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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judge Ernest M. Card | Card, Ernest M. (Judge) | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 78 | Year: 1916 |
| Ernest M. Card | Card, Ernest M. (Judge) | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 136 | Year: 1936 |
| Ernest M. Card | Card, Ernest M. (Judge) | Person | Notable Men in Washington | p. 43 | |
| Early Settlers. | Card, George | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 3, p. 102 | Year: 1977 |
| Wash. Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Card, J. C. | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Obituary | Card, Lillie W. | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 10 Day: 12 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Carden, Avice A. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 08 Day: 10 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Carden, Fanny R. | Person | Enumclaw Courier-Herald | Month: 01 Day: 8 Year: 1970 | |
| Can company insider call it quits. | Cardew, Ted | Person | Daily Olympian | p. D-1 | Month: 07 Day: 23 Year: 1978 |
| Wheat scientist dies in Yakima. | Cardiff, Ira D. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 43 | Month: 09 Day: 22 Year: 1964 |
| Dr Ira Cardiff, 91, noted author, philosopher, dies. | Cardiff, Ira D. (Dr.) | Person | Yakima Morning Herald | Month: 09 Day: 22 Year: 1964 | |
| A different Yakima Businessman | Cardiff, Ira D. (Dr.) | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | vol 2, p. 32-33 | Year: 1975 |
| The Nob Hill Water Company has been supplying Yakima residents with water since 1908. | Cardiff, Ira D. (Dr.) | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | Vol 2, p. 86-87 | Year: 1975 |
| Wheat scientist dies in Yakima. | Cardiff, Ira D. (Dr.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 8 | Month: 09 Day: 22 Year: 1964 |
| Cardle, Elizabeth Ellen | Cardle, Elizabeth Ellen | Person | Everett Daily Herald | p. 7 | Month: 12 Day: 11 Year: 1954 |
| Obituary | Cardwell, Mattie | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 08 Day: 14 Year: 1975 | |
| Of Pt. Defiance, rolling hills, the Narrows Bridge and Rod Cardwell. | Cardwell, Rod | Person | Puget Sound Review Magazine (Tacoma, Wash.) | p. 10-12 | Month: Day: Year: 1972 |
| Thomas J. Cardwell | Cardwell, Thomas J. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | P. 439 | Year: 1904 |
| Founder of PUD dies at 100. | Cardwell, William | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 09 Day: 8 Year: 1987 | |
| Glenwood families. | Caretti, Angelo | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 5, p. 66 | Year: 1977 |
| A. S. Carey | Carey, A. S. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 476 | Year: 1900 |
| Obituary: Hartline native dies. | Carey, Alta G. | Person | Grand Coulee Star | Month: 04 Day: 22 Year: 1982 | |
| Obituary | Carey, Christina W. | Person | Record-Chronicle (Renton, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 4 Year: 1977 | |
| Judge D. Carey served 30 years | Carey, D. H. (Judge) | Person | Statesman-Examiner (Colville, Wash.) | Centennial Ed., p. 9 | Month: 06 Day: 12 Year: 1959 |
| Daniel H. Carey | Carey, Daniel H. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 235-236 | Year: 1904 |
| Edmond J. Carey appointed as court administrator. | Carey, Edmond J. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 3 | Month: 05 Day: 16 Year: 1968 |
| Edward J. Carey, 88, Elks band leader, dies. | Carey, Edward J. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 35 | Month: 03 Day: 2 Year: 1969 |
| Life on the Nez Perce Reservation. | Carey, Emanuel B. | Person | Incidents in the Life of a Pioneer Woman : True St | p. 46 | Year: 1975 |
| Obituary | Carey, Emily Miller (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 40 | Month: 01 Day: 2 Year: 1957 |
| Carey, Frank A. | Carey, Frank A. | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 10 Day: 15 Year: 1958 | |
| Obituary | Carey, Fredrick W. | Person | Port Angeles Evening News | Month: 07 Day: 7 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Carey, Freida "Daisy" | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 02 Day: 6 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary | Carey, Gertrude | Person | Capitol Hill Times (Seattle, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 1 Year: 1986 | |
| Tugboat Harry suits himself. | Carey, Harry | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-2 | Month: 02 Day: 11 Year: 1980 |
| Obituary: Mass for Inez Joesphine Carey, 80. | Carey, Inez Josephine | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: Day: Year: 1987 | |
| Homesteader, 93, finds life great. | Carey, Kate | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 06 Day: 28 Year: 1970 | |
| Life on the Nez Perce Reservation. | Carey, Mattie S. (Mrs.) | Person | Incidents in the Life of a Pioneer Woman : True St | p. 46 | Year: 1975 |
| Mrs. Chalon E. Carey, 79. | Carey, Ora Edna Shields | Person | Seattle Times | o, 41 | Month: 04 Day: 17 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Carey, William J. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 03 Day: 26 Year: 1968 | |
| Centenarian craves quiet 100th birthday. | Carey, William J. | Person | Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber | Month: 08 Day: 24 Year: 1967 | |
| Willis Carey | Carey, Willis | Person | Pioneers of North Central Washington | p. 85 -100 | Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Cargill, Willard F. | Person | Whitman-Latah Record (Palouse, Wash.) | Month: 11 Day: 9 Year: 1978 | |
| Edith Bebee Carhart | Carhart, Edith Beebe | Person | Women of the West | p. 190 | Year: 1928 |
| Former city Librarian dies. | Carhart, Edith Beebe | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 04 Day: 2 Year: 1964 | |
| Man 100 years old honored at party. | Carithers, James | Person | Outlook | Month: 03 Day: 12 Year: 1970 | |
| 100-year-old is Purdue's Oldest Grad. | Carithers, Samuel P. | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-19 | Month: 03 Day: 3 Year: 1970 |
| Obituary | Carkeek, Arthur P. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-2 | Month: 09 Day: 18 Year: 1981 |
| Charles William Carkeek | Carkeek, Charles William | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | p. 51 | Year: 1927 |
| Carkeek fund help's Seattle's young Scholars. | Carkeek, Florence | Person | Seattle Daily Times | mag. Sec., p. 4-5 | Month: 11 Day: 29 Year: 1964 |
| Seattle History | Carkeek, Morgan James | Person | Seattle Business Journal (Seattle Wash.) | Month: 09 Day: 14 Year: 1981 |