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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesuit Missionary Liguistics in the Pacific Northwest: A Comparative Study. | Cataldo, Joseph Marie (Father) | Person | Western Historical Quarterly | p. 281+ | Month: 08 Year: 1990 |
| Bicentennial Biographies... Father Joseph Marie Cataldo. | Cataldo, Joseph Marie (Father) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-4 | Month: 11 Day: 7 Year: 1975 |
| Former regent R. Mort Frayn, Sr. recognized for UW service. | Catanzaro, Marci | Person | Washington Alumnus | p. 18 | Month: Day: Year: 1988 |
| C. E. Catching. | Catching, C. E. | Person | History of King County | v. IV, p. 142-144 | Year: 1929 |
| Catching, C. E. | Catching, C. E. | Person | History of King County | v. IV, p. 142-144 | Year: 1929 |
| Cate, 30, finally catches on with big-time women's crew. | Cate, Margie | Person | Seattle Times | p. F-2 | Month: 05 Day: 4 Year: 1982 |
| C. Clark Cater | Cater, C. Clark | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | Photo only p. 143 | Year: 1936 |
| Death claims woman pioneer. | Cater, Catherine (Mrs.) | Person | Grant County Journal | Month: 06 Day: 23 Year: 1966 | |
| Catherine Cater area pioneer, buried at Marlin. | Cater, Catherine (Mrs.) | Person | Odessa Record | Month: 06 Day: 20 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Cates, F. S. "Clystie" | Person | Sumner News Review | Month: 04 Day: 2 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Cates, F. S. "Clystie" | Person | Enumclaw Courier-Herald | Month: 03 Day: 27 Year: 1986 | |
| Spencer Cates. | Cates, Spencer | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 25, p. 98-102 | |
| Cathcart, Anna May | Cathcart, Anna May | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 9 | Month: 03 Day: 16 Year: 1956 |
| Population surge to work for Mrs. Cathcart. | Cathcart, Eva Gregg (Mrs.) | Person | East Side Journal (Kirkland, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 26 Year: 1961 | |
| Life in Snohomish: Ike Cathcart stands out as legend od Snohomish Country. | Cathcart, Ike | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 10 | Month: 01 Day: 11 Year: 1959 |
| Cathcart, William | Cathcart, William | Person | Everett Daily Herald | Month: 03 Day: 12 Year: 1959 | |
| 90th Birthday celebration. | Cathey, Frank (Mrs.) | Person | Highline Times | Month: 09 Day: 1 Year: 1960 | |
| Sidney H. Cathey | Cathey, Sidney H. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 220-221 | Year: 1921 |
| Thomas L. Cathey. | Cathey, Thomas L. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 236-237 | Year: 1921 |
| F.W. Catlett, community leader, dies. | Catlett, Fred W. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 03 Day: 27 Year: 1961 | |
| Catlett funeral set tomarrow. | Catlett, Nancy Kate (Mrs.) | Person | Spokane Chronicle | Month: 02 Day: 4 Year: 1965 | |
| Catlin, Adam | Catlin, Adam | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 466 | Year: 1888 |
| Adam Catlin | Catlin, Adam | Person | History of Clarke county Washington Territory | p. 391 | Year: 1885 |
| Obituary: Pioneer of Cowlitz. | Catlin, Adam | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 10 Day: 16 Year: 1907 | |
| Rite slated at Winlock. | Catlin, Anna (Mrs.) | Person | Chronicle (The Dalles, Oregon) | Month: 12 Day: 1 Year: 1967 | |
| Catlin, Claude | Catlin, Claude | Person | Ellensburg Record | Month: 03 Day: 28 Year: 1958 | |
| Obituary | Catlin, Ernest Bruce | Person | Chinook Observer | Month: 06 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary | Catlin, Ernest Bruce | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 16 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary | Catlin, Ernest Bruce | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 15 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary | Catlin, Ernest Bruce | Person | Ilwaco Tribune | Month: 06 Day: 17 Year: 1960 | |
| Frederick Catlin | Catlin, Frederick | Person | History of Clarke county Washington Territory | p. 391 | Year: 1885 |
| Seth Catlin | Catlin, Seth | Person | History of Clarke county Washington Territory | p. 391 | Year: 1885 |
| Pioneer Seth Catlin died 100 years ago Sunday | Catlin, Seth | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 25 Year: 1965 | |
| Seth Catlin. | Catlin, Seth | Person | Washington State Historcal Society Publication | v. 2, p. 385 | |
| Catlin, Seth and wife | Catlin, Seth | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 218 | Year: 1980 |
| Harry Catling | Catling, Harry | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 133 | Year: 1920 |
| Adeline Catlow rites scheduled tomarrow. | Catlow, Adeline J. | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-7 | Month: 04 Day: 9 Year: 1971 |
| Living history: Walter Catlow of Ephata. | Catlow, Walter | Person | Columbia Basin Herald | Month: 03 Day: 2 Year: 1989 | |
| Mattie Caton, popular pioneer resident, dies at age of 89. | Caton, Mattie E. | Person | Port Townsend Leader | Month: 06 Day: 19 Year: 1969 | |
| N. T. Caton | Caton, Nathon T. (Hon.) | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 464 | Year: 1888 |
| Hon. Nathan T. Caton | Caton, Nathon T. (Hon.) | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 432 - 433 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Catterall, Lucille Evelyn | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 01 Day: 5 Year: 1973 | |
| John Cattereal, area pioneer, succumbs Friday | Cattereal, John D. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 01 Day: 13 Year: 1962 | |
| T. L. Catterson, M. D. | Catterson, Thomas L. (M. D.) | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 706-707 | Year: 1900 |
| Dr. Thomas L. Catterson | Catterson, Thomas L. (M. D.) | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 511-512 | Year: 1893 |
| Obituary | Cattle, Olive Maye | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 02 Day: 16 Year: 1970 | |
| Obituary | Catto, Alma Katherine | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 6 | Month: 08 Day: 25 Year: 1970 |
| Obituary | Catto, John L. "Jack" | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 04 Day: 8 Year: 1979 |
| A. literary legacy. | Catton, William | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 26 Year: 1986 | |
| W. M. Cattron | Cattron, W. M. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 588 | Year: 1894 |