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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John George Carroll | Carroll, John George | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | p. 52 | Year: 1927 |
| Kenneth Worth Carroll. | Carroll, Kenneth Worth | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 80-81 | Year: 1921 |
| Lee B. Carroll | Carroll, Lee B. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 158-159 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Carroll, Mabel I. | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 02 Day: 4 Year: 1982 | |
| Maude M. Carroll | Carroll, Maude M. Spriggs | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v.20, p. 151-152 | |
| Obituary | Carroll, Merritt W. | Person | Colfax Gazette Commoner | Month: 08 Day: 5 Year: 1965 | |
| New Market Chief is one of the Family: Mike Carroll, is a familiar face in Pike Place crowd. | Carroll, Mike | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-1 | Month: 04 Day: 12 Year: 1987 |
| Neil W. Carroll | Carroll, Neil W. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 113 | Year: 1920 |
| Carroll, Patrick Pittman | Carroll, Patrick Pittman | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 1058-1964 | Year: 1916 |
| Patrick Pittman Carroll | Carroll, Patrick Pittman | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 1058-1064. | Year: 1916 |
| Roy L. Carroll | Carroll, Roy L. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 151 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Carroll, Susan May | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 28 Year: 1978 | |
| Time marches on for Thomas Carroll and family. | Carroll, Thomas | Person | Seattle Times | p. 14 | Month: 12 Day: 13 Year: 1970 |
| Carroll, Thomas J. (Mrs.) | Carroll, Thomas J. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 59 | Month: 07 Day: 9 Year: 1958 |
| Carroll, William, deceased | Carroll, William | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 174 | Year: 1980 |
| William Ray Carroll | Carroll, William Ray | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 64-65 | Year: 1921 |
| Swearing-in of Mrs. Carroll as lawyer is valentine gift. | Carroll, Yvonne Peterson (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 02 Day: 14 Year: 1961 | |
| Mrs. George H Carruthers | Carruthers, Nettie (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 19 | Month: 12 Day: 19 Year: 1964 |
| Carruthers, Richard and wife | Carruthers, Richard | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 223 | Year: 1980 |
| Robert Carruthers | Carruthers, Robert | Person | Olympia Transcript | 3:03 | Month: 08 Day: 22 Year: 1868 |
| Aaron Carse, 68, Seattle native. | Carse, Aaron | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 27 | Month: 06 Day: 10 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary | Carsey, Lottie L. | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 28 Year: 1982 | |
| Wayne Carsey Family. | Carsey, Wayne | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 148-149 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary: Widow of pioneer surgeon dies. | Carskadden, Gladys I. (Mrs.) | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 06 Day: 1 Year: 1974 | |
| Dr. Henry A Carskadden, 81, dies in Oak Harbor. | Carskadden, Henry A. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-12 | Month: 10 Day: 14 Year: 1970 |
| Carsner, Arthur | Carsner, Arthur | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | p. 8 | Month: 09 Day: 19 Year: 1955 |
| Obituary | Carsner, Francis M. | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 4 Year: 1964 | |
| Obituary | Carsner, Nathaniel 'Dan' | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1971 | |
| Carson, Annie Laurie (Mrs.) | Carson, Annie Laurie (Mrs.) | Person | Columbian & Sun | Month: 07 Day: 14 Year: 1959 | |
| City gains ballet devotee. | Carson, Barbara | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 24 | Month: 10 Day: 6 Year: 1969 |
| C. W. Carson. | Carson, C. W. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 377 | Year: 1900 |
| Obituary | Carson, Carl W. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 47 | Month: 05 Day: 24 Year: 1953 |
| She was honored on her 100 birthday. | Carson, Carrie Pearl | Person | Olympian | p. B-1 | Month: 01 Day: 23 Year: 1983 |
| E.W. Carson | Carson, E. W. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 453-454 | Year: 1900 |
| Carson, Ellen Josephine (Mrs.) | Carson, Ellen Josephine (Mrs.) | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 18 Year: 1959 | |
| Diplomat for land-use wars -- He's "enviromental mediator". | Carson, Eric | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-12 | Month: 02 Day: 14 Year: 1980 |
| 90th birthday party will honor Carson. | Carson, Harvey | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 13 Year: 1986 | |
| The Pioneer Dead 1912. | Carson, Isaac | Person | Washington Historical Quarterly | v. 4, no. 1, p. 37 | Month: 01 Year: 1913 |
| Hon. James W. Carson | Carson, James M. (Hon.) | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 486-487 | Year: 1893 |
| Carson, John | Carson, John | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 97 | Year: 1980 |
| John Willis Carson. | Carson, John Willis | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 183 | Year: 1920 |
| 90th birthday. | Carson, Margaret (Mrs.) | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | p. 10 | Month: 07 Day: 26 Year: 1955 |
| Obituary | Carson, Martha | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 9 Year: 1984 | |
| Obituary | Carson, Martha E. | Person | Ellensburg Daily Record | Month: 01 Day: 29 Year: 1969 | |
| Funeral rites set for Ralph E. Carson, 81. | Carson, Ralph E. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 45 | Month: 12 Day: 7 Year: 1964 |
| Old radio resurrected in ham's basement. | Carson, Randy | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-1 | Month: 12 Day: 9 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Carson, Susie Bonita | Person | Columbia Basin Herald | Month: 08 Day: 3 Year: 1972 | |
| David Carstairs dies in Seattle. | Carstairs, David | Person | Shelton-Mason County Journal | Month: 12 Day: 28 Year: 1967 | |
| Pioneer teacher fies in Seattle. | Carstairs, Margaret | Person | Shelton-Mason County Journal | Month: 08 Day: 10 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Carstairs, Margaret | Person | Seattle Times | p. 74 | Month: 08 Day: 6 Year: 1967 |