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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 | Chalmers, Leon E. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 29 Year: 1978 | |
| Samuel Bucknam Chaloner | Chaloner, Samuel Bucknam | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v.1, p. 479 | Year: 1903 |
| No desire to shut smelter... | Chalupnik, Janet | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-10 | Month: 05 Day: 27 Year: 1977 |
| Santucci and Chamaty: Our diamond industry's odd couple. | Chamaty, Isaac | Person | Seattle Business Journal (Seattle Wash.) | p. 30 | Month: 02 Year: 1985 |
| Chamberlain's remember Sunnyside right from the start. | Chamberlain family | Person | Sunnyside Sun | Month: 07 Day: 27 Year: 1989 | |
| Rites set for Mrs Gering K. Chamberlain. | Chamberlain, Helen D. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 17 | Month: 07 Day: 10 Year: 1964 |
| James L. Chamberlain | Chamberlain, James L. | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 22, p. 102-104 | |
| Joseph Chamberlain Family | Chamberlain, Joseph | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 152 | Year: 1982 |
| Mrs. Martin Chamberlain succumbs. | Chamberlain, Louise Nichols (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 08 Day: 13 Year: 1961 | |
| Ph.D., 48, now a high-school grad, Class of '52. | Chamberlain, Norman F. | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-1 | Month: 10 Day: 19 Year: 1981 |
| Robert Chamberlain Family. | Chamberlain, Robert | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 152 | Year: 1982 |
| Bob Chamberlain, Pioneer County resident; funeral Tuesday. | Chamberlain, Robert Homer | Person | Enterprise (White Salmon, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 31 Year: 1962 | |
| Mrs. Rosa Chamberlain, 80, taken by death at Seattle. | Chamberlain, Rosa M. (Mrs.) | Person | Yakima Morning Herald | Month: 03 Day: 4 Year: 1961 | |
| Chamberlaine, J. B. | Chamberlaine, J. B. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 465 | Year: 1888 |
| A colorful way of life seems perfect for painting. | Chamberlin, Bob | Person | Daily Olympian | totem, p. 6 | Month: 07 Day: 19 Year: 1981 |
| Charles Chamberlin taken by death. Rites at 3:30 Friday. | Chamberlin, Charles | Person | Columbia Basin Herald | Month: 03 Day: 9 Year: 1967 | |
| Charles H. Chamberlin | Chamberlin, Charles H. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 228-229 | Year: 1904 |
| Charles Morton Chamberlin | Chamberlin, Charles Morton | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 23, p. 73-74 | |
| Charles P. Chamberlin | Chamberlin, Charles P. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 464-465 | Year: 1900 |
| Chas. L. Chamberlin | Chamberlin, Chas. L. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 213 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Chamberlin, Eugene B. | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 11 Day: 16 Year: 1978 | |
| H. G. Chamberlin | Chamberlin, H. G. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p.735 | Year: 1893 |
| Obituary | Chamberlin, Lola W. | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 07 Day: 26 Year: 1979 | |
| Graveside rite held. | Chamberlin, Lotus H. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 11 Year: 1970 | |
| Obituary | Chamberlin, Maude A. (Mrs.) | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | p. 14 | Month: 12 Day: 18 Year: 1968 |
| Rhoda Chamberlin | Chamberlin, Rhoda | Person | Statesman-Examiner (Colville, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 3 Year: 1967 | |
| Chambers family | Chambers family | Person | Oral History interview with G. Noyes Talcott, May 14-July 22, 1975 | Month: Day: Year: 1975 | |
| Pioneer left without gravestone | Chambers family, | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 10 Day: 1 Year: 1973 | |
| Chambers family, | Chambers family, | Person | Mrs. Calhoun, daughter of Andrew Chambers | typescript, 1 p. | Month: 10 Day: 1 Year: 1965 |
| Historic Chambers House 113 years old razed. | Chambers family, | Person | Olympia News | Month: 02 Day: 3 Year: 1966 | |
| Tablet unveiled on site of Old Block House. | Chambers family, | Person | Olympia News | Month: 10 Day: 31 Year: 1929 | |
| Obituary of Anita Chambers Johnston, born in Lacey, Wash. | Chambers family, | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 09 Day: 4 Year: 1962 | |
| Death takes Chester Wiley. | Chambers family, | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 09 Day: 20 Year: 1963 | |
| Wash. Pioneer Assn. Roll | Chambers, A. H. | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| A. H. Chambers Packing Company Established in 1870 and the first on the entire Pacific Coast. | Chambers, A. H. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 11 Day: 20 Year: 1937 | |
| Wash. Pioneer Asssn. Roll | Chambers, A. J. | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Wash. Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Chambers, A. J. (Mrs.) | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Andrew Chambers | Chambers, Andrew | Person | Tillicum Tales of Thurston County | p. 147-163 | Year: 1914 |
| Tablet unveiled on site of Old Block House - Olympia News Oct. 31, 1929. | Chambers, Andrew | Person | Told by the Pioneers | v. 1, p. 146-148 | Year: 1937 |
| Chambers, Andrew J. | Chambers, Andrew J. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 9 | Year: 1980 |
| Chambers, Andrew J. | Chambers, Andrew J. | Person | Thurston County Pioneers before 1870. | Mss Micro 134 | |
| Obituary: Andrew J. Chambers, pioneer of 1847. | Chambers, Andrew J. | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 04 Day: 26 Year: 1908 | |
| Mrs. Viretta Denny | Chambers, Andrew Jackson | Person | Told by the Pioneers | v. 3, p. 75-76 | Year: 1938 |
| Obituary | Chambers, Andrew James | Person | Olympia News | Month: 07 Day: 7 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary | Chambers, Andrew James | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 07 Day: 8 Year: 1960 | |
| Andwarth H. Chambers | Chambers, Andwarth H. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 821-822 | Year: 1893 |
| Mrs. Joseph E. Chambers. | Chambers, Bertha L. (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 06 Day: 18 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary | Chambers, Bessie | Person | Ellensburg Daily Record | Month: 10 Day: 23 Year: 1967 | |
| Humanists question new right. | Chambers, Bette | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-1 | Month: 04 Day: 4 Year: 1981 |
| He carves pipe dreams -- His beautiful pipes have attracted thieves as well as admirers. | Chambers, Brandon | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-1 | Month: 10 Day: 27 Year: 1980 |