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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. M. Chandler | Chandler, W. M. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 494 | Year: 1893 |
| Obituary | Chandler, Walter | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 11 Day: 20 Year: 1972 | |
| William D. Chandler | Chandler, William D. | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 780-781 | Year: 1916 |
| I was a third generation pioneer. | Chandler, Winfred B. | Person | Oregon Business Review | p. 208-217 | Month: 09 Year: 1965 |
| Tiny Indian woman scientist fills triple roll. | Chandrasekhar, Kamalaven | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. S-6 | Month: 02 Day: 13 Year: 1966 |
| Grace Bratton Chaney | Chaney, Grace Bratton | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 154 | Year: 1982 |
| Maud Chaney will celebrate 100th birthday. | Chaney, Maud | Person | Latah-Whitman Republic | Month: 02 Day: 1 Year: 1990 | |
| Demo Chairman sees merit in One-Chamber Legislature. | Chaney, Neale V. | Person | Argus Magazine (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 5 | Month: 04 Day: 13 Year: 1973 |
| Chaney is elected State Democratic Chairman. | Chaney, Neale V. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 02 Day: 16 Year: 1970 |
| Neale Chaney, Seattle, is Chairman of State Democrats. | Chaney, Neale V. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-6 | Month: 02 Day: 15 Year: 1970 |
| Chaney leaving Democratic job? He's mum. | Chaney, Neale V. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-9 | Month: 02 Day: 5 Year: 1978 |
| Chaney named regional head of federal emergency agency. | Chaney, Neale V. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-15 | Month: 06 Day: 28 Year: 1979 |
| The magma beneath disaster relief: Gov. Ray vs. Chaney. | Chaney, Neale V. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-11 | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1980 |
| A bid to Chaney. | Chaney, Neale V. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-3 | Month: 06 Day: 26 Year: 1978 |
| Chaney, Robert | Chaney, Robert | Person | Yakima Sunday Herald | p. 1 | Month: 06 Day: 19 Year: 1955 |
| Henry Yelser: literary matchmaker. | Chaney, W. H. (Professor) | Person | Seattle Times | Magazine sec. p. 5 | Month: 03 Day: 17 Year: 1974 |
| Korean cooking success story. | Chang, Pao | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-11 | Month: 09 Day: 26 Year: 1976 |
| W. G. Chansler taken by death. | Chansler, William George | Person | Pullman Herald | Month: 10 Day: 7 Year: 1965 | |
| David M. Chapel | Chapel, David M. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 466 | Year: 1904 |
| Burrell W. Chapin | Chapin, Burrell W. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 213 | Year: 1904 |
| Earl Chapin | Chapin, Earl | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 9 | Month: 01 Day: 30 Year: 1964 |
| Mildred and Stuart Chapin | Chapin, F. Stuart (Jr.) | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 154 | Year: 1982 |
| Herman Chapin | Chapin, Herman | Person | Cartoon: a reference book of Seattles Successful men | unpaged - alphabetical | Year: 1911 |
| Herman Chapin | Chapin, Herman | Person | History of Seattle | v. II, p. 727-728 | Year: 1916 |
| Chapin, Herman | Chapin, Herman | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | p. 54 | Year: 1927 |
| Herman Chapin | Chapin, Herman | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 201-202 | Year: 1917 |
| Mrs. E. T. Chapin succumbs | Chapin, Mabel K. (Mrs.) | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 05 Day: 11 Year: 1970 | |
| Mildred and Stuart Chapin | Chapin, Mildred L. Canfield (Mrs.) | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 154 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Chapin, Theo | Person | Statesman-Examiner (Colville, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 17 Year: 1975 | |
| Obituary | Chaplin, Florance May | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 14 | Month: 05 Day: 20 Year: 1969 |
| John R. Chaplin. | Chaplin, John R. | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v. 1, p. 412-414 | Year: 1903 |
| Why I wrote Solidarity Forever. | Chaplin, Ralph | Person | American West | p. 18-27 | Month: 01 Year: 1968 |
| Why I wrote solidarity forever | Chaplin, Ralph | Person | American West | p. 18-27 | Month: 01 Year: 1968 |
| Coming to Kalama - by train. | Chapman family | Person | Cowlitz County Historical Quarterly | vol 32, no. 1, p. 20 | Year: 1990 |
| A. B. Chapman | Chapman, A. B. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 162 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Chapman, Anna B. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 12 Day: 8 Year: 1978 | |
| Obituary | Chapman, Anna E. (Mrs.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | p. 20 | Month: 02 Day: 2 Year: 1954 |
| Obituary | Chapman, Audrey A. | Person | Federal Way News | Month: 07 Day: 1 Year: 1981 | |
| Chapman, Enoch and Belinda. | Chapman, Belinda (Mrs.) | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 239 | Year: 1980 |
| Benjamin M. Chapman | Chapman, Benjamin M. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 815-816 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Chapman, Blanche Inez | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 14 Year: 1970 | |
| Chapman turns sharp right on his road to White House. | Chapman, Bruce | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-27 | Month: 07 Day: 24 Year: 1983 |
| Chapman's vital role as Reagan's top 'family man'. | Chapman, Bruce | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-17 | Month: 06 Day: 2 Year: 1985 |
| Mr Chapman goes to Vienna. | Chapman, Bruce | Person | Weekly (Seattle, Wash.) | Month: Day: Year: 1985 | |
| State has a new Secretary of State. | Chapman, Bruce | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-1 | Month: 01 Day: 16 Year: 1975 |
| If I (ha ha) were Mayor (ho ho). | Chapman, Bruce | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-8 | Month: 01 Day: 30 Year: 1973 |
| No title | Chapman, Bruce | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 19 | Month: 04 Day: 26 Year: 1971 |
| Chapman gets post on White House Staff. | Chapman, Bruce | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-5 | Month: 07 Day: 12 Year: 1983 |
| Chapman sworn in. | Chapman, Bruce | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-21 | Month: 11 Day: 30 Year: 1971 |
| Gorton of Gloucester: our newist senator, leaves little to luck: His destiny proceeds from design. | Chapman, Bruce | Person | Seattle Times | Pacific Magazine | Month: 07 Day: 10 Year: 1983 |