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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meet your pioneers --- Walter E. Carlson. | Carlson, Walter E. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 12 Day: 23 Year: 1961 | |
| Shot fisherman still serious. | Carlson, William | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-14 | Month: 10 Day: 26 Year: 1976 |
| With a single shot, fisherman lost his living -- an his interest. | Carlson, William | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-15 | Month: 08 Day: 12 Year: 1979 |
| Carlson, William A. | Carlson, William A. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 56 | Month: 08 Day: 13 Year: 1958 |
| William A. Carlson. | Carlson, William A. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. -29 | Year: 1921 |
| Body identified as Retired Law Teacher. | Carlston, Kenneth Smith (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 12 | Month: 09 Day: 16 Year: 1969 |
| Anton C. Carlstrom | Carlstrom, Anton C. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 154 | Year: 1921 |
| In jail, surgery, church, on TV she 'signs' for the Deaf. | Carlstrom, Kathern | Person | Seattle Times | Mag., p. 4 | Month: 05 Day: 27 Year: 1973 |
| Bud Carlton. | Carlton, Bud | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | vol 5, p. 128 | Year: 1975 |
| Obituary | Carlton, Loyal Herbert | Person | Cowlitz County Advocate | Month: 07 Day: 5 Year: 1979 | |
| Rose E. Carlton services today. | Carlton, Rose E. | Person | Mount Adams Sun | Month: 07 Day: 20 Year: 1967 | |
| F. J. Carlyle. | Carlyle, F. J. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 464 | |
| Rose Carlyle, 84, lifetime resident, dies of illness. | Carlyle, Rose (Mrs.) | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 01 Day: 12 Year: 1964 | |
| Carlyon, Carlyon -- There were two brothers: on left the family name on a street and beach.... | Carlyon family | Person | Daily Olympian | Totem, p. 6 | Month: 09 Day: 21 Year: 1980 |
| Edna L. Carlyon | Carlyon, Edna L. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 3 | Year: 1954 |
| Obituary. | Carlyon, Edna L. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2 | Month: 10 Day: 11 Year: 1954 |
| Obituary | Carlyon, Fred E. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 03 Day: 7 Year: 1956 | |
| Dr. Carlyon left valuable estate. | Carlyon, Phillip Henry (Dr.) | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 12 Day: 15 Year: 1946 | |
| Dr. Phillip Henry Carlyon | Carlyon, Phillip Henry (Dr.) | Person | Notable Men in Washington | p. 18 | |
| Obituary | Carmack, Ralph R. | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 08 Day: 1 Year: 1978 | |
| Estella Carman dies short of century mark. | Carman, Estella (Mrs.) | Person | Spokane Valley Herald | Month: 04 Day: 26 Year: 1962 | |
| Pioneer Life of Frank Loren Carman pioneer of Washington. | Carman, Frank Loren | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 29, p. 220-221 | |
| Joseph Lincoln Carman | Carman, Joseph Lincoln | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 122-126. | Year: 1916 |
| Joseph Lincoln Carman | Carman, Joseph Lincoln | Person | History of Washington | v.VI, p. 74-75 | Year: 1909 |
| Joseph L. Carman, Jr., Tacoma, dies. | Carman, Joseph Lincoln (Jr.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | ||
| Joseph Lincoln Carmen | Carman, Joseph Lincoln (Jr.) | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 126 | Year: 1916 |
| Obituary | Carman, Otto L. | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 06 Day: 13 Year: 1973 | |
| Rex L. Carman dies Sunday | Carman, Rexford L. | Person | Wapato Independent | Month: 05 Day: 28 Year: 1964 | |
| Discover of the Klondike lured by Snoqualmie gold; "The Carmike who emerged from the North, dripping with nuggets, was an honorable person..."; His love was always the great outdoors.... | Carmark, George | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Mag. Sec., p. 10-12 | Month: 08 Day: 18 Year: 1963 |
| Carmechael, Charles B. (Mrs.) | Carmechael, Charles B. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 32 | Month: 06 Day: 29 Year: 1951 |
| Obituary | Carmichael, Archie V. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 12 Day: 29 Year: 1981 | |
| The frozen truth. 1st of a series. | Carmichael, Brooke | Person | North Bend Record | Month: 10 Day: 8 Year: 1964 | |
| Series of reminiscences of Mr. Carmichael who came to the valley at the age of 9. | Carmichael, Brooke | Person | North Bend Record | Month: 10 Day: 22 Year: 1964 | |
| Bruce Carmichael claimed at 79. | Carmichael, Bruce | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 11 Day: 21 Year: 1967 | |
| Mrs. Carmichael and the Louden Brothers...founders of the Yakima City Creamery. | Carmichael, Colin (Mrs.) | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | vol. 1, p. 34-36 | Year: 1975 |
| E. Carmichael, 82, Auburn pioneer, dies November 16. | Carmichael, Estella Richmond (Mrs.) | Person | Auburn Globe News | Month: 11 Day: 23 Year: 1960 | |
| E. Carmichael, 82, Auburn pioneer, dies November 16. | Carmichael, Estella Richmond (Mrs.) | Person | Auburn Sun | Month: 11 Day: 24 Year: 1960 | |
| Yakima gets new mayor. | Carmichael, Lynn | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-23 | Month: 01 Day: 10 Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Carmichael, Walter | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 12 Day: 19 Year: 1967 | |
| Walter Carmichael dead at 88. | Carmichael, Walter | Person | ? | Year: 1967 | |
| Walter S. Carmin | Carmin, Walter S. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 93 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Carmin, Walter S. | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 04 Day: 22 Year: 1971 | |
| Obituary | Carmody, Harriett I. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-12 | Month: 01 Day: 4 Year: 1983 |
| John D. Carmody, insurance counsel, dies at 83. | Carmody, John D. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 09 Day: 28 Year: 1966 | |
| John D. Carmody, insurance counsel, dies at 83. | Carmody, John D. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 22 | Month: 09 Day: 28 Year: 1966 |
| John D. Carmody | Carmody, John D. | Person | Cartoon: a reference book of Seattles Successful men | unpaged, Alphabetical. | Year: 1911 |
| Rites planned for Tom J. Carmody, 74. | Carmody, Tom J. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 77 | Month: 01 Day: 19 Year: 1969 |
| Obituary | Carnahan, Agnes Hubbard | Person | Nisqually Valley News | Month: 10 Day: 6 Year: 1960 | |
| Yakiman College aide leaving. | Carnahan, Orville D. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 10 | Month: 11 Day: 26 Year: 1969 |
| A quiet transition of leadership at Highline College. | Carnahan, Orville D. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-15 | Month: 09 Day: 21 Year: 1971 |