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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Ames, Sr., labor leader,dies at meet | Ames, Harry James (Sr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 06 Day: 4 Year: 1957 | |
| Ames, Herbert | Ames, Herbert | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 142-143 | Year: 1982 |
| Ames, Janette Kaye (Smith) | Ames, Janette Kaye (Smith) | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p 138-142 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Ames, Joseph H. | Person | Seattle Times | p. F-7 | Month: 09 Day: 8 Year: 1972 |
| Obituary | Ames, Lillie Ann | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-6 | Month: 07 Day: 9 Year: 1978 |
| Ames, Purl | Ames, Purl | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book # 3, p. 100 | Year: 1977 |
| Centralian Succunbs | Ames, Rose B. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 19 Year: 1969 | |
| Sarah Smith Ames Obituary | Ames, Sarah Smith | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 01 Day: 12 Year: 1967 | |
| Mrs. Sarah S. Ames Dies at Garfield | Ames, Sarah Smith | Person | Palouse Republic | Month: 01 Day: 6 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Ames, Tora E. | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 12 Day: 29 Year: 1970 | |
| Ames, 82, Oakville farmer, passes. | Ames, True Robert | Person | Elma Chronicle | Month: 10 Day: 8 Year: 1959 | |
| Ames, Walt | Ames, Walt | Person | Northport Pioneers: echoes of the past from the upper Columbia | p. 129 | Year: 1981 |
| Ames, Will L. | Ames, Will L. | Person | Souvenir of the 5th Legislature of the State of Wash | p. 22 | Year: 1897 |
| Hey, the Demos are having a party. | Ames, William | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-22 | Month: 11 Day: 16 Year: 1986 |
| What started innocently, became an expose. | Amesley, Cassandra | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-6 | Month: 10 Day: 16 Year: 1976 |
| Amidon, E. H. 'Bud' | Amidon, E. H. 'Bud' | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 111 | Year: 1982 |
| Birthday Today | Amidon, Ellen | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 10 Day: 31 Year: 1960 | |
| Newsmaker of the month | Amiel, Shirley | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | A-8 | Month: 05 Day: 5 Year: 1975 |
| Child Rights: Shirley Amiel's concern not new. | Amiel, Shirley | Person | Seattle Times | Magazine p. 8 | Month: 05 Day: 11 Year: 1975 |
| She' Out to Defeat the Levies | Amiel, Shirley | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-3 | Month: 04 Day: 5 Year: 1975 |
| Levy Foe Takes A Tongue Lashing | Amiel, Shirley | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | A-6 | Month: 06 Day: 11 Year: 1975 |
| Suzanne Amira, Jewish Leader | Amira, Suzanne | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | pg 29 | Month: 04 Day: 21 Year: 1971 |
| Even the job finders are looking for work | Amira, Vic | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | C-10 | Month: 08 Day: 8 Year: 1982 |
| Ammeter, John | Ammeter, John | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 202-203 | Year: 1921 |
| Derby symbolic to ex-mayor | Amon, Alfred | Person | Tri-City Herald | Month: 11 Day: 13 Year: 1974 | |
| 'Mr Kennewick' leaving town after 71 years | Amon, Alfred | Person | Tri-City Herald | Month: 03 Day: 31 Year: 1977 | |
| Amon, Alfred | Amon, Alfred | Person | History of Southeast Washington Tapes: Excerpts from oral history tapes... | ||
| Amon, Alfred C., My History | Amon, Alfred C. | Person | Courier of the East Benton County Historical Society | p. 8 | Month: 04 Year: 1992 |
| Amon, Delbert Leroy | Amon, Delbert Leroy | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 338 | Year: 1904 |
| Amon's addition to Kennewick | Amon, Howard S. | Person | Courier of the East Benton County Historical Society | p 8-9 | Month: 10 Year: 1990 |
| A history of Howard S. Amon | Amon, Howard S. | Person | Courier of the East Benton County Historical Society | p 8-9 | Month: 10 Year: 1990 |
| Obituary | Amonson, Palmer O. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 10 Day: 6 Year: 1970 | |
| Obituary | Amoruso, Eva Belle | Person | Vancouver Columbian | Month: 01 Day: 8 Year: 1982 | |
| Pilgrimage of the Amos Family | Amos Family | Person | Confluence | p. 138 | Month: Day: Year: 1987 |
| The Amos Legacy: Part II a continuation. | Amos Family | Person | Confluence | p. 155 | Year: 1987 |
| Obituary | Amos, Kathryn Iffland | Person | Port Townsend Leader | Month: 06 Day: 8 Year: 1978 | |
| Obituary | Amos, Walter M. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 11 | Month: 06 Day: 3 Year: 1954 |
| Amos, William Harrison | Amos, William Harrison | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 16 | Year: 1920 |
| Amsbaugh, Charles E, | Amsbaugh, Charles E, | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 862 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Amsberry, Boyd | Person | Whidbey Record | Month: 11 Day: 16 Year: 1967 | |
| Amsberry, Boyd H. | Amsberry, Boyd H. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 158-159 | Year: 1921 |
| Amsberry, Frank William | Amsberry, Frank William | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 78-79 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Amsberry, Jonas Elmer | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 05 Day: 18 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Amsberry, Jonas Elmer | Person | Anacortes American | Month: 05 Day: 23 Year: 1968 | |
| Amsberry, Neil G. | Amsberry, Neil G. | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | 1915-late 1920s | Year: 1983 |
| Amsberry, William W. 'Bill' | Amsberry, William W. 'Bill' | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | 1915-late 1920s | Year: 1983 |
| Death Claims Guy R Amsden | Amsden, Guy Rollin | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 01 Day: 10 Year: 1969 | |
| Amsler, Herman | Amsler, Herman | Person | History of King County | v. IV, pp 375-376 | Year: 1929 |
| Amunds, Amund | Amunds, Amund | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 793 | Year: 1916 |
| Obituary | Amundsen, Anna | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 05 Day: 10 Year: 1979 |