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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Bay Center man dies at 78 | Charawell, Herbert | Person | Raymond Herald The Advertiser | Month: 09 Day: 19 Year: 1963 | |
| Mrs. Jules Charneau. | Charbneau, Carolyn Standley (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 85 | Month: 10 Day: 5 Year: 1967 |
| Charbonneau | Charbonneau, Irene (Mrs.) | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 358 | Year: 1982 |
| Charbonneau, Jean Baptiste | Charbonneau, Jean Baptiste | Person | Mountain men and the fur trade of the far west. | Year: 1965 | |
| Charbonneau | Charbonneau, W. Vernon | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 358 | Year: 1982 |
| Ex-judge, longtime legislator Bob Charette dies. | Charette, Bob | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 17 Year: 1988 | |
| Ex-judge, longtime legislator Bob Charette dies. | Charette, Robert L. | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 17 Year: 1988 | |
| Henry Charland | Charland, Henry | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 60-61 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Charles, Al | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 01 Day: 3 Year: 1983 | |
| Crawford Barbara & Patricia Overy-Palken Mister Charles --- Gaurdian of words. | Charles, Al | Person | Puget Soundings | p. 25 | Month: Day: Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Charles, Albert | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 08 Day: 24 Year: 1970 | |
| Former Hearst Columnist dies. | Charles, Claire (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 50 | Month: 06 Day: 19 Year: 1969 |
| Obituary | Charles, Cyrus W. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 41 | Month: 05 Day: 8 Year: 1964 |
| Edgar Charles | Charles, Edgar | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 361 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Charles, Elsie S. | Person | Whidbey Record | Month: 07 Day: 13 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Charles, Fred | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 06 Day: 18 Year: 1970 | |
| John F. Charles | Charles, John F. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 6 | Year: 1952 |
| John J Charles | Charles, John Jay | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 242 | Year: 1921 |
| Charles, Nick Manion and Josephine Ritchie -- 1918-1931 | Charles, Josephine Ritchie | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | v. 1, p. 55 | Year: 1983 |
| Charles, Mary (Mrs.) | Charles, Mary (Mrs.) | Person | Auburn Globe News | Month: 07 Day: 31 Year: 1958 | |
| Charles, Nick Manion and Josephine Ritchie -- 1918-1931 | Charles, Nick Manion | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | v. 1, p. 55 | Year: 1983 |
| Charles, Peter 'Piere' | Charles, Peter 'Piere' | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 154 | Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Charles, Phillip "Skipper" (Sr.) | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 01 Day: 3 Year: 1979 | |
| Obituary | Charles, Robert Paul | Person | Port Angeles Evening News | Month: 04 Day: 9 Year: 1964 | |
| Samuel Charles, county native, succumbs at 91. | Charles, Samuel | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 07 Day: 26 Year: 1960 | |
| Walter D. Charles. | Charles, Walter D. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 82-83 | Year: 1921 |
| Being heroine is getting to be habit for her. | Charleston, Caroline | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-12 | Month: 06 Day: 15 Year: 1982 |
| Jobe Charley, venerable of Yakimas, dies. | Charley, Jobe | Person | Yakima Daily Republic | Month: 11 Day: 19 Year: 1958 | |
| Jobe Charley, venerable of Yakimas, dies. | Charley, Jobe | Person | Toppenish Times | Month: 11 Day: 27 Year: 1958 | |
| Jobe Charley, venerable of Yakimas, dies. | Charley, Jobe | Person | Toppenish Times | Month: 11 Day: 20 Year: 1958 | |
| Jobe Charley, venerable of Yakimas, dies. | Charley, Jobe | Person | Yakima Morning Herald | Month: 11 Day: 20 Year: 1958 | |
| Jobe Charley, venerable of Yakimas, dies. | Charley, Jobe | Person | Yakima Morning Herald | Month: 11 Day: 22 Year: 1958 | |
| Julia Charley tribal rites held Friday. | Charley, Julia Wallahee | Person | Toppenish Review | Month: 10 Day: 19 Year: 1961 | |
| Kate Charley | Charley, Kate | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 3 | Year: 1954 |
| Obituary | Charley, Kate | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2 | Month: 01 Day: 5 Year: 1954 |
| Lincoln Charley | Charley, Lincoln | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 5 | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Charley, Sophie (Mrs.) | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 04 Day: 24 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary | Charley, Stanley | Person | Aberdeen Daily News | Month: 02 Day: 18 Year: 1969 | |
| Wash. Pioneer Assn. Roll | Charlston, Nelly G, | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| The pioneer dead of 1913. | Charlton, Charles Alexander | Person | Washington Historical Quarterly | v. 5, no. 1, p. 28 | Month: 01 Year: 1914 |
| Clyde Charlton, a pioneer of Harrington died. | Charlton, Clyde | Person | Davenport Times | Month: 01 Day: 24 Year: 1974 | |
| Charlton, Frances E. | Charlton, Frances E. | Person | Ellensburg Daily Record | p. 1 | Month: 08 Day: 18 Year: 1955 |
| J. C. Charlton succumbs. | Charlton, J. Crawford | Person | Yakima Morning Herald | Month: 07 Day: 6 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Charlton, Jack | Person | Cashmere Valley Record | Month: 02 Day: 2 Year: 1978 | |
| James T. Charlton. | Charlton, James T. | Person | Pictorial Sketch of the Puget Sound Area and its B | p. 85 | Year: 1960 |
| Joseph W. Charlton | Charlton, Joseph W. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 641 | Year: 1900 |
| Pioneer dies at age of 92. | Charlton, Maude B. (Mrs.) | Person | Ellensburg Daily Record | Month: 02 Day: 25 Year: 1964 | |
| Searing heat is final touch to her paintings. | Charnell, Shirley | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | People, p. 6-7 | Month: 03 Day: 13 Year: 1983 |
| Centralian succumbs. | Charneski, Naomi P. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 20 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Charroin, Frank B. | Person | Bellingham Herald | p.5 | Month: 04 Day: 20 Year: 1955 |