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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlin' Barry, the Controversial Founder of Ackerley Communications | Ackerley, Barry | Person | Weekly (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 36-41 | Month: 02 Day: 13 Year: 1984 |
| Inside Barry Ackerley | Ackerley, Barry | Person | Seattle Times | Pacific Magazine, p. 8-22 | Month: 03 Day: 24 Year: 1985 |
| Obituary | Ackerley, Grace (Mrs.) | Person | Forks Forum | Month: 04 Day: 14 Year: 1966 | |
| Funeral Rites are Held for Robt. Ackerley | Ackerley, Robert | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 39 | Month: 11 Day: 24 Year: 1964 |
| Obituary, Mrs. Ada Mae Ackerman | Ackerman, Ada Mae | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 04 Day: 12 Year: 1974 | |
| Life on Her own Began Early for Anna Ackerman | Ackerman, Anna | Person | Yakima Valley Sun | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1982 | |
| Death Takes Mrs. Paul Ackerman, 82 | Ackerman, Eldena | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 09 Day: 9 Year: 1965 | |
| Ackerman, Ralph P. | Ackerman, Ralph P. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 63 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Ackerman, Rhoda Esther | Person | Anacortes American | Month: 07 Day: 20 Year: 1983 | |
| Ackers, Hugh L. | Ackers, Hugh L. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 4 | Year: 1951 |
| Obituary | Ackley, Anna Knowles (Mrs.) | Person | Yakima Morning Herald | Month: 07 Day: 26 Year: 1959 | |
| Ackley, Byron | Ackley, Byron | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | p. 10 | Month: 05 Day: 21 Year: 1956 |
| Obituary | Ackley, Daisy Belle | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 7 | Month: 10 Day: 26 Year: 1965 |
| Fred M. Ackley Succumbs at 88 | Ackley, Fred M. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 08 Day: 23 Year: 1974 | |
| Obit. | Ackley, Jennie E. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | p. A-10 | Month: 09 Day: 24 Year: 1953 |
| Long Life Ends for John H. Ackley in Yakima, Funeral Tues. | Ackley, John H. | Person | South Bend Journal | Month: 07 Day: 4 Year: 1957 | |
| Judge Ackley Dies After a Long Illness | Ackley, Norman B. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | A-5 | Month: 02 Day: 25 Year: 1980 |
| Acorn, Mabelle Walsh | Acorn, Mabelle Walsh | Person | Peoples History of Stevens County | Pg 119 | Year: 1983 |
| Two Aged Filipinos Will Return Home with Jesuit Priest; Help | Acosta, Bernabe | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | P. A-3 | Month: 02 Day: 10 Year: 1983 |
| Acteson, J. A. | Acteson, J. A. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | Pg. 697 | Year: 1894 |
| Acton, M. J. (Dr.) | Acton, M. J. (Dr.) | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book # 3, p. 100 | Year: 1977 |
| Mrs. Mary Cantonwine Dies at 98 | Actor Family | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 01 Day: 23 Year: 1965 | |
| Son of Real Pioneer Dies. Arthur Actors Father Came to Valley First With Stevens in '55 | Actor, Arthur | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | p. 9, c. 7 | Month: 10 Day: 23 Year: 1938 |
| Actor, Donald | Actor, Donald | Person | Seattle Daily Times | P. 41 | Month: 10 Day: 18 Year: 1955 |
| Actor, Frances Jones (Mrs.) | Actor, Frances Jones (Mrs.) | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | P. 136 | Year: 1982 |
| Acuff, Roasted, Toasted | Acuff, Art | Person | Olympian | p. B3 | Month: 02 Day: 14 Year: 1982 |
| Acuff, William H. | Acuff, William H. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 422 | Year: 1900 |
| Issaquah Family Album: the Adair Family | Adair Family | Person | Issaquah Press | Month: 06 Day: 6 Year: 1990 | |
| Obit. | Adair, Alonzo (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 22 | Month: 03 Day: 12 Year: 1951 |
| Early Teacher at Bruceport-Oysterville Becomes Oregon Public Figure | Adair, Bethenia Owens | Person | Ilwaco Tribune | Month: 09 Day: 29 Year: 1950 | |
| Obituary: Mrs. William Adair, Pioneer | Adair, Estella M. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 20 | Month: 01 Day: 20 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Adair, Estella M. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 01 Day: 21 Year: 1966 | |
| Death Takes Mrs. Wm. J. Adair, Daughter of Pioneer Family | Adair, Estella M. (Mrs.) | Person | Snoqualmie Valley Record | Month: 01 Day: 27 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Adair, Estella M. (Mrs.) | Person | East Side Journal (Kirkland, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 27 Year: 1966 | |
| With the Granges: King County: Rites Held for Estella Adair | Adair, Estella M. (Mrs.) | Person | Grange News | Month: 02 Day: 12 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Adair, Estella M. (Mrs.) | Person | Sammamish Valley News | Month: 01 Day: 27 Year: 1966 | |
| If Ray Can't Use Him, the State House Can | Adair, Fred | Person | Seattle Times | A-7 | Month: 04 Day: 20 Year: 1979 |
| Adair, George Bancroft | Adair, George Bancroft | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 906 | Year: 1893 |
| Adair, George Bancroft | Adair, George Bancroft | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 111-13 | Year: 1916 |
| George D. Adair, 77 | Adair, George Davis | Person | Seattle Times | p. 55 | Month: 02 Day: 9 Year: 1967 |
| George Davis Adair | Adair, George Davis | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 02 Day: 10 Year: 1967 | |
| Thumbnail Sketch | Adair, H. A. | Person | Researcher (Tacoma, Wash.) | Vol. 5, No. 1, p. 5 | Month: 09 Year: 1973 |
| Mrs. Marion Francis (Bud) Adair | Adair, Ina Louisa (Mrs.) | Person | Palouse Republic | Month: 06 Day: 26 Year: 1964 | |
| James Adairs Observe Sixtieth Anniversary | Adair, James W. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 5 | Month: 12 Day: 28 Year: 1943 |
| British Ship Seized at Nisqually Century Ago | Adair, John | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Magazine, p. 4 | Month: 04 Day: 23 Year: 1950 |
| Thumbnail Sketch | Adair, Katherine Frazier | Person | Researcher (Tacoma, Wash.) | Vol. 5, No. 1, p. 5 | Month: 09 Year: 1973 |
| Adair, Robert Alexander | Adair, Robert Alexander | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 1 | Year: 1954 |
| Both Pioneers | Adair, W. J. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 42 | Month: 03 Day: 16 Year: 1954 |
| Herman Adalist Formula | Adalist, Herman | Person | Seattle Times | pp. B-1 | Month: 04 Day: 16 Year: 1972 |
| Obituary | Adam, Anna L. | Person | Tonasket Tribune | Month: 11 Day: 23 Year: 1967 |