Marion County (Or.)

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Man lifts helmet in welding class at Salem Technical School

A man in a welding class lifts his helmet and looks at the camera at the Salem Technical School in Salem, Oregon. He is part of a group of farm workers enrolled in a job training program to obtain better paying jobs. These are likely photographs from a series published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on October 21, 1966.

Jarvill, Judi

Valley Migrant League photographs

  • Org. Lot 74
  • Collection
  • 1965 - 1968

Collection consists of photographs used by the Valley Migrant League (VML) for its program newspaper, "Opportunity News." Most of the photographs were taken by VML staff. Many of the individuals and places depicted in the prints and negatives in this collection were identified by Oregon Historical Society archivists from the corresponding articles in "Opportunity News."
Subjects depicted in the photographs include VML-sponsored adult education and vocational training programs, including photographs of classrooms, workshops, and businesses hosting work-training programs as well as portraits of program graduates and teachers. Also depicted are VML’s children’s daycare programs including photographs of children in the daycare centers and on educational field trips as well as community events, sports, and cultural celebrations including the Woodburn Fiesta Mexicana, May Day, and Christmas. Photographs in this collection also document living and working conditions for Migrant laborers including depictions of laborers in fields, operating agricultural equipment, and in labor camps, as well as rural healthcare and mobile medical clinics. Also represented in the collections is VML involvement in labor and community organizing, including meeting with political leaders and local picket lines in support of the Delano Grape Strike. The photographs in the collection also include portraits of many individuals associated with VML and the agricultural labor movement of the 1960s.

Valley Migrant League

Group portrait

A group portrait of four people, including Mabel and Anne Simpson, posing in a grassy area. Anne sits on a sawhorse.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

Threshing time

A photograph of a group of fourteen people threshing crops in an agricultural field. Threshing equipment is visible behind them. Taken during Marie Holst Pottsmith's time in Woodburn with Mabel and Anne Simpson.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

Threshing time

A group portrait of eight people posing with threshing equipment in an agricultural field. Taken during Marie Holst Pottsmith's time in Woodburn with Mabel and Anne Simpson.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

Marie Holst Pottsmith, Daisy Mulkey, and Anne Simpson

A photograph of Marie Holst Pottsmith, Daisy Mulkey, and Anne Simpson. Anne lies in a reclining chair while Daisy kneels beside her and holds her hand. Marie stands on the other side of the chair. A piano is visible in the background. A note on the print reads, ""Nurse" Mary Holst Pottsmith "Doctor" Daisy Mulkey "Patient" Anne Simpson. Anne was always trying to get out of washing dishes, so Mary thought up this pose."

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

Rosabelle Sanner

A photograph of Rosabelle Sanner standing in a grassy area aiming a rifle. A dog stands in front of her and looks at the camera.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

Emma Sanner

A photograph of Emma Sanner lying on the ground draped in a hand-woven silk portiere. Houses are visible behind her.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

Christmas with the Sanner family

A group portrait of Frank Sanner, H. T. Bruce, John Sanner, Helen Sanner, Andrew McManus, Rosabelle Sanner, Emma Sanner, May Sanner, Mabel, and Johnny. They are gathered indoors around a small tea set and one person holds a small stringed instrument, possibly a toy violin. A decorated Christmas tree is visible on the right.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

Group portrait in Salem

A group portrait of H. T. Bruce (son-in-law of John Sanner), Frank Sanner (son of John Sanner), John Sanner, and Andrew McManus (son-in-law of John Sanner) standing outside leaning on a bench. Houses are visible behind them.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

Oral history interview with Allen T. Gribble [Sound Recording 01]

Tape 1, Side 1. This oral history interview with Allen T. Gribble was conducted by Roberta Watts in Silverton, Oregon, on February 13, 1978, as part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library's oral history program.

