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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 | Chambers, Cecil | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 12 Day: 15 Year: 1970 | |
| Clarence Conrad Chambers, 75. | Chambers, Clarence Conrad | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 08 Day: 16 Year: 1967 | |
| Wash. Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Chambers, D. J. | Person | Washington Standard | p.1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Chambers, David J. | Chambers, David J. | Person | Thurston County Pioneers before 1870. | Mss 134 | |
| Chambers David Jefferson. | Chambers, David Jefferson | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 1 | Year: 1980 |
| Dick Chambers Family | Chambers, Dick | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 152-153 | Year: 1982 |
| Dr. Chambers, Orthopedic Surgeon, dies. | Chambers, E. F. S. (M. D.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 10 Day: 23 Year: 1962 | |
| Wash. Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Chambers, Elizabeth (Mrs.) | Person | Washington Standard | p.1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Chambers, Elizabeth Harrison | Chambers, Elizabeth Harrison | Person | Thurston County Pioneers before 1870. | Mss 134 | |
| Chambers, Esther | Chambers, Esther | Person | Small World of Our Own | p. 20 | Year: 1985 |
| Mrs. Arthur K. Chambers. | Chambers, Francis LaVerne (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 11 | Month: 07 Day: 30 Year: 1963 |
| Frank Chambers | Chambers, Frank | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 566 | Year: 1894 |
| Early Settlers | Chambers, Frank W. | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 3, p. 102 | Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Chambers, Harvey James | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 20 | Month: 11 Day: 17 Year: 1968 |
| Obituary | Chambers, Ida | Person | Pierce County Herald | Month: 12 Day: 8 Year: 1990 | |
| Chambers, J. Leo | Chambers, J. Leo | Person | Genealogical File, J. Leo Chambers. | Typescipt 1 p. | |
| Chambers, John | Chambers, John | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 41 | Year: 1980 |
| Chambers resigns as Deputy Mayor. | Chambers, John | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-3 | Month: 09 Day: 5 Year: 1973 |
| Chambers quits city job, returns to county. | Chambers, John | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-1 | Month: 09 Day: 5 Year: 1973 |
| Obituary | Chambers, John E. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 12 Day: 5 Year: 1978 | |
| Chambers, Joseph | Chambers, Joseph | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 23, p. 65-68 | |
| Chambers, Thomas M. and the heirs-at-law of his deceased wife Letitia. | Chambers, Letitia (Mrs.) | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 102 | Year: 1980 |
| Letitia Denzel Chambers | Chambers, Letitia Dezel | Person | Incidents in the Life of a Pioneer Woman : True St | p. 137-139 | Year: 1975 |
| Chambers, Margaret W. | Chambers, Margaret W. | Person | Thurston County Pioneers before 1870. | Mss 134 Mss Micro | |
| Obituary | Chambers, Myrtle | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 04 Day: 21 Year: 1981 |
| Nellie G. Chambers lived in Mount Vernon most of her 90 years. | Chambers, Nellie G. | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 07 Day: 26 Year: 1969 | |
| Nellie G. Chambers lived in Mount Vernon most of her 90 years. | Chambers, Nellie G. | Person | Puget Sound Mail | Month: 08 Day: 7 Year: 1969 | |
| Nellie G. Chambers lived in Mount Vernon most of her 90 years. | Chambers, Nellie G. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 07 Day: 24 Year: 1969 | |
| Obituary | Chambers, Raleigh Schott | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 12 Day: 11 Year: 1980 | |
| Obituary | Chambers, Raleigh Schott | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-3 | Month: 12 Day: 11 Year: 1980 |
| Early Settlers | Chambers, Riley | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 3, p. 102 | |
| Obituary | Chambers, Ruth | Person | Magnolia News | Month: 11 Day: 10 Year: 1976 | |
| T. J. Chambers | Chambers, T. J. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 731 | Year: 1894 |
| Chambers, Thomas | Chambers, Thomas | Person | Thurston County Pioneers before 1870. | Mss 134 Mss Micro | |
| Death takes Chester Wiley. | Chambers, Thomas (Judge) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 09 Day: 20 Year: 1963 | |
| UP School dedicated to Judge Chambers. | Chambers, Thomas (Judge) | Person | Suburban Times (Tacoma, Wash.) | ||
| Pioneer Deaths in 1957. (Thurston County) | Chambers, Thomas E. | Person | Pioneer deaths in 1957. | p. 1 | |
| Chambers, Thomas J. | Chambers, Thomas J. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 1 | Year: 1980 |
| Thomas J. Chambers | Chambers, Thomas J. | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol 29, p. 172-174 | |
| Chambers, Thomas M. and the heirs-at-law of his deceased wife Letitia. | Chambers, Thomas M. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 102 | Year: 1980 |
| Chambers, Thomas M. | Chambers, Thomas M. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Mag., p. 2 | Month: 03 Day: 11 Year: 1951 |
| Obituary: Thomas M. Chambers. | Chambers, Thomas M. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 07 Day: 1 Year: 1923 | |
| Mrs. Veretta Denny. | Chambers, Thomas M. | Person | Told by the Pioneers | v. 3, p. 75-76 | Year: 1938 |
| Obituary: McLain Chambers. | Chambers, Thompson McLain | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 11 Day: 18 Year: 1916 | |
| The Pioneer Dead of 1916 | Chambers, Thompson McLain | Person | Washington Historical Quarterly | v. 8, no, 1, p. 38 | Month: 01 Year: 1917 |
| Chambers, Thompson McLain | Chambers, Thompson McLain | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 11 | Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Chambers, Walter | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1955 |
| Rites held for Mrs. Minnie Chamness, 62. | Chamness, Minnie (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 35 | Month: 11 Day: 18 Year: 1963 |
| Rites held for Mrs. Minnie Chamness, 62 | Chamness, Minnie (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 35 | Month: 11 Day: 18 Year: 1963 |
| Champ, John W. | Champ, John W. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 63 | Year: 1980 |