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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William P Alvick, Ex-Port Official Dies | Alvick, William P. | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 10 Day: 19 Year: 1968 | |
| Alvord, Charles C. | Alvord, Charles C. | Person | Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas | p 396 | Year: 1904 |
| Alvord, Charles C. | Alvord, Charles C. | Person | History of the State of Washington | p. 361-362 | Year: 1893 |
| Obituary | Alvord, Clarence B. | Person | Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 07 Day: 2 Year: 1986 |
| Memorial Rites for Ex-librarian Dorothy Alvord | Alvord, Dorothy | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-2 | Month: 04 Day: 2 Year: 1982 |
| Alvord, Elisha Henry | Alvord, Elisha Henry | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 386-89 | Year: 1916 |
| Memorial set for School Consultant | Alyea, Lorene E. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | P. 16 | Month: 01 Day: 8 Year: 1969 |
| Northshore's own 'Rosie the Riveter' | Aman, Rosa | Person | Landmarks | p. 40 | Month: Day: Year: 1981 |
| Evening rites arranged for James Amno. | Amano, James M | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 04 Day: 19 Year: 1961 | |
| Connell pioneer dies at age 102 | Ambacher, Albert J. | Person | Tri-City Herald | Month: 04 Day: 14 Year: 1991 | |
| New Candidate challenges Sibonga endorsement | Ambalada, Maria | Person | International Examiner | p. 1 | Month: 06 Day: 19 Year: 1991 |
| Obituary | Ambelle, Marie R. | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 26 Year: 1979 | |
| Amblie, Grant | Amblie, Grant | Person | Peoples History of Stevens County | pg. 119 | Year: 1983 |
| Ambrose, C. M. | Ambrose, C. M. | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 142 | Year: 1936 |
| Ambrose, Chas W. | Ambrose, Chas W. | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 143 | Year: 1929 |
| Obituary | Amen, Anna W. | Person | Ritzville Journal-Times | Month: 07 Day: 24 Year: 1975 | |
| Obituary | Amen, Anna W. | Person | Odessa Record | Month: 07 Day: 24 Year: 1975 | |
| Funeral Held Here Monday for Mrs. Amen | Amen, Emma Sophia | Person | Ritzville Journal-Times | Month: 09 Day: 23 Year: 1971 | |
| Mrs. Ole M. Mickelson, 1887-1963 | Amen, Jacob | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 50 | Month: 11 Day: 25 Year: 1963 |
| John Amen Dies at age 77 | Amen, John | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 04 Day: 6 Year: 1967 | |
| Educator Backs Antipoverty Program | Amend, John | Person | Seattle Times | P. 3 | Month: 04 Day: 8 Year: 1966 |
| Amerman, Warren N. | Amerman, Warren N. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 242 | Year: 1921 |
| Ames, Adda Adelia (Mrs.) | Ames, Adda Adelia (Mrs.) | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | Year: 1954 | |
| "Sandy" hits 104 milestone | Ames, Alexander Archibald "Sandy" | Person | Chronicle (Elma, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1984 | |
| He's Looking Back 104 years | Ames, Alexander Archibald "Sandy" | Person | Olympian | A-1 | Month: 02 Day: 18 Year: 1984 |
| Obituary | Ames, Alexander Archibald "Sandy" | Person | Olympian | Month: 11 Day: 30 Year: 1984 | |
| Elma man goes back 100 years. | Ames, Alexander Archibald "Sandy" | Person | Daily Olympian | B-2 | Month: 02 Day: 14 Year: 1980 |
| Mrs Bessie Kirkwood, 1878-1965 | Ames, Amos (Mr.) | Person | Yakima Republic | Month: 12 Day: 8 Year: 1965 | |
| Mrs. Bessie Kirkwood, 1878-1965 | Ames, Amos (Mrs.) | Person | Yakima Republic | Month: 12 Day: 8 Year: 1965 | |
| Arthur Ames Meant Insurance And More ti Many Yakimans | Ames, Arthur | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | v.4, p. 84-85 | Year: 1975 |
| Ames, Beulah Rosamond | Ames, Beulah Rosamond | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 142-143 | Year: 1982 |
| Bill Ames there to shake hands as friends say goodbye. | Ames, Bill | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 11 Day: 21 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Ames, Charles E. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 11 Day: 4 Year: 1980 | |
| Ames, Chauncey R. | Ames, Chauncey R. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 160-161 | Year: 1921 |
| Ames, Chester Ralph | Ames, Chester Ralph | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 246 | Year: 1921 |
| Arthur Ames Meant Insuance and More to Many Yakimanians | Ames, Constance Gilman | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | v.4, p.84-85 | |
| Ames, Edgar | Ames, Edgar | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 218 | Year: 1916 |
| Ames, Edgar | Ames, Edgar | Person | Cartoon: a reference book of Seattles Successful men | unpaged | Year: 1911 |
| When art patrons were few and far between. | Ames, Edgar (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 19 | Month: 01 Day: 24 Year: 1968 |
| Seattle's Grand Matron of the arts | Ames, Edgar (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Mag. P 2 | Month: 03 Day: 21 Year: 1948 |
| Rochester pioneer dies | Ames, Edgar Eugene | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 30 Year: 1961 | |
| Ames, Edwin Gardner | Ames, Edwin Gardner | Person | History of Washington | v. V, pp. 416-417 | Year: 1909 |
| Ames, Edwin Gardner | Ames, Edwin Gardner | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | Year: 1936 | |
| Edwin Ames official for many association | Ames, Edwin Gardner | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 08 Day: 31 Year: 1960 | |
| Ames, Edwin Gardner | Ames, Edwin Gardner | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 62-65 | Year: 1916 |
| Ames, Elfreida | Ames, Elfreida | Person | Northport Pioneers: echoes of the past from the upper Columbia | p. 129 | Year: 1981 |
| Ames, Elmer Hamilton | Ames, Elmer Hamilton | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | P. 2 | Year: 1952 |
| Ames, George H. | Ames, George H. | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v,1, p. 371-72 | Year: 1903 |
| Ames, George Wolcott | Ames, George Wolcott | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 66-67. | Year: 1921 |
| Ames, Harry J. (Mrs.) | Ames, Harry J. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 36 | Month: 02 Day: 25 Year: 1958 |