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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reds once 'ran' state, says Canwell. | Canwell, Albert F. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 6 | Month: 01 Day: 3 Year: 1964 |
| Canwell, Cain differ in trial testimony. | Canwell, Albert F. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 1, 2 | Month: 01 Day: 7 Year: 1964 |
| The Goldmark Case: a study in political ideology. | Canwell, Albert F. | Person | Pacific Northwest Forum | p. 51 | Month: Day: Year: 1992 |
| Witch-hunt in the Northwest. | Canwell, Albert F. | Person | New Republic | p. 11 | Month: 08 Day: 9 Year: 1948 |
| Red Scare "Re: the Canwell Commission". | Canwell, Albert F. | Person | University of Washington Daily | Month: 05 Day: 1 Year: 1989 | |
| This man Canwell | Canwell, Albert F. | Person | Spokesman-Review | Mag., p. 2 | Month: 03 Day: 7 Year: 1948 |
| Fiery anti-communisit still fighting "lefties". | Canwell, Albert F. | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 07 Day: 30 Year: 1984 | |
| Mrs. Ida Canwell claimed by death. | Canwell, Ida (Mrs.) | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 04 Day: 27 Year: 1967 | |
| Capell, Frank P. and Mrs.? 1919 - ? | Capell, Frank P. | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| Mrs. Capell dies at age 83; Orville Ihlan rites planned. | Capell, Marcolonia 'Marc' | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 09 Day: 5 Year: 1969 | |
| Obituary: Ralph M. Capeluto, manufacturer, dies. | Capeluto, Ralph M. | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-18 | Month: 08 Day: 10 Year: 1984 |
| Harriet Case, Mrs. Capernoll, area pioneers died Monday. | Capernoll, Susan | Person | West Seattle Herald | Month: 10 Day: 21 Year: 1971 | |
| Congratulations. | Capestany, Edward | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 4 | Month: 03 Day: 10 Year: 1968 |
| Expo's 2 years old for him. | Caplan, Irwin | Person | Seattle Times | Pictorial, p. 5 | Month: 05 Day: 5 Year: 1974 |
| Hoyt Caple recalls family arriving in LaConner by barge with bed on stern. | Caple, Hoyt Jack | Person | Puget Sound Mail | Month: 02 Day: 6 Year: 1969 | |
| W. R. Caple, 85, pioneer, dies. | Caple, William R. 'Roy' | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1971 | |
| The other side of the river. | Caples family | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 7 Year: 1972 | |
| Caples, Henry L. and wife Margaret E. | Caples, Henry L. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 185 | Year: 1980 |
| Henry L. Caples. | Caples, Henry L. | Person | History of the State of Washington | p. 348 | Year: 1893 |
| Henry Laffer Caples | Caples, Henry Laffer | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 21, p. 185-187 | |
| Henry R. Caples. | Caples, Henry R. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 475 | Year: 1893 |
| Caples, Kenzie, widow and heirs of. | Caples, Kenzie (Mrs.) | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 37 | Year: 1980 |
| William J. Caplin | Caplin, William J. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 397 | Year: 1904 |
| Candidate Caplinger interested in bigger voter turnout. | Caplinger, Ken | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 09 Day: 7 Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Capoeman, Glenn G. | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 13 Year: 1982 | |
| Obituary | Capoeman, Herbert | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 09 Day: 8 Year: 1982 | |
| Obituary | Capoeman, Horton | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 6 Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary | Capps, Grant Stanford | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 12 Day: 31 Year: 1986 | |
| John Stanford Capps | Capps, John Stanford | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 470 | Year: 1904 |
| William Henry Capps | Capps, William Henry | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 405 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Capron, Ory M. | Person | Chehalis Advocate | Month: 08 Day: 10 Year: 1961 | |
| To San Juan Islanders, Dr. Capron epitomized family physician. | Capron, Victor (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times Magazine | p. 2 | Month: 11 Day: 26 Year: 1961 |
| Obituary: Ralph M. Capuleto, manufacturer, dies. | Capuleto, Ralph M. | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-19 | Month: 08 Day: 9 Year: 1984 |
| Living pioneers of Washington. Michael Caraher. | Caraher, Michael | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 03 Day: 4 Year: 1916 | |
| Joseph Carahers, Seattle pioneer. | Carahers, Joseph F. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 77 | Month: 10 Day: 2 Year: 1966 |
| Joseph F. Carahers to fete 50 years of marriage. | Carahers, Joseph F. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 08 Day: 21 Year: 1959 | |
| Joseph F. Carahers to fete 50 years of marriage. | Carahers, Joseph F. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 08 Day: 21 Year: 1959 | |
| Obituary | Carbery, Edwin F. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 08 Day: 12 Year: 1982 | |
| Edwin F. Carbery. | Carbery, Edwin F. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 145 | Year: 1920 |
| Dixy scratches Carl Carbon from Horse Race Commission. | Carbon, Carl | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-9 | Month: 08 Day: 5 Year: 1977 |
| Cabone kept a low public profile. | Carbone, John Joseph | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-1 | Month: 01 Day: 1 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Carboneau, Marion Gladys | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 05 Day: 19 Year: 1969 | |
| Carboneau, Marion Mathews (Mrs.) | Carboneau, Marion Mathews (Mrs.) | Person | Everett Daily Herald | p. 6 | Month: 06 Day: 20 Year: 1955 |
| The saga of Belinda who gained fame among rough men. Lived in Yakima. | Carbonneau, Belinda Mulrooney | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 4-6 | Month: 08 Day: 12 Year: 1962 |
| Latin is appropriate? Or is it? | Carbray, Richard J. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 6 | Month: 03 Day: 6 Year: 1966 |
| Wordslinger for peace is back home. | Carbray, Richard J. | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-1 | Month: 10 Day: 27 Year: 1976 |
| Dick Carbray: anti-war activist from academia. | Carbray, Richard J. | Person | Seattle Times Magazine | p. 4 | Month: 04 Day: 14 Year: 1974 |
| Obituary | Card, Anna D. | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 12 Year: 1986 | |
| Ben E. Card, Alaska pioneer. | Card, Ben E. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 14 | Month: 03 Day: 4 Year: 1965 |
| Judge Ernest M. Card | Card, Ernest M. (Judge) | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 340-341 | Year: 1917 |