The Salem Public Library digital photograph collections include over 10,000 images of Oregon dating from the mid 1800's with special focus on the city of Salem and other Western Oregon communities. The complete collections can be searched and viewed online. The collections include photographs from private collections donated or loaned to the library for digitizing. The Ben Maxwell Collection is the principal donated collection of over 5000 photographs from the estate of Salem photographer Mr. Ben Maxwell. The Koval series of Salem historic homes is the other donated group. [...] Most of the other collections were loaned to the library for processing to add to the library's digitized collection. These include photographs from the Marion County Historical Society, the Statesman Journal Newspaper, the Oregon State Archives and a number of specialized collections included in the Special Collections group. [self-description]
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