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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caine, Elmer Ellsworth | Caine, Elmer Ellsworth | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 102-105 | Year: 1916 |
| Caine, Elmer Ellsworth | Caine, Elmer Ellsworth | Person | History of Washington | v. VI, p. 225-227 | Year: 1909 |
| Wash. Pioneer Assn. Roll | Caines, Robert M | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Totem pole at Buckley is symbolic. | Cairns, Bud | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Mag. Sec., p. 14 | Month: 09 Day: 8 Year: 1963 |
| Cairns, Daniel J. | Cairns, Daniel J. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book `1, p. 62-63 | Year: 1921 |
| He's the bankers banker with a long road ahead. | Cairns, James | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | B-6 | Month: 10 Day: 23 Year: 1984 |
| A conversation with...James G. Cairns, Jr.: Former bank executive on the rescue trail. | Cairns, James G. (Jr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 89 | Month: 10 Day: 5 Year: 1987 |
| Cairns, James H. | Cairns, James H. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 167 | Year: 1920 |
| Cairns, Norman W. | Cairns, Norman W. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 181 | Year: 1920 |
| Caithness, James P. | Caithness, James P. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 161-162 | Year: 1917 |
| New man, new post at Seattle City Light. | Cal, Clarence | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-3 | |
| Obituary | Calahan, Fred | Person | Toppenish Review | Month: 10 Day: 24 Year: 1968 | |
| Marjorie C. Calapp | Calapp, Marjorie C. (Mrs.) | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 04 Day: 4 Year: 1963 | |
| Sara Calavan | Calavan, Sara | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 27 Year: 1967 | |
| Calbom, Clarence Gilbert | Calbom, Clarence Gilbert | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 232-233 | Year: 1921 |
| My life in TV News. | Calbom, Hal | Person | Pacific Northwest | p. 27+ | Month: Day: Year: 1986 |
| Obituary | Calbom, Ida (Mrs.) | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 11 Day: 15 Year: 1968 | |
| Calbom, Samuel Lewis | Calbom, Samuel Lewis | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book2, p. 232-233 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Caldbick, Pauline | Person | Whidbey Record | Month: 03 Day: 14 Year: 1968 | |
| Early Settlers. | Calder, William | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book , p. 101 | Year: 1977 |
| Calder, Willis A. | Calder, Willis A. | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 565-566 | Year: 1916 |
| Calderhead, Owen O. | Calderhead, Owen O. | Person | History and Biography of Commission 1905-1972 | Mss 180, file 17 | |
| Obituary | Calderhead, Samuel J. | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-15 | Month: 01 Day: 15 Year: 1973 |
| Samuel Corwin Calderwood | Calderwood, Samuel Corwin | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | p. 48 | Year: 1927 |
| Obituary | Caldon, James D. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 06 Day: 9 Year: 1970 | |
| "Big Six" Caldwell reunion planned. | Caldwell family | Person | Montesano Grays Harbor County Vidette | Month: 08 Day: 9 Year: 1979 | |
| Old Hotel in McCleary offers 'clean but raunchy' living. | Caldwell, Barney | Person | Daily Olympian | Totem Tidings, p. 4 | Month: 02 Day: 19 Year: 1978 |
| `Old Hotel in McCleary offers 'clean but raunchy' living. | Caldwell, Edith (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | Totem Tidings., p. 4 | Month: 02 Day: 19 Year: 1978 |
| Edwin Caldwell passes. | Caldwell, Edwin | Person | Cashmere Valley Record | Month: 08 Day: 6 Year: 1964 | |
| Wheelchair doesn't hold him down. | Caldwell, George | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-6 | Month: 10 Day: 8 Year: 1971 |
| Caldwell, George A. | Caldwell, George A. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 21 | Month: 03 Day: 22 Year: 1951 |
| Georgianna Caldwell is taken by death. | Caldwell, Georgianna (Mrs.) | Person | Spokane Chronicle | Month: 09 Day: 15 Year: 1965 | |
| Caldwell, Hannah B. (Mrs.) | Caldwell, Hannah B. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 04 Day: 21 Year: 1956 | |
| Obituary | Caldwell, Helen (Mrs.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 04 Day: 17 Year: 1972 | |
| Schools veteran to help make plan work. | Caldwell, Henry | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-5 | Month: 12 Day: 17 Year: 1977 |
| Caldwell, Henry M. | Caldwell, Henry M. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 776-777 | Year: 1904 |
| Rev. Herschell L. Caldwell, 74. | Caldwell, Herschell L. (Rev.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 61 | Month: 08 Day: 18 Year: 1966 |
| Caldwell, Hugh M. | Caldwell, Hugh M. | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 62 | Year: 1929 |
| Caldwell, Hugh Milton | Caldwell, Hugh Milton | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 263-264 | Year: 1916 |
| Caldwell, Ida Mae (Mrs.) | Caldwell, Ida Mae (Mrs.) | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 16 Year: 1954 |
| Caldwell, J. B. | Caldwell, J. B. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | P. 467 | Year: 1888 |
| Obituary | Caldwell, James K. | Person | Olympian | Month: 06 Day: 13 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Caldwell, Mae Belle | Person | Montesano Vidette | Month: 08 Day: 11 Year: 1977 | |
| Obituary | Caldwell, Margaret O. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 04 Day: 3 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary: Orval R. Caldwell. | Caldwell, Orval R. | Person | Dayton Chronicle | Month: 08 Day: 15 Year: 1974 | |
| The pioneer dead of 1913. | Caldwell, R. P. | Person | Washington Historical Quarterly | v. 5, no.1, p. 23 | Month: 01 Year: 1914 |
| Caldwell, Robert G. | Caldwell, Robert G. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 683 | Year: 1893 |
| Caldwell, Robert L. | Caldwell, Robert L. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 12 Day: 9 Year: 1958 | |
| Death claims Mrs. Caldwell, harbor pioneer. | Caldwell, Rosabelle (Mrs.) | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 03 Day: 18 Year: 1963 | |
| Aspiring lawyer working for chance 'to help people'. | Caldwell, Ruperta | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-2 | Month: 02 Day: 24 Year: 1980 |