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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Frank Allen Services Thursday | Allen, Beulah May | Person | Buckley News-Banner | Month: 03 Day: 9 Year: 1967 | |
| Mrs. Beulah Allen. | Allen, Beulah May | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 03 Day: 8 Year: 1967 | |
| Bob Allen: The Man With the Inventor's Mind, the Protester's Heart | Allen, Bob | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p 5 | Month: 03 Day: 7 Year: 1976 |
| Love was the answer; Two tell why they joined the Love Isreal Family and why they left. | Allen, Brian | Person | Seattle Times | p F-7 | Month: 11 Day: 21 Year: 1983 |
| Allen, Bryan Hunt | Allen, Bryan Hunt | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p 1 | Year: 1952 |
| Allen, C. B. | Allen, C. B. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p 458 | |
| Allen, C. H. | Allen, C. H. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p 459 | |
| Obituary | Allen, C. Roswell | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 03 Day: 6 Year: 1981 | |
| Allen, Carrie | Allen, Carrie | Person | Peoples History of Stevens County | p 119 | Year: 1983 |
| Allen, Charles E | Allen, Charles E | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p 64 | Year: 1929 |
| Early Clark Co. People | Allen, Charles Merritt | Person | Trail Breakers | vol. XIII, No 2, p 14+ | |
| Obituary | Allen, Christine A | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 08 Day: 16 Year: 1972 | |
| A business made by hand. | Allen, Cindy | Person | Argus (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 3 | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Allen, Clara Myrtle | Person | Colville Statesman-Examiner | Month: 04 Day: 10 Year: 1980 | |
| Allen, Claude V. | Allen, Claude V. | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p 199 | Year: 1916 |
| Allen, Clay | Allen, Clay | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p 120 | Year: 1936 |
| Obituary | Allen, Doff T. | Person | Lind Leader | Month: 02 Day: 16 Year: 1978 | |
| Obituary | Allen, Don Leslie | Person | Tri-City Herald | Month: 09 Day: 16 Year: 1974 | |
| Allen, Dutee | Allen, Dutee | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 214-215 | Year: 1921 |
| Allen, no. 2 man in Water Dept., to retire after 40 years' duty | Allen, E. J. | Person | Seattle Times | p 12 | Month: 06 Day: 7 Year: 1966 |
| Something About Salt in the Ocean | Allen, Ed | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p 23 | Month: 06 Day: 6 Year: 1971 |
| A valiant scientist on Boeing Co.'s team | Allen, Edmund T. | Person | Seattle Times | p A13 | Month: 07 Day: 26 Year: 1976 |
| The Naches Pass Wagon Road was a Real Pioneer Do-it-Yourself Project | Allen, Edward | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Sunday Ledger, pp. 20-21 | Month: 08 Day: 28 Year: 1966 |
| Wash. Pioneer Assn. Roll | Allen, Edward J. | Person | Washington Standard | ||
| Wash. Pioneer Assn Roll | Allen, Edward J. | Person | Washington Standard | p 1` | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Letter from Olympia, O.T., 1852. Homesick settler's heart with kin | Allen, Edward J. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Magazine Sec. pp 6-7 | Month: 12 Day: 12 Year: 1965 |
| Just Cogitating: Edward Jay Allen promoted road over cascades | Allen, Edward Jay | Person | Seattle Daily Times | pg 6 | Month: 06 Day: 10 Year: 1956 |
| Allen, Edward Jay | Allen, Edward Jay | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p 97 | Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Allen, Edward Joe | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 01 Day: 9 Year: 1916 | |
| Obituary | Allen, Edward W. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p B-6 | Month: 03 Day: 16 Year: 1976 |
| Fisheries Statesman | Allen, Edward W. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Mag. P 4 | Month: 01 Day: 30 Year: 1949 |
| Edward W Allen recieves award | Allen, Edward W. | Person | Washington Alumnus | p 7 | Month: 10 Year: 1957 |
| Longtime friend of Fishermen | Allen, Edward W. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p C-6 | Month: 09 Day: 30 Year: 1973 |
| Allen, Edwin M. | Allen, Edwin M. | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v. 1, p. 582-83 | Year: 1903 |
| Allen, Elan Ethen | Allen, Elan Ethen | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p 25 | Month: 07 Day: 10 Year: 1951 |
| Obituary | Allen, Elizabeth | Person | Bellingham Herald | p 15 | Month: 01 Day: 24 Year: 1954 |
| Obituary | Allen, Ella | Person | Seattle Times | p 46 | Month: 08 Day: 16 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Allen, Ellen Liva | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 02 Day: 3 Year: 1984 | |
| Obituary | Allen, Ellis M. | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 07 Day: 22 Year: 1991 | |
| Obituary | Allen, Ellis M. | Person | Oroville Gazette | Month: 07 Day: 25 Year: 1991 | |
| Allen, Esther | Allen, Esther | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p 122 | Year: 1980 |
| Another Ethan Allen: Kin of Fiery Patriot Launches Fire Fighting Career Here | Allen, Ethan | Person | Seattle Times | p 3 | Month: 04 Day: 3 Year: 1966 |
| Allen, Ethan | Allen, Ethan | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p 634 | Year: 1916 |
| Service Honors Ethel Allen, 87. | Allen, Ethel Bagley (Mrs.) | Person | Bainbridge Island Review | Month: 03 Day: 3 Year: 1965 | |
| Allen, Ethel Susan | Allen, Ethel Susan | Person | Chehalis Advocate | Month: 03 Day: 26 Year: 1959 | |
| Allen, Eugene | Allen, Eugene | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p 116 | Year: 1936 |
| Eva Allen Dies at Portland Oregon | Allen, Eva | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 08 Day: 30 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Allen, Frank | Person | Grandview Herald | Month: 04 Day: 26 Year: 1984 | |
| Allen, Frank Byron | Allen, Frank Byron | Person | History of Klickitat County | p 110 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Allen, Frank P. | Person | Sumner News Review | Month: 03 Day: 14 Year: 1984 |