Kathy
Hanson, Mabel
Hardie, Dorothy
Hargrove, Lucille
Harley, Lucille
Harley, Florence
Hartley, Grace
Hatfield, Dovie
Haugen, Doshia
Hay, Everett
Hay, Grace
Helland, Marvin
Helland, Chris
Herb, Gertrude
Herrell, Mrs. E.L. (Mae)
Heuperman, Lambertus F.
Heuperman, Violet E.
Hickok, Nelson
Hickok, Nell
Hickok, Neysa E.
Hill, V.D.
Hilsz, Carmelita
Hirons, Norval
Hirons, Lucille
Hobart, Ted
Hobart, Frances
Hodge, Dr. Edwin K
Hogg, Margaret
Holcomb, Elizabeth I.
Holcomb, C.H.
Hollenbeck, Irene
Holredge, Claire P.
Hook, John
Hook, Charlotte
Hosier, Barbara
Howard, Edith
Hubbs, N.C.
Hubbs, Mrs. N.C.
Hubbs, Virginia
Hume, Dr. Edward
Hurst, Janet
Iverson, Helen
Jackson, Imogene
James, Mildred
James, Ellen
Janos, Stella
Javens, Merlyn
Javens, Betty
Jelderks, Katherine
Jewett, Jean
Jirka, Frank
Johnson, Bella
Johnson, Charles
Johnston, Harold
Jones, Dr. Francis T.
Jones, Dr. Arthur
Jory, Harold
Jory, Mrs. Harold
Karle, James H.
Kauffman, A.J.
Keasey, Carroll
Kelder, June
Kelsay, Margaret
Kennedy, Joseph L.
Kennedy, Rose  S.
Keppinger, Verna
Kerns, Ruth
Kerns, Joan
Kerns, Benjamin
King, Helen
King, Walter
King, William
Kirk, Barbara
Kirkpatrick, George A.
Kirkpatrick, Clare
Kirkpatrick, Janet
Kirkpatrick, Tom
Klaus, Hermina
Knopf, Dr. Carl Sumner
Koop, Victor
Koop, Frances
Kortje, Paul
Lamar, Donald S.
Lamar, Jeanniene
Lamerson, Alice
Landeen, Lillian
Laney, Bob
Lawrence, Dr. Donald B.
Layport, Charles L.
Layport, Helen
Layport, James
Leben, Martha
Lee, Dorothy
Lentsch, Rebyl
Lesher, Ida
Lewis, George E.
Libbey, Hollis W.
Libbey, Mrs Hollis W.
Libby, Willard
Lister, E. Lawrence
Lister, Mrs. E. Lawrence
Loder, James L.
Loder, James
Lysek, Carol Ann
MacGregor, Dorothy
MacNab, Barney
Mader, Jackie
Magnuson, Marv
Magnuson, Mary
Mahoney, Kathleen
Mainwaring, Bill
Manning, Patty
Marschat, Lula P
Mathews, Oliver C.
Matthews, Oliver V.
McCreery, Prof. David
McCullough, C.B.
McCullough, Mrs. C.B.
McDougall, Doris
McEwan, Irene
McFarland, Margaret
McGilchrist, James
McGilvery, Robert
McGregor, Dorothy
McHirron, Helen
McKillip, Anne
McKinlay, Phil
McWain, Westley
Melchert, Harold V.
Merriam, Dr. John C.
Miles, Charles
Millard, Robert E
Miller, John H.
Miller, Lotis
Miller, Helen
Millie, Fay B.
Minar, Edwin L.
Minar, Mrs. Edwin L. (Alma)
Miner, Helen
Miner, Carroll
Minor, Mary
Mitchell, Ralph H.
Mitchell, Mrs. Ralph E.
Monk, Cecil R.
Monk, Helen
Montgomery, Prof Richard
Moon, Doris
Moore, Olive Marie
Moore, Marie
Moore, Edwyna
Moorhead, Mrs. George
Moorman, Mark
Morehead, Bruce
Morehead, George
Moreland, Gretchan
Morgan, Tom
Morgan, Mariette
Morley, Russell
Morse, Walter
Morton, Mrs. R.M.
Mudd, Floy C.
Nichols , Victor
Nichols , Edith
Nicholson, Dr. Seth B.
Niesen, Marjorie
Nixon, Earl K.
Nordgren, Emma
Norris, Norton
Norris, Peggy
Ogasawara, Pam
Ohmart, Reynold W.
Ohmart, Roy
Olcott, Cathy
Olcott, Gordon
Olson, Theo W.
Olson, Mabel
Olson, Marjory
Olson, James
Overman, Victor
Overman, Mrs. Victor K.
Packard, Dr. Earl L.
Packard, Mrs. Earl L.
Paeth, Zillah
Paget, Helen H.
Pauli, Erica
Paulsen, Wessley
Paxson, Glenn S.
Paxson, Mrs. Glenn S.
Paxson, William
Pepper, Lloyd A.
Pepper, Mrs. Lloyd A.
Perkey, Florence
Perkey, Harold
Perrine, Mary
Peterson, Robert W.
Peyree, Ruth G.
Pfifer, Claude E.
Pfifer, Mrs. Claude E.
