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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 | Calkins, Etta | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 07 Day: 19 Year: 1972 | |
| Calkins, James Polson | Calkins, James Polson | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 232-233 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Calkins, Lulu (Mrs.) | Person | Yakima Daily Republic | Month: 01 Day: 24 Year: 1968 | |
| Local Briefs. Mrs. Calkins dies, | Calkins, Osie V. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 04 Day: 9 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Calkins, Osie V. | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 03 Day: 27 Year: 1961 | |
| R. H. Calkins, Maritime writer, dies. | Calkins, R. H. (Skipper) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 11 Day: 6 Year: 1962 | |
| Ransom B. Calkins, 75, founder of insurance company, dies. | Calkins, Ransom B. | Person | Seattle Times | p. B22 | Month: 02 Day: 10 Year: 1982 |
| Calkins, Ransom Mott | Calkins, Ransom Mott | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 676-677 | Year: 1916 |
| Obituary | Calkins, Verna B. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 05 Day: 1 Year: 1978 | |
| Calkins, Wallace E. | Calkins, Wallace E. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 190-191 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Calkins, Wallace E. | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 04 Day: 27 Year: 1979 | |
| Calkins, William H. | Calkins, William H. | Person | History of the Supreme Court of the Territory and | p. 76-77 | Year: 1932 |
| Call, Francis Henry | Call, Francis Henry | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 26-27 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Call, Frank T. (Mrs.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | p. 11 | Month: 05 Day: 20 Year: 1954 |
| Call, Harry G. | Call, Harry G. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 9 | Month: 03 Day: 27 Year: 1959 |
| Fife Councileman accuses official of trying to kill him. | Call, James | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-2, | Month: 09 Day: 11 Year: 1987 |
| Obituary | Call, James Allen | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 33 | Month: 01 Day: 13 Year: 1954 |
| Obituary | Call, Keziah Elizabeth (Mrs.) | Person | Bellingham Herald | p. 13 | Month: 05 Day: 18 Year: 1954 |
| 50th Anniversary: Unitarians will honor Dr. Call. | Call, Lon Ray (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 2 | Month: 08 Day: 28 Year: 1965 |
| Ex-ministers advice: "Prepare for old age". | Call, Lon Ray (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times Magazine | p. 10 | Month: 07 Day: 28 Year: 1974 |
| Call Thomas W. and Louise A....1932-1940. | Call, Louise A. (Mrs.) | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | vol. 1, p. 47 | Year: 1983 |
| Obituary | Call, Martha | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 07 Day: 17 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Call, Ruth D. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 10 Day: 15 Year: 1973 | |
| Down the road a piece. Olalla: North out of Gig Harbor to sleepy lagoon. The Indians called it the place of berries. | Call, Sophia A. (Mrs.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | p. B-4, 5 | Month: 04 Day: 18 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary | Call, Sophia A. (Mrs.) | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 03 Day: 18 Year: 1980 | |
| Call, Thomas W. and Louise A....1932-1940 | Call, Thomas W. | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | p. 47 | Year: 1983 |
| Death takes Maj. Howard E. Callaham. | Callaham, Howard E. (Maj.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 43. | Month: 05 Day: 7 Year: 1963 |
| Robert Weslsy Callaham Family. | Callaham, Robert Wesley | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 6, p. 63 | Year: 1977 |
| Obituary: William J. Callaham. | Callaham, William J. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 07 Day: 17 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Callahan, Albert P. | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 10 Day: 2 Year: 1973 | |
| Callahan, Alexander L. | Callahan, Alexander L. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 148-149 | Year: 1921 |
| Callahan, Charles C. | Callahan, Charles C. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 581-582 | Year: 1917 |
| Callahan tells last classes goodby. | Callahan, Charles E. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 13 | Month: 06 Day: 7 Year: 1970 |
| Callahan, Cora mrs | Callahan, Cora mrs | Person | Clarkston Herald | Month: 11 Day: 6 Year: 1958 | |
| Callahan, Edward (Mrs.) | Callahan, Edward (Mrs.) | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | p. 8 | Month: 01 Day: 16 Year: 1956 |
| What ever happened to Harlan Callahan? | Callahan, Harlan | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-2 | Month: 08 Day: 3 Year: 1975 |
| Obituary | Callahan, Harlan S. | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-8 | Month: 08 Day: 11 Year: 1972 |
| Callahan, James J. | Callahan, James J. | Person | History of Seattle | v. III p. 963-964 | Year: 1916 |
| John, Denis and the old Model T. | Callahan, John J. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-14 | Month: 04 Day: 30 Year: 1971 |
| John J. Callahan, Retired P-I Official. | Callahan, John J. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 16 | Month: 08 Day: 27 Year: 1971 |
| Painter Kenneth Callahan dies. | Callahan, Kenneth | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-1 | Month: 05 Day: 10 Year: 1986 |
| Callahan, Kenneth | Callahan, Kenneth | Person | 50 Northwest Artists | p. 30 | Year: 1983 |
| Death takes Mrs. Kenneth Callahan | Callahan, Margaret (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 09 Day: 25 Year: 1961 | |
| Mrs. Minnie B. Callahan | Callahan, Minnie B. | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 07 Day: 31 Year: 1961 | |
| Mrs. M. Callahan came here in '87. | Callahan, Minnie B. | Person | Puget Sound Mail | Month: 08 Day: 10 Year: 1961 | |
| Callahan, Sarah (Mrs.) | Callahan, Sarah (Mrs.) | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 04 Day: 19 Year: 1959 | |
| Ex-Seattleite to do relief work in Saigon. | Callahan, Virginia S. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 2 | Month: 07 Day: 2 Year: 1966 |
| Callahan, Walter T. | Callahan, Walter T. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 148-149 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Callahan, Walter Thomas | Person | Seattle Times | p. 5 | Month: 10 Day: 7 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Callahan, William C. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 41 | Month: 01 Day: 24 Year: 1966 |