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. [...]
November 2013
February 2013
VictryPac, 2012.074.0001
This unused label (2012.074.0001) was printed for use on canned pears packed during WWII at the Oregon Fruit Products Company in Salem. The "Victrypac" description [...]
October 2012
Another Find during Fall Cleaning
In moving the filing cabinets yesterday we also revealed some stickers stuck to their sides. Having just discovered the B.F. Drake collection of letters in [...]
Oregon Pulp & Paper Co.
We recently received a donation of a few aerial views of Salem in 1947 (2012.051). This image shows the old Oregon Pulp & Paper processing [...]
August 2005
Mission Mill Timeline
Mission Mill Timeline 1863: Thomas Lister Kay, founder of Thomas Kay Woolen Mill, comes to Oregon. 1889: Kay builds the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill, [...]
Marion Hotel
Marion Hotel: Over A Century Of Oregon History "Within its walls, the paid lobbyists and attorneys of corporate interests have framed measures which were [...]
Heritage Institutions
Heritage Institutions Bush House Deepwood Estate Elsinore Theater Gilbert House Historic District (Historic Downtown Salem Buildings) Historic Homes Marion County Historical Society Mission Mill [...]
Chinese Businesses
Salem's Historic Chinese Businesses 1893Â Laundries Gee Lee, 160 Commerical Street Hong Sing Lung Company, 150 High Street Sung Lung, 105 Court Street 1902 [...]
Weather’s Music
Weathers Music Corporation Weathers Music Corporation has been a strong source of music products and support for music activities in Oregon, and particularly in [...]
Weather’s Music Timeline
Weathers Music Timeline 1914 - Walt Weathers was born 1918 (Approx.) - A"Music man" comes to Touchet, Wa. Helps organize a town band, selling [...]