Great Oregon Steam-Up
Celebrating the Bygone-Era of Steam on Mid-Valley Farms a Tradition in Itself Steam engine belted up to a threshing machine [...]
July 2021
June 2020
Loganberries
Introduction to the history of Loganberries in and around Salem, Oregon.
November 2019
The Rise and Fall of the Loganberry Industry in Salem
Salem was once a world leader in loganberry production.
December 2018
R.W. Hogg & Sons Records
Finding Aide for Willamette Heritage Center Collection 2006.050. Prepared by Meg Flanders, Fall 2017. OverviewThis collection contains materials collected by R.W. Hogg and family over [...]
September 2018
Beans Delayed Start of Salem Schools in 1953
Beans Delayed Start of Salem Schools in 1953 Beans? Yes. Beans. The hot topic at the Salem School Board meetings in July of 1953 [...]
February 2017
Hop Vine Scratch Newspaper, 1925
Newspaper for Hops Pickers The Hop Vine Scratch was a newspaper produced by the Health and Recreation Service of the Lake Brook Hops Ranch [...]
June 2016
Judson Dairy not too far removed from today’s urban Salem
by Kylie Pine (originally published in Statesman Journal May 1, 2016) Bottle caps from the Judson Dairy which operated at 1000 Judson Street in [...]
October 2014
New Photo
Hops Harvest, Independence, Oregon. WHC 2014.067.0001
September 2014
September 24, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent An editorial in the Statesman addresses how nationalism and jingoism have begun to infect public opinion: London has boycotted [...]
July 2014
July 2, 1914
Harvesting Clover on Howell Prairie in 1912. WHC Collections, 85.14.30. By Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent “We Feed World, It [...]