Pfouts, Nedra
Phillips, Kenneth L.
Philpott, June
Piatt, Bernice
Pickerel, Edna
Piper, Arthur
Plaisance, Jean
Plaisance, Devin
Poppleton, Grace
Porter, Ernest
Porter, John
Porter, Venka
Powers, Dr. W.L.
Presnall, Maude
Preston, Natalie
Pruett, J. Hugh
Purvine, Winston D.
Purvine, Mrs. Winston D.
Ragland, Jim
Reeves, William A.
Reeves, Myrtle L.
Reeves, Charlotte
Reeves, John
Rehfeld, Velma
Rehfeld, Francis
Rehfeld, Orville
Rehfeld, Georgia
Reid, Margaret
Remington, Doris
Reser, Ruby
Rice, Dorothy R.
Richards, Carl P.
Richards, Florence M.
Richardson, Winford E.
Richardson, Mae E.
Richardson, Barbara
Richardson, Alan
Richardson, Jeff
Richardson , Dorothy
Richey, Winona
Ridout, Faith
Rigby, Grant
Riggs, Alice
Roberts, Walter
Roberts, Myrtle L.
Robinson, Lloyd L.
Robinson, Mabel B.
Robinson, Harry A.
Robinson, Elnora I.
Robinson, Hettey
Robinson, Robert
Roblin, Charles E.
Roblin, Ollie M.
Rockow, Michael
Roderick, Al
Roner, Fred
Roner, Donna
Rothrock, Esther
Ruch, Lucille
Ruff, Lloyd
Sackinger, Pat
Sackinger, Patty
Sanborn, Dr. Ethel I.
Sanborn, Dr. Ethel I.
Sarver, Louise
Sawyer, Arthur
Sawyer, Rosina
Schaeffer, Clifford L.
Schaeffer, Margaret K.
Scheidt, Pat
Schmelling, Stanley
Schmelling, Dorothy
Schminky, H. Bruce
Sell, Flo
Shay, Vern
Shay, Bertha
Siewert, Harriet
Simon, Leo
Simpson, Eric
Simpson, Irene
Simpson, Blanche
Smith, John
Smith, Horace M.
Smith, Claire W.
Smith, Horace J.
Smith, Mary B.
Smith, Dr. Warren D.
Smith, Archie
Smith, Dr. Calvin L.
Smith, Carl F.
Smith, Russ
Smith, Lois
Southworth, Lila
Spitzmesser, Jack
Spitzmesser, Leah
Sprague, Charles A.
St. Helen, Cecil
Staley, Nell M.
Standard, J.C.
Standard, Lynn
Stanley, Orrin E.
Staples, Dr. H.B.
Staples, Lloyd W.
Starmer, Betty
Starmer, Ray
Stearns, Gilbert
Steeves, Dr. Laban A.
Steeves, Mary E.
Stenerson, Finley
Stenerson, Rose
Stephenson, P.M.
Steusloff, Claude
Steusloff, Muriel
Steusloff, Ivan
Stevens, Dr. J.C.
Stevenson, Dr. Elmo N.
Stewart, E.K.
Stewart, Olive
Stillings, Mary
Stockwell, H. Mildred
Strozut, George G.
Struble, Frank
Struble, Mrs. Frank
Stuart, Erna
Summers, Glenn
Sutton, Norma
Swigart, Ann
Syme, Margaret Jane
Symons, Reola
Tate, Wayne
Tavenner, R.W.
Thompson, Nora P.
Thompson, Dr. R. Franklin
Thurlwell, Harvey
Tillinghast, Joyce
Tinkle, Robert
Tisinger,” Richard, Jr.
Tomkins”, George E.
Tomkins, Jessie I.
Toohy, Doris
Toomb, Donald S.
Toomb, Adelaide
Townsend, Rita
Trumbell, Larry
Trumbell, Lee
Tucker, Henry
Tucker, Beth
Unruh, Lee M.
Unruh, Grace I.
Van Orman, Richard
Van Scoy, Paul
Vance, A.D.
VanCleve, Joseph B.
VanCleve, Mrs. Joseph B.
Wade, Tracy
Wade, Tracy
Wages, Dorothy
Wakefield, Charles
Walworth, Vivian H.
Ward, C.C.
Ward, Teresa
Watts, Allen
Weaver, Ralph
Weaver, Edith
Webber, J. Martin
Weber, Mrs. Otto P. (Esther D.)
Weber, Frederick P.
Weber, Joseph A.
Wells, Edward L.
Whalen, Effie
White, Charles K.
Whitston, Lucille
Wilbanks, Fanalou
Wilcox,” Allen C., Jr
Wilcox”, Allen C.
Wilcox, Mary Ellen
Wilcox, Ruth P.
Wilcox, Lucia Carol
Wilhelm, Mabel L.
Williams, Dr. Howell
Williams, Charles
Williams, Alma
Wilson, Ava
Wilson, Carolyn
Wilson, Lila
Wilson, Meredith
Wolfe, Eva
Woods, Marvin
Woods, Billie
Woods, Marie
Wright, Dorothy F.
Wright, Charles
Wright, David
Wulf, Dr. Robert
Wulf, Pauline
Zelner, Joan
Zenone, Chester