Ellen Savage Goodenough Collection
Background Ellen Martha Savage was born 16 October 1895 in Salem, Oregon to John Claggett and Mary Catherine [Whelan] Savage. She was the [...]
March 2024
Williams Twins
Leslie Junior High School, 1936-37 schoolyear, student body photo. WHC Collections 2023.033.0005 Taken in the 1936-37 school year, this portrait of [...]
December 2023
William S. Bauer
William Bauer, WHC Collections M3 1992-008-0003 William S. "Bill" Bauer Job Title(s) Weaver Dates of Employment c. 1932-1942 [...]
October 2022
Martin Family Photograph Collection
Background The William and Rose Cleantha [Blood] Martin family originated in Muskegon Michigan. They emigrated to Oregon in 1885 first living in Dayton, [...]
June 2022
Effie Reed
Effie Reed Job Title(s) Finisher Dates of Employment c. 1905, 1911 Last Name  Reed    [Wright, Unruh, Dunlap] First [...]
May 2022
Robert Chauncey Bishop
Robert Chauncey Bishop, WHC Collections M3 1989-027-0001 Robert Chauncey Bishop Job Title(s) Bobbin Boy, Soapmaker, Dyer, Weaver, Finisher (spent [...]
March 2022
Muriel White
Muriel White, 1932, Wallulah Yearbook, Willamette University, WHC Collections 2003.010.0010 Muriel White [Buick] Job Title(s) Wool Picker Dates of [...]
February 2020
Fred Legg, Lausanne Hall and the Deaconness Hospital
Tale of Two 1920 buildings tell of Salem a Century Ago 100 years ago, Fred Arthur Legg1 was pretty busy. The dawning of the [...]
March 2019
Mystery Scrapbook
In 1983 a rather non-descript black photo album was donated to the Marion County Historical Society. Only a third of the pages were filled [...]
March 2018
Fannie Case – the first woman to climb Mt. Hood?
So often in the process of researching and writing a monthly article for the Statesman Journal, I uncover fascinating side stories. A different angle [...]