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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor Coates is taking a break. | Coates, Lora B. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-1 | Month: 03 Day: 13 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary: Yelm recalls ex-mayor 'Lora B'. | Coates, Lora B. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-1 | Month: 03 Day: 19 Year: 1987 |
| Orin Coates | Coates, Orin | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 291-292 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Coates, Rodney H. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-15 | Month: 08 Day: 14 Year: 1977 |
| Sydney N. Coates rites set tomarrow. | Coates, Sydney N. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 02 Day: 1 Year: 1963 | |
| Alfred F. Coates. | Coats, Alfred F. | Person | Cartoon: a reference book of Seattles Successful men | unpaged, alphabitical. | Year: 1911 |
| Alfred F. Coats. | Coats, Alfred F. | Person | History of Washington | v. V, p. 392-393 | Year: 1911 |
| Kittitas cowboy's first love also was his last. Cobain died last week. | Cobain, Chalmer | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 07 Day: 3 Year: 1977 | |
| Obituary | Cobain, Chalmer | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 06 Day: 25 Year: 1977 | |
| Charles Henry Cobb. | Cobb, Charles Henry | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 1119-1120 | Year: 1916 |
| Cobb, Charles Henry | Cobb, Charles Henry | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | p. 58 | Year: 1927 |
| Charles Henry Cobb. | Cobb, Charles Henry | Person | History of Washington | v. V, p. 199-202 | Year: 1911 |
| C. H. Cobb | Cobb, Charles Henry | Person | Cartoon: a reference book of Seattles Successful men | unpaged, alpabitical | Year: 1911 |
| Edgar Cobb passes away. | Cobb, Edgar C. | Person | Thurston County Independent (Tenino, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 11 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary: Edgar C. Cobb. | Cobb, Edgar C. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 08 Day: 4 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Cobb, Emerson | Person | Marysville Globe | Month: 12 Day: 27 Year: 1989 | |
| The work of the John N. Cobb. | Cobb, John N. | Person | Seattle Times Magazine | p. 12-13 | Month: 11 Day: 29 Year: 1970 |
| Thomas Jefferson Award Winners. | Cobb, Leonard A. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-3 | Month: 03 Day: 27 Year: 1977 |
| Founder of Medic I wins Jefferson. | Cobb, Leonard A. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-1 | Month: 05 Day: 27 Year: 1977 |
| Mrs James W. Cobb | Cobb, Mae E. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 53 | Month: 06 Day: 20 Year: 1963 |
| Robert Manly Cobban | Cobban, Robert Manly | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 17, p. 186-188 | |
| John F. Cobel passes away. | Cobel, John F. | Person | Buckley News-Banner | Month: 12 Day: 29 Year: 1966 | |
| Coble Family | Coble Family | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 220-221 | Year: 1982 |
| Coble to lobby for administrators. | Coble, Howard | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-1 | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1980 |
| Coble, Terry E. | Coble, Terry E. | Person | Mount Vernon Daily Herald ( Mount Vernon, Wash.) | p. 2 | Month: 04 Day: 19 Year: 1955 |
| Obituary | Coble, Tillie H. | Person | Skagit Argus | Month: 09 Day: 19 Year: 1989 | |
| Early-day benefactor of Whitman aided prior to turn of the century | Cobleigh, N. F. (Mrs.) | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 07 Day: 5 Year: 1959 | |
| Along Tacoma's waterfront. | Coblents, Joe H. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 02 Day: 17 Year: 1963 | |
| Chroniscope: Ballroom, bathrooms "firsts". | Connon, A. M. | Person | Spokane Chronicle | Month: 07 Day: 27 Year: 1964 | |
| Spokane '89 revisited: Men long on courage and vision built a city. | Connon, A. M. | Person | Spokane Chronicle | Month: 07 Day: 31 Year: 1964 | |
| The city of Spokane Falls and its tributary resources. | Connon, A. M. | Person | Spokane Falls and its Exposition | p. 32 | Year: 1973 |
| Requiem for a high roller. | Connon, A. M. | Person | Spokane Magazine | p. 34 | Month: 10 Year: 1979 |
| Chroniscope: Ballroom, bathrooms "firsts". | Connon, A. M. | Person | Spokane Chronicle | Month: 07 Day: 23 Year: 1964 | |
| Obituary | Cram, Perry | Person | Daily Bulletin (Colfax, Wash) | Month: 09 Day: 8 Year: 1982 |