In this interview, Gribble discusses his family background, including his ancestors' overland journeys to Oregon. He talks about his early life in Silverton, Oregon, including his education and life on the family homestead. He also shares his experiences working in Alaska in 1909, and talks about living in Portland from 1910 to 1946, including the jobs he held and his marriage to Gladys E. Hartell. He also shares his experiences in the Oregon National Guard and later in the U.S. Marines during World War I, and talks about working as a cowboy in Eastern Oregon before 1910.

Gribble, Allen T. (Allen Thurman), 1887-1982

Oral history interview with Allen T. Gribble [Sound Recording 02]

Tape 1, Side 2. This oral history interview with Allen T. Gribble was conducted by Roberta Watts in Silverton, Oregon, on February 13, 1978, as part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library's oral history program.

In this interview, Gribble discusses his family background, including his ancestors' overland journeys to Oregon. He talks about his early life in Silverton, Oregon, including his education and life on the family homestead. He also shares his experiences working in Alaska in 1909, and talks about living in Portland from 1910 to 1946, including the jobs he held and his marriage to Gladys E. Hartell. He also shares his experiences in the Oregon National Guard and later in the U.S. Marines during World War I, and talks about working as a cowboy in Eastern Oregon before 1910.

Gribble, Allen T. (Allen Thurman), 1887-1982

Oral history interview with Allen T. Gribble

  • SR 9669
  • Collection
  • 1978-02-13

This oral history interview with Allen T. Gribble was conducted by Roberta Watts in Silverton, Oregon, on February 13, 1978, as part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library's oral history program.

In this interview, Gribble discusses his family background, including his ancestors' overland journeys to Oregon. He talks about his early life in Silverton, Oregon, including his education and life on the family homestead. He also shares his experiences working in Alaska in 1909, and talks about living in Portland from 1910 to 1946, including the jobs he held and his marriage to Gladys E. Hartell. He also shares his experiences in the Oregon National Guard and later in the U.S. Marines during World War I, and talks about working as a cowboy in Eastern Oregon before 1910.

Gribble, Allen T. (Allen Thurman), 1887-1982

Shimmy Kittens at the Falls Park

Photograph of a group of approximately 50 unidentified people gathered on a wooden structure at Silver Falls park. The handwritten caption on the front of the photograph reads, "Shimmy Kittens at the Falls Park."

Wiggins, Donegan Reeder, 1888-1950

Swimming pool, Hazel Green Park

Photograph of the boardwalks around the edge of the swimming pool at Hazel Green Park. Unidentified people are walking on the walkway in the distance.

Wiggins, Donegan Reeder, 1888-1950

Donegan Wiggins inside store

This photograph depicts two shopkeepers inside a general store. The man to the right is Donegan Reeder Wiggins. Various products are on display in a glass counter case, and on shelves. This photo may have been taken inside Salem Heights Grocery, which Henry Gilbert Wiggins and Donegan Reeder Wiggins operated.

Wiggins, Donegan Reeder, 1888-1950

Breitenbush Hot Springs Hotel

This photograph depicts the exterior of the Breitenbush Hot Springs Hotel. Several people are sitting at a table outside, and a Ford Model A is parked nearby. The hotel is located in a forested area.

Wiggins, Donegan Reeder, 1888-1950

Bohemian Club in Detroit, Oregon

This photograph depicts a street view of a Detroit, Oregon. A building called "The Bohemian Club" is on the right, with unidentified buildings on the left. Three people are seated on the stoop of the Bohemian Club. Two people and a dog are visible walking in the street. An inscription on the photo notes "Detroit on a busy day."

Wiggins, Donegan Reeder, 1888-1950

Downtown Salem, Oregon

This photograph depicts an area of Salem along the Willamette River. The Capital Hotel is visible near the bottom right corner, which was located in the Griswold-Murphy building on Commercial street in Salem.

Wiggins, Donegan Reeder, 1888-1950

Woman driving a sulky

A woman sits in a sulky - a lightweight two-wheeled, single-seat cart - being pulled by a white horse. A foal stands in front of them. Visible in the background are part of a house and a barn.

Drake, June D., 1880-1969

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