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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obituary: Albert P. Cloes, Business owner. | Cloes, Albert P. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 06 Day: 5 Year: 1974 | |
| Levin N. Clogg -- Builder of the Clogg Building. | Clogg, Levin N. | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | v. 2, p. 77 | Year: 1975 |
| John Clogston. | Clogston, John H. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 12 Day: 3 Year: 1963 | |
| Clogston, William Robert | Clogston, William Robert | Person | Buckley News-Banner | Month: 09 Day: 18 Year: 1958 | |
| Backward Glances - An interview with Milt Cloke. | Cloke, Milt | Person | Leavenworth Echo | Month: 08 Day: 21 Year: 1975 | |
| Bridie Cloney, 70, succumbs | Cloney, Bridie Teresa | Person | Aberdeen Daily News | Month: 11 Day: 24 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary: Former mayor Ed Cloney dies at 78. | Cloney, Edward Earl | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 17 Year: 1975 | |
| Mary Cloninger celebrates 91st birthday. | Cloninger, Mary (Mrs.) | Person | Yakima Valley Mirror | Month: 01 Day: 31 Year: 1963 | |
| Obituary | Clonts, Ida Mary | Person | West Seattle Herald | Month: 04 Day: 30 Year: 1970 | |
| The pioneer dead of 1913. | Cloquet, August | Person | Washington Historical Quarterly | v. 5, no. 1, p. 26 or 27. | Month: 01 Year: 1914 |
| The Grape Doctor | Clors, Walter | Person | Washington the Evergreen State Magazine. | p. 48 | Month: 07 Year: 1986 |
| Too Close for comfort. | Close, Chuck | Person | Pacific Northwest | p. 32 | Month: 12 Year: 1981 |
| Da Disco Kid awaits rush of dancing feet. | Close, Doug | Person | Daily Olympian | Totem Tidings, p. 8 | Month: 05 Day: 15 Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Close, Ed | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | p. 5 | Month: 07 Day: 5 Year: 1955 |
| Obituary | Close, Herbert J. | Person | ? | Year: 1972 | |
| Upton Close to be buried in Mexico. | Close, Upton | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 11 Day: 16 Year: 1960 | |
| William D. Close. | Close, William D. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 627-628 | Year: 1893 |
| Dr. Gershom Loveland Closson. | Closson, Gershom Loveland (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 31 | Year: 1929 |
| Closson, John R. | Closson, John R. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 35 | Month: 07 Day: 1 Year: 1955 |
| Asotin matron, 87, died Wednesday. | Closuit, Benevieve | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 05 Day: 25 Year: 1961 | |
| The big keys to downtown development. | Clotfelter, Richard C. "Dick" | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 84 | Month: 02 Day: 1 Year: 1988 |
| Developer is president of downtown association. | Clotfelter, Richard C. "Dick" | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-2 | Month: 06 Day: 11 Year: 1985 |
| Harrison Clothier | Clothier, Harrison | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v. 1, p. 570-571 | Year: 1903 |
| Lyle Bell Clothier | Clothier, Lyle Bell | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 28-29 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Clothier, Milton A. | Person | Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 04 Day: 30 Year: 1987 |
| Obituary: Warm slice of yesterday passes with tavern owner Till Studis. | Clotilda, Chudie | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-1 | Month: 02 Day: 1 Year: 1985 |
| Obituary: Ray B. Cloude, ex-publisher dies at 80. | Cloud, Ray V. | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 04 Day: 4 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary: Ray B. Cloude, ex-publisher dies at 80. | Cloud, Ray V. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 04 Day: 4 Year: 1974 | |
| 30-year publisher takes deserved rest. | Cloud, Ray V. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 08 Day: 20 Year: 1969 | |
| Obituary: Ray Cloud, longtime Edmonds editor, dies. | Cloud, Ray V. | Person | Edmonds Tribune Review | Month: 04 Day: 10 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary | Cloud, Walter | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 11 Day: 29 Year: 1972 | |
| Walter W. Cloud | Cloud, Walter W. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 595 | Year: 1904 |
| Cloud, William B. | Cloud, William B. | Person | Sunnyside Sun | Month: 06 Day: 11 Year: 1959 | |
| Early Kent settler, 85, dies | Cloudy, George M. | Person | Kent News-Journal | Month: 05 Day: 2 Year: 1973 | |
| Charles F. Clough | Clough, Charles F. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 421-422 | Year: 1893 |
| C. F. Clough | Clough, Charles F. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 360-369 | Year: 1900 |
| C. F. Clough | Clough, Charles F. | Person | City of Spokane Falls and its tributary resouces. | p. 26 | Year: 1890 |
| C. F. Clough | Clough, Charles F. | Person | City of Spokane Falls and its tributary resouces. | p. 26 | Year: 1973 |
| Clough, David Ezra | Clough, David Ezra | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 06 Day: 5 Year: 1958 | |
| David Marston Clough | Clough, David Marston | Person | History of Washington | v. V, p. 372-376 | Year: 1911 |
| Ed Clough | Clough, Ed | Person | Valley News (Sultan, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 3 Year: 1964 | |
| The lady of Tunk Creek: Florence Clough: Indomitable pioneer and sharp-shooter. | Clough, Florence | Person | Okanogan County Heritage | p. 8 | Month: Day: |
| Obituary | Clough, Florence | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 04 Day: 3 Year: 1991 | |
| Obituary | Clough, Frances M. | Person | Monroe Monitor | Month: 02 Day: 8 Year: 1978 | |
| Harry A. H. Clough | Clough, Harry A. H. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 130-131 | Year: 1921 |
| Hon. L. B. Clough | Clough, L. B. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 439-440 | Year: 1893 |
| L. B. Clough | Clough, L. B. | Person | History of Clarke county Washington Territory | p. 349 | Year: 1885 |
| Meet your Pioneers --- | Clough, Sadie "Sara" Bird (Mrs.) | Person | Everett Daily Herald | Month: 11 Day: 9 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Clough, Sadie "Sara" Bird (Mrs.) | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 03 Day: 17 Year: 1977 | |
| Warren Clough | Clough, Warren | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 4, p. 55 | Year: 1977 |