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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Carty | Carty, James | Person | History of Clarke county Washington Territory | p. 351 | Year: 1885 |
| Prosecutor League's first male in state.. | Carty, James | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. E_1 | Month: 05 Day: 26 Year: 1974 |
| Carty, James | Carty, James | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 203 | Year: 1980 |
| James Carty | Carty, James | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 820-821 | Year: 1893 |
| Colorful Clark prosecutor quits. | Carty, James E. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-11 | Month: 11 Day: 17 Year: 1980 |
| Vet of legislature W. E. Carty dies. | Carty, W. E. 'Bill' | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 9 Year: 1962 | |
| Bill Carty funeral scheduled Tuesday | Carty, W. E. 'Bill' | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 04 Day: 9 Year: 1962 | |
| Samuel P. Carusi | Carusi, Samuel P. | Person | Souvenir of the 5th Legislature of the State of Wash | p. 28 | Year: 1897 |
| Caruthers, Ford M. | Caruthers, Ford M. | Person | Diary of Overland Journey, 1886--1887. | Mss 096 | |
| Caruthers, J. P. | Caruthers, J. P. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 465 | Year: 1888 |
| Caruthers, Robt. | Caruthers, Robert | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 465 | Year: 1888 |
| Obituary | Carvall, Louise (Mrs.) | Person | South Bend Journal | Month: 01 Day: 11 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Carver, Archie U. | Person | Daily News Journal (Kent, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 14 Year: 1981 | |
| The sound of money -- Woodinville amplifier inventor tuning up for his second million. | Carver, Bob | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-4 | Month: 08 Day: 19 Year: 1979 |
| Sound sensation. | Carver, Bob | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 07 Day: 6 Year: 1986 | |
| Cuddles: The boat racer's photographer. | Carver, Bob | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-5 | Month: 05 Day: 14 Year: 1981 |
| Dennis & Sherry Carver | Carver, Dennis | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 150-151 | Year: 1982 |
| Frederick Joseph Carver | Carver, Frederick Joseph | Person | History of Seattle | p. 768, 771 | Year: 1916 |
| Services set for Gerald E. Carver. | Carver, Gerald E. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 05 Day: 23 Year: 1961 | |
| Onalaskan succumbs. | Carver, Irene G. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 17 Year: 1969 | |
| John Carver | Carver, John | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 21, p. 198-200 | |
| John J. Carver | Carver, John J. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 49 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Carver, Raymond | Person | Jimmy Come Lately Gazette (Sequim, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 10 Year: 1988 | |
| The Washington 100: A centennial gallery of favorite sons & dayghters... | Carver, Raymond | Person | Washington Magazine | p. 103 | Month: 11 Year: 1988 |
| Obituary | Carver, Raymond | Person | Tri-City Herald | Month: 08 Day: 3 Year: 1988 | |
| Davis High Honors a famous graduate: School pays proud tribute to late author Raymond Carver. | Carver, Raymond | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 05 Day: 16 Year: 1989 | |
| P.W. Interviews: Raymond Carver: The poet and short story writer talks about changes in his life that are relected in... | Carver, Raymond | Person | Publishers Weekly | p. 43-44 | Month: 05 Day: 27 Year: 1988 |
| Obituary | Carver, Raymond | Person | Port Angeles Chronicle | Month: 08 Day: 10 Year: 1988 | |
| Friendship: an essay by Raymond Carver and an essay by Tess Gallagher written after his death. | Carver, Raymond | Person | Granta #25 | ||
| Arrest warrant names Yelm fire suspect. | Carver, Rickey | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-1 | Month: 09 Day: 16 Year: 1987 |
| Buggies and Rowboats. | Carver, Selma | Person | Past Remembered, The | p. 22 | Year: 1978 |
| Obituary | Carver, Selma P. Van House | Person | Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber | Month: 03 Day: 24 Year: 1983 | |
| Dennis & Sherry Carver | Carver, Sherry | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 150-151 | Year: 1982 |
| Former Olympian editor is dead. | Carver, W. Coston | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 8 | Month: 06 Day: 18 Year: 1963 |
| W. H. Carver | Carver, W. H. | Person | 1909 Lewis County, Washington, as told in writing and pictures. | p. 40 | Year: 1983 |
| Phill and Nancy Carwell | Carwell, Nancy (Mrs.) | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 151 | Year: 1982 |
| Phil and Nancy Carwell. | Carwell, Phil | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 151 | Year: 1982 |
| Philip Carwell | Carwell, Philip | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 794-795 | Year: 1893 |
| Cary, Dallas Monroe | Cary, Dallas Monroe | Person | Yakima Herald | p. 25 | Month: 07 Day: 19 Year: 1956 |
| An Edmonds childhood. | Cary, Edith Brackett (Mrs.) | Person | Portage | p. 4-7 | Month: Day: |
| Mrs. Edith Cary, 80, Edmonds pioneer. | Cary, Edith Brackett (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-7 | Month: 09 Day: 9 Year: 1971 |
| George Cary | Cary, George | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 350 | Year: 1904 |
| Cary, George | Cary, George | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | pp. 350 | Year: 1904 |
| George Cary, long time resident, succumbs at 89. | Cary, George Edwin | Person | Friday Harbor Journal | Month: 08 Day: 20 Year: 1959 | |
| Cary, Irving | Cary, Irving | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 21 | Month: 07 Day: 21 Year: 1952 |
| Walter Cary | Cary, Walter | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 220-221 | Year: 1921 |
| Recollections of C.C. Casad. | Casad, C. C. | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 3, p. 80 | Year: 1977 |
| Mrs. Frank Casady. | Casaday, Rosette (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 41 | Month: 03 Day: 1 Year: 1965 |
| People & Business: Village history keyed to family. | Casadoro family | Person | Daily Chronicle (Spokane, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 11 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Casady, Roy | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 08 Day: 3 Year: 1968 |