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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 | Aaberg, Edward J. | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 10 Day: 16 Year: 1978 | |
| Gordon Aadland: He has kept his wit about him through 33 years of teaching | Aadland, Gordon | Person | Olympian | P. 4 | Month: 12 Day: 5 Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Aalbu, Hannah | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 11 Day: 22 Year: 1972 | |
| Aalbu, Knute K. | Aalbu, Knute K. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. III, pp. 418-9 | Year: 1917 |
| Obituary | Aalstad, Minnie Raun (Mrs.) | Person | Port Angeles Evening News | Page 8 | Month: 06 Day: 20 Year: 1955 |
| Biographical sketch | Aalvik, Christian | Person | Seattle Daily Times | 2nd sec., p. 8 | Month: 01 Day: 24 Year: 1937 |
| Haktor Aalvik rites Tuesday | Aalvik, Haktor | Person | Mount Adams Sun | Month: 03 Day: 16 Year: 1961 | |
| Yakima's "first lady" dies | Aalvik, Lucille Marie | Person | Skamania County Pioneer | Month: 08 Day: 30 Year: 1989 | |
| Ray Aardal quits state commission | Aardal, Ray | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | A-3 | Month: 06 Day: 18 Year: 1981 |
| Aaro, Clouse E. | Aaro, Clouse E. | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book # 4, p. 69 | Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Aaro, Daisy E. | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 05 Day: 22 Year: 1972 | |
| John Aaro (obituary) | Aaro, John R. | Person | Shelton-Mason County Journal | Month: 03 Day: 13 Year: 1975 | |
| Obituary | Aaro, Ragnvald M. | Person | Shelton-Mason County Journal | Month: 03 Day: 13 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Aaro, Ragnvald M. | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 03 Day: 5 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Aaro, Ragnvald M. | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 03 Day: 5 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Aaro, Ragnvald M. | Person | Olympian | Month: 03 Day: 11 Year: 1986 | |
| For Rent : Fire Departments | Aaron, Leonard | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-16 | Month: 04 Day: 1 Year: 1970 |
| Aarts, Dora | Aarts, Dora | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p-1 | Year: 1952 |
| Aason, Henry | Aason, Henry | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 78-79 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Abb, Philip H. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 49 | Month: 10 Day: 11 Year: 1965 |
| Parents Oppose Transfer of Bellevue Principal | Abbenhouse, Lester (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | Pg. A-15 | Month: 05 Day: 3 Year: 1970 |
| Obituary | Abbey, William R. | Person | Vancouver Evening Columbian | Month: 01 Day: 4 Year: 1972 | |
| John Abbl (1857-1923) | Abbl, John | Person | Bunchgrass Historian | p. 13 | Month: Day: Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Abbott, "Dad" | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 38, p. 239 | |
| Passing of a pioneer | Abbott, Ada Hogle | Person | Industrial Arts Teacher | p. 7 | Year: 1960 |
| Obituary | Abbott, Alice Iona | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 05 Day: 29 Year: 1969 | |
| Sister of Joe Bielenberg passes at Bellingham | Abbott, Amelia (Mrs.) | Person | Uniontown Journal | Month: 07 Day: 25 Year: 1963 | |
| Obituary | Abbott, Edna Ruth | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 11 Day: 22 Year: 1971 | |
| Obituary | Abbott, Ellis E. | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 12 Day: 18 Year: 1980 | |
| Obituary | Abbott, Flora A. | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 12 Day: 25 Year: 1990 | |
| Frank Abbott Local Pioneer Passes at 88 | Abbott, Frank | Person | Northern Kittitas County Tribune | Month: 01 Day: 27 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Abbott, George W. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 12 Day: 11 Year: 1960 | |
| Abbott, Harold (Pete) M. | Abbott, Harold (Pete) M. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 1 | Year: 1952 |
| Abbott, Harry | Abbott, Harry | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 41, p. 81 | |
| Obituary | Abbott, Henrietta Talcott | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 03 Day: 3 Year: 1968 | |
| Abbott, James H. | Abbott, James H. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | pp. 378-379 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Abbott, Kathryn R. | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 07 Day: 2 Year: 1981 | |
| Abbott, L. G. | Abbott, L. G. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 766 | Year: 1893 |
| Two aged pioneer part to the great beyond | Abbott, L. G. | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 02 Day: 8 Year: 1902 | |
| Leith Abbott Early-Day City Figure, Dies | Abbott, Leith | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 16 Year: 1968 | |
| Abbott, M. D. | Abbott, M. D. | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v. 1, p. 463-64 | Year: 1903 |
| Obituary : Mrs. James Abbott | Abbott, Martha | Person | Seattle Times | p. 61 | Month: 06 Day: 9 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Abbott, Mary Ann | Person | Daily Olympian | Pg. 2 | Month: 05 Day: 26 Year: 1969 |
| Obituary | Abbott, Minnie | Person | Grand Coulee Star | Month: 08 Day: 18 Year: 1966 | |
| Abbott, Morris D. | Abbott, Morris D. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. III, pp. 457-9 | Year: 1917 |
| Abbott, P. F. | Abbott, P. F. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 459 | Year: 1888 |
| Obituary | Abbott, Raymond L. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 6 | Month: 09 Day: 26 Year: 1967 |
| NeoRx remains on "critical path" in cancer fight | Abbott, Robert | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B5 | Month: 11 Day: 9 Year: 1987 |
| Obituary | Abbott, Ruth Irene | Person | Tri-county Tribune (Deer Park, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 27 Year: 1977 | |
| St. Helens Mill Co. | Abbott, S. B. | Person | Olympia Transcript | 3:01 | Month: 12 Day: 7 Year: 1867 |