E.A. Daue Political Card Collection (1983.43.51)
Collection Overview This collections spanning at least 1914-1938 contains a wide variety of election cards used by candidates of both the Republican and Democratic [...]
November 2022
July 2021
Polio Vaccine Trial Comes to Salem
It has been interesting to see how the news turns to history in contextualizing current events. I get it. I find history pretty comforting [...]
July 2016
William and Ann Rector
Readers should feel free to use information from this article, however credit must be given to the Willamette Heritage Center and to the author. by [...]
Cartoon Clue to Proposed Woodburn Air Force Base
Cartoon by Monte Leo Jones for the Capital Journal. Research indicates that this cartoon may have been depicting the proposed Woodburn Air Force Base [...]
June 2016
Hannah Martin – first female legislator from Marion County 1932-1940
Hannah Martin, first woman elected to the Oregon State Legislature. Photo Credit - Oregon Voter, December 31, 1932 Each summer as school [...]
May 2016
The Hirsch Family
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Geer Family
Geer Family WHC 2007.001.2118 The Geer Family Readers should feel free to use information from the website, however credit must be given [...]
April 2016
Etienne Lucier
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Rachel Belden Brooks and Family
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August 2005
Marion County Historical Society
Marion County Historical Society History In the late 1940s, when proposals were made to demolish both the building that housed Oregon's capitol at statehood [...]