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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mother Cabrini: dedicated, solomn, astute in real estate. | Cabrini, Frances Xavier (Mother) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 14 | Month: 12 Day: 5 Year: 1966 |
| Mass to commemorate Mother Cabrini's death. | Cabrini, Frances Xavier (Mother) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 2 | Month: 12 Day: 22 Year: 1967 |
| St. Frances Cabrini of Seattle: Hospitals, schools were her life. | Cabrini, Frances Xavier (Mother) | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-13 | Month: 12 Day: 30 Year: 1974 |
| Just cogitating: Mother Cabrini founded 67 noted institutions. | Cabrini, Frances Xavier (Mother) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Mag. P. 6 | Month: 08 Day: 2 Year: 1959 |
| Mother Cabrini Americas First Citizen Saint. | Cabrini, Frances Xavier (Mother) | Person | Puget Soundings | Mag. P. 21-23 | Month: 03 Year: 1964 |
| Obituary | Cacka, Rudolph | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 11 Day: 23 Year: 1972 | |
| Carl Caddey, retired school official, dies. | Caddey, Carl G. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 03 Day: 18 Year: 1969 | |
| Obituary | Cade, Ethel | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 10 Day: 23 Year: 1975 | |
| Cade, Nimrod | Cade, Nimrod | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 25, p. 130-133 | |
| Obituary | Cadero, Joseph (Sr.) | Person | Port Townsend Leader | Month: 07 Day: 30 Year: 1980 | |
| Cadigan, John J. | Cadigan, John J. | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 125 | Year: 1936 |
| A. Cadman dies Sunday in California. | Cadman, Annie | Person | Dayton Chronicle Dispatch | Month: 12 Day: 22 Year: 1960 | |
| Alumnus named president-elect of Rotary International. | Cadman, Edward | Person | Washington Alumnus | p. 20 | Month: Day: Year: 1984 |
| Obituary | Cadman, Ida M. | Person | Ellensburg Record | Month: 05 Day: 1 Year: 1978 | |
| Obituary | Cadman, Roy | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 01 Day: 23 Year: 1984 | |
| The Evergreen College names its second Dean. | Cadwallader, Mervyn | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 1 | Month: 01 Day: 26 Year: 1970 |
| TESC planner says: Innovation key to education. | Cadwallader, Mervyn | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-7 | Month: 09 Day: 19 Year: 1981 |
| Mrs. J. L. Cadwell, 83, state pioneer, passes. | Cadwell, Jennie L. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 21 | Month: 03 Day: 9 Year: 1957 |
| Laura Cadwell, pioneer, dies. | Cadwell, Laura | Person | Record-Chronicle (Renton, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 19 Year: 1976 | |
| Obituary | Cadwell, Thomas | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 10 | Month: 06 Day: 19 Year: 1954 |
| Echoes from the past. | Cady, E. F. | Person | Snohomish County Tribune | Month: 02 Day: 25 Year: 1965 | |
| Two Spelunkers find adventure in long-forgotten Northwest mines. | Cady, Greg | Person | Seattle Times | p. K-3 | Month: 07 Day: 19 Year: 1987 |
| After the famine, Jack Cady earns a feast. | Cady, Jack | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. H-8 | Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1981 |
| Cady strives for the positive. | Cady, Jack | Person | Seattle Times | p. G-4 | Month: 10 Day: 29 Year: 1972 |
| Obituary | Cady, Sarah Ann | Person | Sprague Advocate | Month: 10 Day: 13 Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary: Vernon E. Cady. | Cady, Vernon E. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 03 Day: 6 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary: Vernon E. Cady. | Cady, Vernon E. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 03 Day: 7 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary: Vernon E. Cady. | Cady, Vernon E. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 03 Day: 8 Year: 1967 | |
| Cadzow, Thomas D. | Cadzow, Thomas D. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 175 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Caenepell, Leon J. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 09 Day: 13 Year: 1966 | |
| Caesar, Philip Vanderbilt | Caesar, Philip Vanderbilt | Person | History of the State of Washington | p. 391 | Year: 1893 |
| Braman aide to get Federal Post in Transportation Office. | Cafferty, Michael J. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 1 | Month: 02 Day: 18 Year: 1969 |
| Obituary | Cafferty, Michael J. | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-20 | Month: 01 Day: 18 Year: 1973 |
| Obituary | Cafferty, Michael J. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-5 | Month: 01 Day: 18 Year: 1973 |
| Mike Cafferty, former Braman aide, now head of Mayor Daley's transit. | Cafferty, Michael J. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-16 | Month: 06 Day: 2 Year: 1971 |
| Services held for Margaret Cagey, 85. | Cagey, Margaret M. | Person | Puget Sound Mail | Month: 11 Day: 26 Year: 1970 | |
| Was this man a victim of sentencing overkill? | Cagey, Virgil | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-1 | Month: 08 Day: 20 Year: 1982 |
| Local man practicing with fusion. | Cagle, Charles | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-1, | Month: 05 Day: 23 Year: 1987 |
| Obituary | Cagle, Charles M. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 10 Day: 2 Year: 1984 | |
| Cagle, William and Hannah Cagle his wife. | Cagle, Hannah (Mrs.) | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 234 | Year: 1980 |
| John F. Cagle. | Cagle, John F. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 502 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Cagle, Luman A. | Person | Spokane Chronicle | Month: 01 Day: 23 Year: 1965 | |
| Obituary | Cagle, Ray | Person | Seattle Times | p. H-3 | Month: 03 Day: 11 Year: 1987 |
| Obituary: Services held for Ray Cagle, 69, retired Seattle businessman. | Cagle, Ray | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-2 | Month: 03 Day: 11 Year: 1987 |
| Walter J Cagle died July 2 in Chelan. | Cagle, Walter Jay | Person | Valley Mirror | Month: 07 Day: 7 Year: 1966 | |
| Cagle, William and Hannah Cagle his wife. | Cagle, William | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 234 | Year: 1980 |
| Cagle, William S. | Cagle, William S. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 304 | Year: 1904 |
| Former Friday Harbor town mayor, Hubert Cahail, dies at 81. | Cahail, Hubert | Person | Journal of the San Juans | Month: 03 Day: 22 Year: 1989 | |
| I. E. Cahail. | Cahail, I. E. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 62 | Month: 12 Day: 16 Year: 1962 |
| Obituary | Cahail, Mary L. (Mrs.) | Person | Cashmere Valley Record | Month: 04 Day: 6 Year: 1972 |