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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 | Alban, Arthur Henry | Person | Grandview Herald | Month: 10 Day: 20 Year: 1983 | |
| Alban, W. G. (Dr.) | Alban, W. G. (Dr.) | Person | Pioneer Links : a Narrative of the Establishment o | pg 221 | Year: 1913 |
| Albanese, Lewis | Albanese, Lewis | Person | Washington State Men of Valor | p 152-154 | Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Albano, Grace E. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 03 Day: 16 Year: 1971 | |
| Obituary | Albaugh, Dorothy | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 18 Year: 1980 | |
| Doctor turns 100 - but no hoopla, please. | Albaugh, Ralph E. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Pg F15 | Month: 02 Day: 7 Year: 1982 |
| Mrs. Edward L. Albee succumbs | Albee, Lois Wentworth | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 08 Day: 11 Year: 1961 | |
| Albee, William C. | Albee, William C. | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | pg 525 | Year: 1916 |
| Alberg, Elmer R. | Alberg, Elmer R. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 177 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary - Elmer Alberg | Alberg, Elmer R. | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 06 Day: 7 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary | Alberg, Emery | Person | Chelan Valley Mirror | Month: 08 Day: 20 Year: 1959 | |
| Trio adds fourth for Land Purchasing | Alberg, Kay | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | pg D-4 | Month: 12 Day: 15 Year: 1971 |
| Albers, Stanley | Albers, Stanley | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 106-107 | Year: 1921 |
| Elderly Indian succumbs to long illness | Albert, Alice Teensat | Person | Sunnyside Sun | Month: 02 Day: 16 Year: 1961 | |
| Charles Albert, St Vincent Founder, Dies | Albert, Charles | Person | Seattle Times | pg F-6 | Month: 10 Day: 1 Year: 1970 |
| Obituary | Albert, Emma M. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 09 Day: 16 Year: 1978 | |
| Albert, Matt S. | Albert, Matt S. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | pg. 598-599 | Year: 1917 |
| Mrs Albert re-lives past glories | Albert, Sarah Truax | Person | Seattle Times | ST mag pg 4 | Month: 11 Day: 7 Year: 1948 |
| Sarah Truax Leading lady in 1907 | Albert, Sarah Truax | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 11 Day: 15 Year: 1967 | |
| Sarah Truax Leading Lady in 1907 | Albert, Sarah Truax | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 11 Day: 15 Year: 1967 | |
| Albert, Sarah Truax | Albert, Sarah Truax | Person | Sarah Traux Albert -- Exponent and interp | pamphlet | |
| Obituary | Albertine, Della | Person | Burlington Farm Journal | Month: 06 Day: 29 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Albertine, Della | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 06 Day: 26 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Alberts, Lura Maude | Person | Port Orchard Independent | Month: 06 Day: 28 Year: 1978 | |
| Albertson, A. H. | Albertson, A. H. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | ST Mag. Pg 6 | Month: 05 Day: 24 Year: 1953 |
| Albertson, Arthur Freeman | Albertson, Arthur Freeman | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | pg 540 | Year: 1916 |
| Burlington's Live Wire | Albertson, Byron Newton | Person | Western Tours Magazine | Month: 10 Year: 1910 | |
| Albertson, Byron Newton | Albertson, Byron Newton | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | pp594-595 | |
| Dr. Cyrus E. Albertson dies suddenly. | Albertson, Cyrus E. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p 46 | Month: 11 Day: 20 Year: 1964 |
| Widows recall inspiration of their husband's work | Albertson, Cyrus E. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p 2 Mag. | Month: 10 Day: 3 Year: 1965 |
| Albertson, Ellsworth E. | Albertson, Ellsworth E. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | p. 13 | Year: 1921 |
| Plane victim was noted Pastor's son | Albertson, James H. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p 2 | Month: 03 Day: 25 Year: 1967 |
| Albertson, Lewis W` | Albertson, Lewis W` | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p 175 | Year: 1920 |
| Albertson, Marquis T. | Albertson, Marquis T. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p 95 | Year: 1920 |
| Albertson, R. B. | Albertson, R. B. | Person | Memorial Addresses. 16th Legislature | pp 53-4, 74-6 | Year: 1919 |
| Albertson, R. L. (Mrs.) | Albertson, R. L. (Mrs.) | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p 201 | Year: 1920 |
| U.P.S. professor names one of 10 best | Albertson, Richard G | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p D-2 | Month: 07 Day: 16 Year: 1985 |
| Albertson, Robert Brooke | Albertson, Robert Brooke | Person | History of Seattle | v III, p 418-22 | Year: 1916 |
| Albertson, Robert Brooke | Albertson, Robert Brooke | Person | History of Washington | v. V p 249-251 | Year: 1909 |
| Obituary | Albi, F, John (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | D-12 | Month: 10 Day: 7 Year: 1980 |
| Death claims ART leader, Joseph A. Albi. | Albi, Joseph Aloysius | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 05 Day: 8 Year: 1962 | |
| Albi, Joseph Aloysius | Albi, Joseph Aloysius | Person | Inland Empire | v. 4, p. 5-6 | Year: 1928 |
| Obit | Albie, Stephens | Person | Sun (Bremerton, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 2 Year: 1985 | |
| Obituary | Albien, Marjory Olive | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 07 Day: 20 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Albien, Marjory Olive | Person | Port Townsend Leader | Month: 06 Day: 23 Year: 1986 | |
| She's Ninety Years Young | Albin, Clarice | Person | Mercer Island Reporter | Month: 10 Day: 14 Year: 1971 | |
| Albin, Mary (Mrs.) | Albin, Mary (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 10 Day: 19 Year: 1958 | |
| Albo named to state job | Albo, A. R. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 01 Day: 7 Year: 1963 | |
| Obituary | Albohn, Clara Josephine | Person | Daily Olympian | B-2 | Month: 02 Day: 27 Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Albohn, Clara Josephine | Person | Whitman-Latah Record (Palouse, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 17 Year: 1980 |