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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen, Nearing Retirement at Boeing, Rejects Hero's Cape | Allen, William McPherson | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-6 | Month: 07 Day: 17 Year: 1972 |
| Allen, William McPherson | Allen, William McPherson | Person | Pictorial Sketch of the Puget Sound Area and its B | p 49 | Year: 1960 |
| Allen in Hall of Fame | Allen, William McPherson | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | pg. A-6 | Month: 12 Day: 3 Year: 1971 |
| William Allen marks 20th year at Boeing: At 65... | Allen, William McPherson | Person | Argus (Seattle, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 20 Year: 1965 | |
| Allen in Business Hall of Fame (one of four charter members) | Allen, William McPherson | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-3 | Month: 12 Day: 24 Year: 1974 |
| The Saga of Horatio Allen | Allen, William McPherson | Person | Argus (Seattle, Wash.) | pp 1, 5 | Month: 07 Day: 28 Year: 1972 |
| Allen Named to Hall of Fame | Allen, William McPherson | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | A-8 | Month: 12 Day: 1 Year: 1971 |
| Obituary | Allen, William McPherson | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 10 Day: 30 Year: 1986 | |
| Allen's Aviation Honor | Allen, William McPherson | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | A-14 | Month: 12 Day: 3 Year: 1971 |
| Willam Allen looks back at fate's tricks in his life | Allen, William McPherson | Person | Seattle Times | Mag. P. 6 | Month: 04 Day: 16 Year: 1978 |
| Ex-Boeing executive shares credit for success | Allen, William McPherson | Person | Seattle Times | B-1 | Month: 03 Day: 6 Year: 1980 |
| Boing salutes honorary chairman with big party. | Allen, William McPherson | Person | Seattle Times | B-1 | Month: 03 Day: 6 Year: 1980 |
| Boeing Top Man is One Who Knows Limits, Takes Risks . . . | Allen, William McPherson | Person | Seattle Times | H-4 | Month: 06 Day: 25 Year: 1970 |
| Gamble in the sky | Allen, William McPherson | Person | Time | p.68+ | Month: 07 Day: 19 Year: 1954 |
| William Allen to be Cited by Winners of Medals of Honor | Allen, William McPherson | Person | Seattle Times | pg 43 | Month: 08 Day: 22 Year: 1968 |
| Obituary | Allendoerter, Carl B. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p A-11 | Month: 09 Day: 30 Year: 1974 |
| U. W. Professor Given Award | Allendoerter, Carl B. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | P 7 | Month: 09 Day: 14 Year: 1966 |
| Funeral Services Held for Cornelius Allert, 79 | Allert, Cornelius | Person | Journal-Times | Month: 12 Day: 19 Year: 1968 | |
| Funeral services hel for Cornelius Allert, 79 | Allert, Cornelius | Person | Columbia Basin Herald | Month: 12 Day: 16 Year: 1968 | |
| Mrs John C Alles | Alles, Nellie O. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p 61 | Month: 01 Day: 27 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary | Allett, Alta V. (Miss) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 28 | Month: 03 Day: 11 Year: 1954 |
| Obituary | Alley, Nettie Alice | Person | Daily Record (Ellensburg, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 27 Year: 1969 | |
| Obituary | Allgaier, Alma | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 11 Day: 10 Year: 1982 | |
| Prospector, once object of hunt, dies. | Allger, Charles H. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 08 Day: 27 Year: 1964 | |
| Obituary | Allie, Birdie | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 12 Day: 28 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary | Allie, Ellen | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 08 Day: 17 Year: 1984 | |
| Margery Allie Died Sunday | Allie, Margery | Person | Whidbey Record | Month: 08 Day: 11 Year: 1966 | |
| 70-year old native of Uniontown passes | Alligier, Bert A. | Person | Uniontown Journal | Month: 10 Day: 3 Year: 1963 | |
| Ethel Allingham, Alki Point Poineer | Alliingham, Ethel B. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1970 | |
| New park chief once served in Everglades | Allin, Roger W. | Person | Seattle Times | pg. B-1 | Month: 01 Day: 10 Year: 1971 |
| Pioneer's services held Wednesday | Alling, Benjamin Joseph | Person | Grand Coulee Star | Month: 12 Day: 20 Year: 1962 | |
| Pioneer's sevices held Wednesday | Alling, Benjamin Joseph | Person | Almira Herald | Month: 12 Day: 20 Year: 1962 | |
| Alling, Frank | Alling, Frank | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v.1, p. 605-08 | Year: 1903 |
| Alling, Horatio | Alling, Horatio | Person | Things Political -- A thrice-a-month journal of | Month: 02 Day: 10 Year: 1904 | |
| Former County assessor dies | Allinger, John G. | Person | Skamania County Pioneer | Month: 02 Day: 28 Year: 1990 | |
| Obituary | Allinger, John G. | Person | Skamania County Pioneer | Month: 02 Day: 28 Year: 1990 | |
| Obituary | Allinson, Ethel F. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 12 Day: 9 Year: 1982 | |
| Allison, Albert F. | Allison, Albert F. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p 268 | Year: 1904 |
| Hanging up fireman's hat -- Chuck Allison's goin' fishin'. | Allison, Chuck | Person | Daily Olympian | B-2 | Month: 03 Day: 15 Year: 1980 |
| Daisy May Allison Dies February 24 | Allison, Daisy May | Person | Raymond Herald & Advertiser | Month: 03 Day: 2 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Allison, Elizabeth McElroy | Person | Daily Olympian | B-2 | Month: 11 Day: 29 Year: 1979 |
| Allison, Esther | Allison, Esther | Person | Notable Women | p. 20 | Year: 1977 |
| A good inspector who left her mark (on Tacoma) | Allison, Esther | Person | Morning News Tribune | p. 22 | Month: 11 Day: 11 Year: 1989 |
| A good inspector who left her mark (on Tacoma) | Allison, Esther | Person | In the Shadow of the Mountain: historical supplement | ||
| Allison, G. S. (Dr.) | Allison, G. S. (Dr.) | Person | History of the State of Washington | p. 297 | Year: 1893 |
| Allison, G. S. (Dr.) | Allison, G. S. (Dr.) | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 391 | Year: 1900 |
| The Wreckage: A part of Ocean Park's colorful history | Allison, Guy | Person | Chinook Observer | Month: 12 Day: 20 Year: 1979 | |
| Allison rite is arranged | Allison, Henry | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 12 Year: 1960 | |
| J.C. Allison, former GOP leader, passes | Allison, J. C. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 63 | Month: 03 Day: 24 Year: 1965 |
| J. C. Allison, former GOP leader, passes | Allison, J. C. | Person | Beacon Hill News | Month: 04 Day: 1 Year: 1965 |