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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 | Carlson, Harry R. | Person | Daily Journal-American (Bellevue, Wash.) | Month: 12 Day: 17 Year: 1981 | |
| Hugo A. Carlson | Carlson, Hugo A. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 145 | Year: 1920 |
| Auction is final curtain on tragedy. | Carlson, Inge (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-6 | Month: 04 Day: 11 Year: 1982 |
| J. Victor and Katrina W. Carlson | Carlson, J. Victor | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 5, p. 133 | Year: 1977 |
| James C. Carlson | Carlson, James C. | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | Year: 1936 | |
| Tacoma man appointed to White House staff. | Carlson, James G. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-12 | Month: 04 Day: 11 Year: 1972 |
| Death takes John Carlson. | Carlson, John | Person | Spokane Chronicle | Month: 11 Day: 12 Year: 1960 | |
| GOP's boy wonder sticks with TV; John Carlson, 27, rejects Legislature bid. | Carlson, John | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 06 Day: 25 Year: 1986 | |
| New kid of the right: John Carlson woos west Seattle. | Carlson, John | Person | Weekly (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 21-23 | Month: 10 Day: 17 Year: 1984 |
| Jonas A. Carlson | Carlson, Jonas A. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 486 | Year: 1904 |
| Mrs. Nels P. Carlson. | Carlson, Judith (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 12 Day: 13 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Carlson, Julia Gertrude | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 08 Day: 28 Year: 1984 | |
| Obituary | Carlson, Julia Gertrude | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 08 Day: 29 Year: 1984 | |
| J. Victor and Katrina W. Carlson | Carlson, Katrina W. | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | p. 133 | Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Carlson, Loyal H. | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 2 Year: 1979 | |
| Pioneer Gig Harbor resident passes. | Carlson, Ludia | Person | Peninsula Gateway (Gig Harbor, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 16 Year: 1961 | |
| Mrs. Mabel Carlson. | Carlson, Mabel (Mrs.) | Person | Yakima Morning Herald | Month: 07 Day: 30 Year: 1967 | |
| Maxine Switzer (Mrs. Roy Johnson) and Marian Switzer (Mrs. Lee Carlson). | Carlson, Marian Switzer | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 5, p. 133 | Year: 1977 |
| Obituary: Mrs. Marie Carlson, 101. | Carlson, Marie (Mrs.) | Person | Chinook Observer | Month: 06 Day: 16 Year: 1967 | |
| 101-year-old woman dies. | Carlson, Marie (Mrs.) | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 16 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Carlson, Marshall | Person | Sammamish Valley News | Month: 08 Day: 8 Year: 1977 | |
| Obituary | Carlson, Martin | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 37 | Month: 05 Day: 3 Year: 1964 |
| New state agriculture aide. | Carlson, Marvin E. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-3 | Month: 07 Day: 12 Year: 1978 |
| Open house commemorates 95th birthday. | Carlson, Matilda J. | Person | Toppenish Review | Month: 09 Day: 27 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Carlson, Minnie T. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 08 Day: 24 Year: 1983 | |
| A wife with a life in many directions. | Carlson, Nell Cox (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 19 | Month: 12 Day: 20 Year: 1965 |
| Nels Carlson, labor union officer, dies. | Carlson, Nels J. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 72 | Month: 08 Day: 25 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Carlson, Nettie M. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 07 Day: 22 Year: 1969 | |
| O. F. Carlson. | Carlson, O. F. | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 5, p. 135 | Year: 1977 |
| 60th Anniversary: Olaf Carlsons plan open house. | Carlson, Olaf | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 12 Day: 14 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Carlson, Olaf | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 53 | Month: 08 Day: 12 Year: 1965 |
| Olaf Carlson. | Carlson, Olaf | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 18-20 | Year: 1917 |
| Oscar Charles Carlson. | Carlson, Oscar Charles | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 256-257 | Year: 1921 |
| Rites set for Paul N. Carlson Seattle builder. | Carlson, Paul Nels | Person | Seattle Times | p. 31 | Month: 04 Day: 29 Year: 1969 |
| Pearl E. Carlson. | Carlson, Pearl E. (Mrs.) | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 4 | Year: 1953 |
| Obituary | Carlson, Pearl E. (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | p. 8 | Month: 12 Day: 5 Year: 1953 |
| Obituary | Carlson, Peter A. | Person | Everett Daily Herald | p. 6 | Month: 10 Day: 14 Year: 1953 |
| Peter August and Alma Amelia Carlson. | Carlson, Peter August | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 5, p. 133 | Year: 1977 |
| New Chairman. | Carlson, Ralph (Dr.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 5 | Month: 05 Day: 2 Year: 1971 |
| City job gives injured logger new life. | Carlson, Randy | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-3 | Month: 05 Day: 1 Year: 1983 |
| 20 years later, Roy Carlson'scoming home. | Carlson, Roy | Person | Daily Olympian | p. C-1 | Month: 02 Day: 18 Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Carlson, Roy | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 05 Day: 22 Year: 1975 | |
| Obituary | Carlson, Russell E. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 06 Day: 12 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Carlson, Severt Cornelius "Sig" | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 03 Day: 30 Year: 1984 | |
| Obituary | Carlson, Stella (Mrs.) | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 12 Day: 15 Year: 1965 | |
| Carlson, Stella E. | Carlson, Stella E. | Person | Aberdeen Daily News | p. 5 | Month: 09 Day: 26 Year: 1956 |
| Mrs. Teckla M. Carlson. | Carlson, Teckla M. (Mrs.) | Person | Women of the West | p. 190 | Year: 1928 |
| Auction is final curtain on tragedy. | Carlson, Terry | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-6 | Month: 04 Day: 11 Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Carlson, Theodore | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 10 Day: 16 Year: 1989 | |
| Carlson takes chamber post in Puyallup. | Carlson, Waldo | Person | Seattle Times | p. 7 | Month: 04 Day: 6 Year: 1966 |