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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effie Caves, pioneer of state, dies. | Caves, Effie (Mrs.) | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 11 Day: 24 Year: 1959 | |
| Mrs. James Cavin. | Cavin, Audrey Etta (Mrs.) | Person | Yakima Daily Republic | Month: 04 Day: 15 Year: 1963 | |
| The pioneer dead of 1915. | Cavitt, Lydia (Mrs.) | Person | Washington Historical Quarterly | v. 7, no. 1, p. 54 | Month: 01 Year: 1916 |
| Obituary | Cavitt, Richard H. | Person | Camas-Washougal Post-Record | Month: 02 Day: 5 Year: 1969 | |
| Mrs. Karl V. H. Cavnah | Cavnah, Kitty M. Ferris (Mrs.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 11 Day: 16 Year: 1964 | |
| James W. Cawdrey | Cawdrey, James W. | Person | Pictorial Sketch of the Puget Sound Area and its B | p. 84 | Year: 1960 |
| Mrs Cawsey, 78, dies Saturday. | Cawsey, Ada Howarth (Mrs.) | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 11 Day: 7 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Cawsey, Laura Estelle (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 59 | Month: 05 Day: 16 Year: 1954 |
| Cay brothers family (Levi, Perry, Elias, Wesley), Dungeness Vally Pioneers. | Cay, Levi | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 37, p. 93-95 | |
| Fishing brothers hold West Seattle reunion. | Cayafas, Nicholas "Nick" | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-2 | Month: 01 Day: 1 Year: 1971 |
| Nick the Greek always will sail with the Carrousel. | Cayafas, Nicholas "Nick" | Person | Seattle Times | Sunday Mag. P. 11 | Month: 03 Day: 18 Year: 1973 |
| Faces of the City: Old Nick full of Old nick. | Cayafas, Nicholas "Nick" | Person | Seattle Times | p. 22 | Month: 10 Day: 7 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary: Ben Cayou | Cayou, Benjamin H. | Person | Whidbey Record | Month: 05 Day: 18 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Cayou, General Scott | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 03 Day: 29 Year: 1965 | |
| Cayou, Henry Thomas | Cayou, Henry Thomas | Person | Orcas Islander | Month: 04 Day: 30 Year: 1959 | |
| Cays Family | Cays family | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 33, p. 20-40 | |
| "Largest clan in Clallamn County" is title claimed by Cays; Four brothers were here in nineteenth century. | Cays family, | Person | Sequim Press | Month: 12 Day: 1 Year: 1960 | |
| Mrs. Alfred Lee Cays. | Cays, Emma Jane (Mrs.) | Person | Port Angeles Evening News | Month: 05 Day: 12 Year: 1965 | |
| Two Valley pioneer women call by death. Mrs. Cays and Mrs. Evans pass away. | Cays, Fannie E. | Person | Sequim Press | Month: 01 Day: 12 Year: 1961 | |
| Two Valley pioneer women call by death. Mrs. Cays and Mrs. Evans pass away. | Cays, Fannie E. | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 01 Day: 11 Year: 1961 | |
| Jane Cays horored on 90th birthday Nov 9th. | Cays, Jane | Person | Sequim Press | Month: 11 Day: 15 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Cays, Ray Estral | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 11 Day: 3 Year: 1989 | |
| Obituary | Cayton, Callie E. | Person | Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 12 Day: 4 Year: 1986 |
| Horace Cayton - Seattle's black pioneer publisher. | Cayton, Horace Roscoe (Jr.) | Person | Seattle Times | Magzine Sec., p. 8-9 | Month: 02 Day: 26 Year: 1978 |
| Horace Roscoe Cayton, Jr. | Cayton, Horace Roscoe (Jr.) | Person | Current Biography | p. 103-106 | Year: 1946 |
| An Autobiography | Cayton, Horace Roscoe (Jr.) | Person | Long Old Road | Year: 1965 | |
| Cayton, Horace Roscoe (Jr.) | Cayton, Horace Roscoe (Jr.) | Person | We Have Tomorrow | p. 26-33 | |
| Horace Cayton passes at 81. | Cayton, Horace Roscoe (Sr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 22, c. 3 | Month: 08 Day: 18 Year: 1940 |
| R. W. Cayton | Caywood, R. W. | Person | Souvenir of the 5th Legislature of the State of Wash | p. 24 | Year: 1897 |
| Plaster traces family back to Old Poland. | Cchelwamitkin, Polan | Person | Westside Record Journal (Ferndale, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 23 Year: 1986 | |
| Ethel Cearns dies at 75. | Cearns, Ethel M. | Person | Raymond Herald The Advertiser | p. 4 | Month: 06 Day: 4 Year: 1970 |
| Mrs. Robert Cease | Cease, Sarah M. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 41, sec. 3 | Month: 03 Day: 26 Year: 1963 |
| John Cecchi leads a band of volunteers. | Cecchi, Joan | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest, p. 8 | Month: 06 Day: 4 Year: 1978 |
| When two pieces fit together, it's time to watch the birds. | Cecil, Ann (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-2 | Month: 04 Day: 2 Year: 1979 |
| Samuel P. Cecil | Cecil, Samuel P. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 395-396 | Year: 1904 |
| When two pieces fit together, it's time to watch the birds. | Cecil, Stanley | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-2 | Month: 04 Day: 2 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Cedargreen, Flora M. | Person | South District Journal | Month: 06 Day: 4 Year: 1970 | |
| Norris R. Cederberg. | Cederberg, Norris R. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 124-125 | Year: 1921 |
| Mrs. Cederberg, pioneer, dies. | Cederberg, Selma N. (Mrs.) | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 09 Day: 29 Year: 1959 | |
| Obituary | Cedergree, Ruby Ford | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 12 Day: 11 Year: 1989 | |
| Cedergreens helped food industry grow. | Cedergreen family | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 07 Day: 13 Year: 1973 | |
| J. A. Cedergreen | Cedergreen, J. A. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 585 | Year: 1894 |
| Obituary | Cedergreen, Norman W. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-16 | Month: 07 Day: 17 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Cedergreen, Norman W. | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 07 Day: 17 Year: 1981 | |
| Centenarian remembers Gate City's bustling railroad hub. | Cedergreen, Susanna Sager | Person | Olympian | Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1987 | |
| Obituary | Cedergreen, Willard O. | Person | Snohomish County Tribune | Month: 09 Day: 13 Year: 1978 | |
| Francis Celentano. | Celentano, Francis | Person | 50 Northwest Artists | p. 32 | Year: 1983 |
| Frank Cenkovich | Cenkovich, Frank | Person | Ellensburg Daily Record | Special Section, p. 92 | Month: 11 Day: 9 Year: 1989 |
| Marten Cepa | Cepa, Marten | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 89 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary: Martin H. Cepa. | Cepa, Martin H. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 06 Day: 25 Year: 1974 |