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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold, Morris Allen | Arnold, Morris Allen | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 103 | Year: 1929 |
| Obituary | Arnold, Myrle Y. | Person | Olympian | Month: 05 Day: 20 Year: 1986 | |
| Arnold, Phebe Carleton | Arnold, Phebe Carleton | Person | Incidents in the Life of a Pioneer Woman : True St | p. 83 | Year: 1975 |
| Death takes former postmistress. | Arnold, Polly Ann (Anna) | Person | Waitsburg Times | Month: 03 Day: 10 Year: 1960 | |
| New directoris lyrical about theater's changes. | Arnold, Richard | Person | Seattle Times | p. G-2 | Month: 09 Day: 13 Year: 1970 |
| Arnold, Seth | Arnold, Seth | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 448 | Year: 1982 |
| North River leader, Arnold, called at 83 | Arnold, Wiley Emmett | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 04 Day: 9 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Arnold, Willena L. | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 13 Year: 1977 | |
| Whose agenda for America? The wise use movemenrt. | Arnold`, Ron | Person | Audubon | p. 80 | Month: Day: Year: 1992 |
| Washingtons last prune dryer? | Arnot, Ruth | Person | Nothwest Edition | p. 24-25 | Month: 10 Year: 1983 |
| Dayton native, 81, dies here. | Arnott, Alice M. Gemmell | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 04 Day: 13 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary | Arnott, Elizabeth H. | Person | Spokane Chronicle | Month: 01 Day: 3 Year: 1984 | |
| Obituary | Arnott, Sarah K. (Mrs.) | Person | Bellingham Herald | p. 10 | Month: 01 Day: 27 Year: 1954 |
| Arnstein, Samuel D. | Arnstein, Samuel D. | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 35 | Year: 1929 |
| Obituary | Arnt, Otto Paul | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 01 Day: 2 Year: 1969 | |
| Obituary | Arnt, Otto Paul | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 01 Day: 3 Year: 1969 | |
| Obituary | Arntson, Herbert E, | Person | Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 11 Day: 30 Year: 1982 |
| Arntson, J. M. | Arntson, J. M. | Person | Scandinavians on the Pacific, Puget Sound | p. 119 | Year: 1900 |
| Arntson, Johannes | Arntson, Johannes | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 46 p. 172-174 | |
| Arntson, John Martin | Arntson, John Martin | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 508 | Year: 1916 |
| It was an unusual arrival | Arntzen, Carl | Person | Montesano Grays Harbor County Vidette | Month: 02 Day: 6 Year: 1975 | |
| Arola, Samual | Arola, Samual | Person | Hockinson Area Finns, Clark County, Washington | vol 14, no 1, p. 26-27 | Month: 12 Year: 1986 |
| Ida Nason Aronica, a true pioneer. | Aronica, Ida Nason | Person | Ellensburg Daily Record | Month: 04 Day: 22 Year: 1971 | |
| U.W. physicist to get award for teaching. | Arons, Arnold | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-1 | Month: 01 Day: 21 Year: 1973 |
| Margery Aronson: Midwife to Seattle's Medicis | Aronson, Margery | Person | Weekly (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 43, 46 | Month: 09 Day: 12 Year: 1984 |
| 20 days in coma - The 'racing sheriff' is on the road to recovery | Arrants, Larry | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-7 | Month: 12 Day: 10 Year: 1978 |
| Arrasmith, Claude C. | Arrasmith, Claude C. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 169 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Arrasmith, Frank M | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 05 Day: 16 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Arrasmith, Grant | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 08 Day: 29 Year: 1968 | |
| Biography | Arrasmith, J. W. | Person | Caytons Legislative Manual | p. 32 | Year: 1905 |
| Obituary | Arrasmith, Lois V. | Person | Spokane Chronicle | Month: 04 Day: 5 Year: 1984 | |
| Born to Ralph and Jane Strong | Arrasmith, Lois V. | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 04 Day: 6 Year: 1984 | |
| Obituary | Arrasmith, Robert | Person | Clarkston Herald | Month: 08 Day: 17 Year: 1961 | |
| Arrasmith, Roy J. | Arrasmith, Roy J. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 169 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Arrasmith, Roy J. | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 08 Day: 24 Year: 1967 | |
| Art, Carl W. | Art, Carl W. | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 64 | Year: 1929 |
| Obituary | Arthun, Belle Korstad (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 39 | Month: 02 Day: 10 Year: 1954 |
| Obituary | Arthun, Clarence T. | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 02 Day: 2 Year: 1982 | |
| Sister George Arthur, nurse, dies in Portland | Arthur, George (Sister) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 59 | Month: 04 Day: 14 Year: 1963 |
| Arthur, John | Arthur, John | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 549-550 | Year: 1893 |
| Arthur, John | Arthur, John | Person | History of Seattle | p. 442-445 | Year: 1916 |
| Arthur, John | Arthur, John | Person | Notable Men in Washington | p. 46 | |
| Arthur, S. T. | Arthur, S. T. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 474 | Year: 1893 |
| Arthur, Sam T. | Arthur, Sam T. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 363 | Year: 1900 |
| Obituary | Arthurs, Marjorie E. (Mrs.) | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 02 Day: 14 Year: 1972 | |
| Mrs. Artis Dies. | Artis, Cynthia M. | Person | Yakima Morning Herald | Month: 11 Day: 15 Year: 1962 | |
| Mrs. Artis dies. | Artis, Cynthia M. | Person | Wapato Independent | Month: 11 Day: 22 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Artman, Mary A. | Person | Statesman-Examiner (Colville, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 5 Year: 1973 | |
| Artman, Mary Moran (Mrs.) | Artman, Mary Moran (Mrs.) | Person | Tales of the Pioneers | p. 24-27 | Month: Day: |
| Arts, Theodore Henry | Arts, Theodore Henry | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 145 | Year: 1920 |