Pacific Northwest Card File Search
The Pacific Northwest Card File appears to have been started in the early 1950s as a finding aid for biographical and historical information in the Washington State Library. Information was indexed from newspapers across the state as well as many published local histories, creating a very unique point of access.
Comprised of hundreds of thousands of cards, the drawers are divided into a Name File and a Subject File. Work began in late 2012, chiefly with WSL volunteer David Lane, on the Name File. We are now up to the surname "C" and will continue to update the online index as progress is made.
The Card File was closed in the early 1990s.
| Title | Subject | Subject Type | Publication | Citation Details | Citation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black, A. S. | Black, A. S. | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 251 | Year: 1916 |
| Al Black | Black, Al | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 170-171 | Year: 1982 |
| Dr. Black is now a distinguished person. | Black, Albert W. (Jr.) | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 05 Day: 21 Year: 1977 | |
| U.W. Prof. honored for teaching, but fears denial of tenure. | Black, Albert W. (Jr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-10 | Month: 11 Day: 23 Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Black, Beatrice Pullen | Person | Peninsula Daily News | Month: 12 Day: 19 Year: 1990 | |
| 'Diamond Lil' of Blewett Pass...After crash they came to Blewett. | Black, Billie Blake | Person | Wenatchee World | p. 1,6-7 | |
| Black, Clara May | Black, Clara May | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 10 Day: 16 Year: 1957 |
| Death calls Dr. C. G. Black at Portland. | Black, Clark G. (Dr.) | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 01 Day: 31 Year: 1963 | |
| Claude Elias Black Family | Black, Claude Elias | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 126 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Black, Clotilda | Person | Brewster Herald Reporter | Month: 10 Day: 9 Year: 1975 | |
| Obituary | Black, Clotilda | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 10 Day: 3 Year: 1975 | |
| Black, Cynthia Paine (Mrs.) | Black, Cynthia Paine (Mrs.) | Person | Women of Grays Harbor County | p. 25 | |
| Capable choice for undersecretary. | Black, David | Person | Seattle Times | p. 10 | Month: 07 Day: 18 Year: 1967 |
| Johnson shifts high officials from region. | Black, David S. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 17 | Month: 09 Day: 1 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary: E.A. Black, 61, Businessman | Black, E. A. 'Eddie' | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 04 Day: 19 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary | Black, E. A. 'Eddie' | Person | Marine Digest | p. 23 | Month: 04 Day: 27 Year: 1974 |
| Earl Black, pioneer, dies here. | Black, Earl Preston | Person | Columbia Basin Herald | Month: 06 Day: 1 Year: 1964 | |
| Hall Brothers Shipyards. | Black, Eddie | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 6, p. 77 | Year: 1977 |
| Funeral held for Edna Black | Black, Edna Josephine | Person | Davenport Times | Month: 10 Day: 23 Year: 1969 | |
| Eddie Black's drive exhausts bystanders. | Black, Edward A. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. A | Month: 06 Day: 11 Year: 1962 |
| Black, Edward S. | Black, Edward S. | Person | Pictorial Sketch of the Puget Sound Area and its B | p. 52 | Year: 1960 |
| Black, Elizabeth Emma | Black, Elizabeth Emma | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 2 | Year: 1955 |
| Obituary | Black, Elsie J. | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 01 Day: 17 Year: 1979 | |
| Black, Erwin Seaborn | Black, Erwin Seaborn | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 242 | Year: 1921 |
| Black, Frank D. | Black, Frank D. | Person | Cartoon: a reference book of Seattles Successful men | unpaged | Year: 1911 |
| Obituary | Black, Gladys G. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 06 Day: 26 Year: 1979 | |
| Black, H. S. (Rev.) | Black, H. S. (Rev.) | Person | 1909 Lewis County, Washington, as told in writing and pictures. | p. 12 | Year: 1983 |
| Obituary | Black, Hannah Jane | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | p. 5 | Month: 10 Day: 13 Year: 1953 |
| Obituary | Black, Ira Elwood | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-6 | Month: 02 Day: 15 Year: 1976 |
| Obituary | Black, Irene | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 04 Day: 28 Year: 1981 | |
| Pictoral past. | Black, J. Frank | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 04 Day: 1 Year: 1973 | |
| James S. Black: man and magnate. | Black, James S. | Person | Spokane Magazine | p. 15 | Month: 01 Year: 1978 |
| Black, John | Black, John | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 226 | Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Black, Julia Edith | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 03 Day: 15 Year: 1962 | |
| Corvallis man ready to go to lead downtown's rebirth. | Black, Ken | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-1 | Month: 12 Day: 2 Year: 1982 |
| Mrs. Edward A. Black | Black, Leona Boldt | Person | Seattle Times | p. 49 | Month: 05 Day: 18 Year: 1966 |
| Lewis L. Black | Black, Lewis L. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 485 | Year: 1904 |
| Early pioneer dies in June, was builder | Black, Lewis L. | Person | Odessa Record | Month: 07 Day: 15 Year: 1965 | |
| Federal Judge Lloyd Black, 61, dies after brief illness. | Black, Lloyd L. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 08 Day: 23 Year: 1950 | |
| Obituary | Black, Lyman H. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 6 | Month: 05 Day: 31 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Black, Marvin | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | D-2 | Month: 03 Day: 7 Year: 1987 |
| Rites held here for M.A. Black county pioneer. | Black, Milton A. | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 02 Day: 1 Year: 1868 | |
| Death claims Minnie Black. | Black, Minnie (Mrs.) | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 06 Day: 10 Year: 1965 | |
| Mrs. Nettie J. Black, dies here at age 90. | Black, Nettie J. (Mrs.) | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 03 Day: 17 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Black, Pearl | Person | Courier-Times (Sedro Woolley, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 10 Year: 1977 | |
| Obituary: Former Mayor of Sequim. | Black, Peter | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 05 Day: 16 Year: 1984 | |
| Jefferson Award winners named -- Ronald N. Black -- Keeping kids in high school. | Black, Ronald N. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-16 | Month: 03 Day: 25 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Black, Roy M. | Person | Forks Forum | Month: 03 Day: 29 Year: 1979 | |
| Paul Bunyan lives on. | Black, Tom | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-1 | Month: 07 Day: 13 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Black, Wendall | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-2 | Month: 10 Day: 27 Year: 1984 |