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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 | Carnahan, Willard H. | Person | Whitman-Latah Record (Palouse, Wash.) | Month: 12 Day: 14 Year: 1978 | |
| JoAnne Carner: one of a kind. | Carner, JoAnne Gunderson | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-6 | Month: 01 Day: 29 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Carnes, Clara M. | Person | Daily Sun News (Sunnyside, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 9 Year: 1990 | |
| Music from the spheres -- Count Carnette gets little help from his friends, Mozart and Liszt. | Carnette (Count) | Person | Weekly (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 11 | Month: Day: Year: 1979 |
| John J. Carney | Carney, John J. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 466-467 | Year: 1917 |
| Obituary | Carney, Nina A. | Person | Ellensburg Record | Month: 04 Year: 1977 | |
| Carnine and Tippery Family Reunion is held Sunday 1940 | Carnine family | Person | Cowlitz County Historical Quarterly | p. 12-13 | Month: 02 Year: 1971 |
| Stories about the Carnine family. | Carnine family, | Person | Cowlitz County Historical Quarterly | p. 11-25 | Month: 09 Year: 1872 |
| Carnine, Charles P. | Carnine, Charles P. | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 12 Day: 17 Year: 1958 | |
| Obituary | Carnine, Earl C. | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 4 Year: 1978 | |
| Mrs. Carnine, 99, pioneer area resident, dies. | Carnine, Ella May | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 12 Year: 1968 | |
| Mrs. Carnine, 99, pioneer area resident, dies. | Carnine, Ella May | Person | Cowlitz County Advocate | Month: 02 Day: 15 Year: 1968 | |
| Her diary -- Emma Carnine, 1864-1956 | Carnine, Emma | Person | Cowlitz County Historical Quarterly | p. 30 | Month: Day: Year: 1981 |
| Castle Rock pioneer observes 97th birthday. | Carnine, May (Mrs.) | Person | Cowlitz County Advocate | Month: 12 Day: 2 Year: 1965 | |
| She's 99 years young. | Carnine, Minnie | Person | World | Month: 10 Day: 15 Year: 1970 | |
| Obituary | Carnine, Minnie | Person | Cowlitz County Advocate | Month: 10 Day: 16 Year: 1975 | |
| Obituary | Carns, Ada W. | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 12 Day: 1 Year: 1977 | |
| Obituary | Carns, John H. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 09 Day: 5 Year: 1978 | |
| Mrs. Henrietta S. Caro. | Caro, Henrietta S. (Mrs.) | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 10 Day: 28 Year: 1963 | |
| T. Carolan. | Carolan, T. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 611 | Year: 1894 |
| Ida and Harry Carolus Homestead; A Hartline showcase. | Carolus, Harry | Person | Gold Historian | p. 20-33 | Month: Day: Year: 1983 |
| Obituary | Carolus, William R. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 02 Day: 7 Year: 1980 | |
| The Goldmark case: A study in political ideology. | Caron, Donald | Person | Pacific Northwest Forum | p. 51 | Month: Day: Year: 1992 |
| Sheriff's top aide Caron 'has had it'. | Caron, Dwight | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-1 | Month: 06 Day: 19 Year: 1978 |
| Wed at Olympia; both popular young people | Carothers family | Person | Kelso Journal | p. 1 | Month: 05 Day: 12 Year: 1911 |
| F. M. Carothers dies at home in Kelso. | Carothers family | Person | Daily Tribune | Month: 01 Day: 21 Year: 1938 | |
| Kelso's oldest grocery store will close doors tomarrow. | Carothers family | Person | Daily Tribune | Month: 01 Day: 21 Year: 1938 | |
| Obituary | Carothers, Frank | Person | Pullman Herald | Month: 10 Day: 22 Year: 1988 | |
| Obituary | Carothers, Grace Pearl | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 07 Day: 9 Year: 1981 | |
| Mark W. Carothers. | Carothers, Mark W. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 183 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Carothers, William H. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 02 Day: 17 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Carothers, William H. | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 02 Day: 18 Year: 1986 | |
| Services held for Emil Carow. | Carow, Emil A. | Person | Sunnyside Sun | Month: 07 Day: 1 Year: 1976 | |
| Investor finds in-city apartments 'Big Leaque'. | Carpenito, Joe | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-7 | Month: 03 Day: 16 Year: 1969 |
| June's Journal: The Marine sergeant's Not rough 'n tough. | Carpenito, Phyllis | Person | Seattle Times | p. S-8 | Month: 11 Day: 27 Year: 1966 |
| Ernie Carpenter farms homestead. | Carpenter family | Person | Omak Chronicle | Month: 01 Day: 27 Year: 1977 | |
| Obituary | Carpenter, Aaran Ira | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 05 Day: 27 Year: 1964 | |
| Obituary | Carpenter, Aaran Ira | Person | Granite Falls Press | Month: 06 Day: 4 Year: 4964 | |
| Rainbow of wool has taken over their lives. | Carpenter, Abbey | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest People, p. 4 | Month: 04 Day: 3 Year: 1983 |
| Meet your Pioneers --- Adeline Carpenter. | Carpenter, Adeline | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 09 Day: 23 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Carpenter, Adline M. "Addie" | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-6 | Month: 05 Day: 28 Year: 1976 |
| Meet your Pioneers --- Ai Carpenter. | Carpenter, Ai | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 09 Day: 21 Year: 1961 | |
| Tales of Snoqualmie pioneers. | Carpenter, Annie | Person | Bellevue Journal American | Month: 02 Day: 7 Year: 1981 | |
| Seventy yeas ago Mrs. Annie Carpenter became a pioneer of the Snoqualmie Valley. | Carpenter, Annie S. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Mag. | Month: 11 Day: 30 Year: 1958 |
| Okanogan County had its own Christmas 'baby'. | Carpenter, Arthur R. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Mag. Sec., p. 7 | Month: 12 Day: 20 Year: 1964 |
| Obituary | Carpenter, Asa D. | Person | Yakima Daily Republic | Month: 10 Day: 24 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Carpenter, Benjanim E. | Person | Camas-Washougal Post-Record | Month: 06 Day: 26 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Carpenter, Bertha (Mrs.) | Person | Yakima Daily Republic | Month: 08 Day: 31 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary | Carpenter, Bessie | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 03 Day: 24 Year: 1980 | |
| Obituary | Carpenter, Charles | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 08 Day: 13 Year: 1977 |