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
Just Andersons Fifty Years ago. Faculty and one of two students answered to this name in 1884. Anderson, Louis F. Person ? Month: 06 Day: 12 Year: 1932
Death takes veteran Whitman professor Anderson, Louis Francis Person Seattle Post-Intelligencer Month: 11 Day: 13 Year: 1950
Obituary Anderson, Louis Francis Person Seattle Daily Times Month: 11 Day: 14 Year: 1950
Obituary Anderson, Louise Bailey (Mrs.) Person Seattle Post-Intelligencer p. 23 Month: 12 Day: 17 Year: 1953
Anderson, Lydia Johanna Anderson, Lydia Johanna Person Everett Daily Herald p. 4 Month: 01 Day: 2 Year: 1954
Anderson, M. M. (Mrs.) Anderson, M. M. (Mrs.) Person Southwestern Washington p. 181
Death takes M. O. Anderson. Anderson, M. O. Person Seattle Daily Times p. 57 Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1962
Anderson, Mabel Anderson, Mabel Person Women of Washington p. 8 Year: 1977
Obituary Anderson, Mabel A. Weiser Person Everett Herald Month: 08 Day: 26 Year: 1973
Mrs. Rudolph E Anderson Anderson, Mabel F. Person Seattle Daily Times p. 53 Month: 08 Day: 12 Year: 1965
Obituary Anderson, Mabel G. Person Bremerton Sun Month: 12 Day: 17 Year: 1968
Her dad, Magnus Anderson, built a cabin in 1869 Anderson, Magnus Person Puget Sound Mail Month: 08 Day: 12 Year: 1965
Equality Day at the FAA Anderson, Margaret Person Seattle Post-Intelligencer p. B-6 Month: 08 Day: 30 Year: 1973
Obituary Anderson, Marguerite H. Person Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) Month: 05 Day: 14 Year: 1982
Anderson, Maria (Mrs.) Anderson, Maria (Mrs.) Person Seattle Daily Times p. 28 Month: 06 Day: 14 Year: 1951
Funeral set for Marius Anderson, 71. Anderson, Marius Person Seattle Daily Times p. 53 Month: 06 Day: 16 Year: 1964
Seattle's Own Girl Friday Anderson, Marlene Person Seattle Times p. E-5 Month: 07 Day: 15 Year: 1970
Martha truly pacticed what she preached Anderson, Martha Person Seattle Times p. A-10 Month: 08 Day: 21 Year: 1982
Obituary Anderson, Martin Person Family Records of Washington Pioneers vol. 41, p. 76
Obituary Anderson, Martin Magne Person Mount Vernon Daily Herald p. 8 Month: 04 Day: 6 Year: 1954
Anderson, Marvin Anderson, Marvin Person With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan book 2, p. 186-187 Year: 1921
Obituary Anderson, Mary Person Seattle Daily Times ` Month: 01 Day: 20 Year: 1962
Obituary Anderson, Mary Person Skagit Valley Herald Month: 04 Day: 18 Year: 1968
Obituary Anderson, Mary Person Mason County Journal Month: 05 Day: 20 Year: 1982
Fountain of Youth? Who needs it! Anderson, Mary Person Seattle Times p. B-2 Month: 11 Day: 30 Year: 1969
Mary Anderson Did what had to be done.... Anderson, Mary Person Seattle Post-Intelligencer p. A-10 Month: 03 Day: 7 Year: 1982
True Pioneer: Mrs Anderson, 90, recalls early days Anderson, Mary Person Seattle Daily Times Month: 12 Day: 13 Year: 1961
Mathew Anderson; early Seattle shipbuilder. Anderson, Mathew Person PSMHS Newsletter Supplement Month: 02 Year: 1967
Obituary Anderson, Matilda Amelia Person Prosser Record Bulletin Month: 09 Day: 24 Year: 1981
Pioneer Missed two Fairs in 60 Years Anderson, Maude Person Tacoma News Tribune Month: 09 Day: 23 Year: 1970
The Selling of Seattle and the men who did it... Anderson, Mel Person Seattle Times p. F-1 Month: 01 Day: 27 Year: 1982
Driftwood Diary Anderson, Mel Person Seattle Times mag. P. 4 Month: 02 Day: 25 Year: 1968
Mel Anderson -- Last of the local press agents is ready to roll again Anderson, Mel Person Seattle Times A-10 Month: 01 Day: 31 Year: 1981
Anderson, Mel Anderson, Mel Person Digressions of a Native Son. p. 69 Year: 1982
1918 operator still seeks justice after 50 years Anderson, Merle Person Seattle Times p. H-6 Month: 07 Day: 20 Year: 1975
Woman wins veteran status Anderson, Merle Egan Person Seattle Post-Intelligencer p. A-12 Month: 06 Day: 10 Year: 1979
Anderson, Merrill S. Anderson, Merrill S. Person With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan book 2, p. 247 Year: 1921
Anderson, Mike A. Anderson, Mike A. Person Seattle Daily Times p. 4 Month: 09 Day: 10 Year: 1955
Obituary Anderson, Mildred Webster Person Seattle Post-Intelligencer Month: 11 Day: 23 Year: 1971
Obituary Anderson, Minerva E. Person Tri-City Herald Month: 01 Day: 11 Year: 1973
Minnie Anderson funeral set Tuesday. Anderson, Minnie C Person Bellingham Herald Month: 06 Day: 25 Year: 1962
Minnie Anderson Anderson, Minnie Witikka (Mrs.) Person Wahkiakum County Eagle Month: 04 Day: 27 Year: 1967
Obituary Anderson, Molly (Miss) Person Everett Herald Month: 08 Day: 22 Year: 1968
I Married a Sailor -- And Went to Sea. Anderson, Mona Wiig Person Cowlitz County Historical Quarterly p. 3-12 Month: 11 Year: 1975
Obituary Anderson, Muriel T. Person Skagit Argus Month: 11 Day: 9 Year: 1982
Obituary Anderson, Muriel T. Person Skagit Valley Herald Month: 11 Day: 8 Year: 1982
The Media: Walla Walla, Whitman helped tboost several journalists to prominence Anderson, N. Christian Person Walla Walla Union Bulletin Feature ed., p. 31 Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1987
Obituary Anderson, Naomi V. Person South Pierce County Dispatch Month: 02 Day: 21 Year: 1990
Obituary Anderson, Nella Matilda Person Bremerton Sun Month: 12 Day: 28 Year: 1979
Mrs Anderson, Harbor pioneer, passes at 88. Anderson, Nellie Agusta (Mrs.) Person Aberdeen Daily World Month: 03 Day: 9 Year: 1965