Thomas B. Kay
Thomas B. Kay, President of Thomas Kay Woolen Mill 1900-1931. WHC Collections, M3 1992-105-0005 Thomas B. Kay Job Title(s) [...]
March 2024
January 2022
Historic Marion: Salem YMCA Celebrates Centennial
This article was written by Al Jones for the November 1992 issue of Historic Marion, the Marion County Historical Society Newsletter Vol. 30, No. [...]
July 2018
Charles E. Couche – Rivercrest Jersey Farm
On a tour of the new Yesterdayland: Innovations of the Past exhibit at the Willamette Heritage Center I found myself stumped by a set [...]
November 2017
Floyd McMullen – Salem’s only firefighter killed in the line of duty
Oregon State Capitol on fire April 25, 1935.WHC 2001.3.2 Fire! At 6:43 p.m. on April 25, 1935 the frantic call for help [...]
November 2014
November 1, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Unitarian Church, Salem. Photo Source: Salem Public Library. Sunday. Tuesday is election day. The [...]
December 2013
Plain Talk, 1892
This ticket (WHC 63.1.1.8) made us giggle a little bit today. Aside from the wonderful irony that boys are not admitted to a program at [...]
August 2005
YMCA
Salem's YMCA The Salem Family YMCA has served its members well in matters of "Spirit, mind, and body" for more than a century, making [...]