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Library unveils historical collection

94-year-old’s memorabilia spanning more than a century on public display

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A crowd gathered inside the Camas Public Library on Friday, April 26, awaits the unveiling of the Virginia M. Lethlean Holland Warren Collection.

A crowd of Camas luminaries and history lovers gathered April 26 at the Camas Public Library for the unveiling of the new Virginia M. Lethlean Holland Warren Collection.

Donated by Camas native and historian Virginian Warren, 94, the collection includes three giant scrapbooks containing photos, brochures, newspaper clippings and other memorabilia from the Camas-Washougal area that Warren has been collecting since the 1940s.

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