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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry M. Charroin | Charroin, Harry M. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 28-29 | Year: 1921 |
| James Hunter Charroin | Charroin, James Hunter | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 80-81 | Year: 1921 |
| "Auntie Bess" showered with Congradulations. | Charron, Bessie Hurlburt (Mrs.) | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 03 Day: 10 Year: 1972 | |
| "Auntie Bess" showered with Congradulations. | Charron, Bessie Hurlburt (Mrs.) | Person | Tonasket Tribune | Month: 03 Day: 9 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Charteris, Myrtle Shorey | Person | Montesano Vidette | Month: 06 Day: 21 Year: 1990 | |
| James Charters, flour miller, dies at 82. | Charters, James MacDowell | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 50 | |
| Rose G. Charters, Bakery Executive. | Charters, Rose Gilbreath (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. S-10 | Month: 09 Day: 6 Year: 1970 |
| Rose Charters dies in Seattle. | Charters, Rose Gilbreath (Mrs.) | Person | Dayton Chronicle | p. 7 | Month: 09 Day: 17 Year: 1970 |
| Colleen Chartier | Chartier, Colleen | Person | Partial View, Young Photographers in the Northwest. | p. 30 | Year: 1979 |
| Lower Valley's french tradition traces back to two families. | Charvet family | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 04 Day: 29 Year: 1970 | |
| Pioneer rancher taken by death. | Charvet, Benjamin J. (Sr.) | Person | Grandview Herald | Month: 06 Day: 14 Year: 1962 | |
| Chevy Chase pioneer recalls early years. | Chase family | Person | Jimmy Come Lately Gazette (Sequim, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 10 Year: 1988 | |
| Anthony Chase appointed to Commerce job. | Chase, Anthony G. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 9 | Month: 09 Day: 24 Year: 1969 |
| Obituary: Caroline H. Chase. | Chase, Caroline H. (Mrs.) | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 03 Day: 6 Year: 1915 | |
| The pioneer dead of 1915. | Chase, Caroline H. (Mrs.) | Person | Washington Historical Quarterly | v. 7, no. 1, p. 51 | Month: 01 Year: 1916 |
| Obituary | Chase, Catherine B. | Person | Daily Journal-American (Bellevue, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 8 Year: 1983 | |
| Clarence Chester Chase | Chase, Clarence Chester | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 234-235 | Year: 1921 |
| Clifford Chase | Chase, Clifford | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 139 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Chase, Cora Gingrich (Mrs.) | Person | Shelton-Mason County Journal | Month: 08 Day: 11 Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary | Chase, Cora Gingrich (Mrs.) | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 08 Day: 17 Year: 1983 | |
| Edward S. Chase | Chase, Edward S. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 704 | Year: 1904 |
| Chase, Elijah | Chase, Elijah | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 94 | Year: 1980 |
| Emma S. Chase | Chase, Emma S. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 4 | Year: 1955 |
| Evan F. Chase | Chase, Evan F. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 61 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Chase, Floyd D. | Person | Pierce County Herald | Month: 07 Day: 31 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Chase, Floyd D. | Person | Puyallup Valley Tribune | Month: 07 Day: 31 Year: 1968 | |
| Puyallup Valley Pacemakers | Chase, Floyd K. | Person | Pierce County Herald | Month: 09 Day: 17 Year: 1975 | |
| Ex-mayor of Puyallup dies. | Chase, Floyd K. | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 07 Day: 28 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Chase, Frederick A. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 07 Day: 2 Year: 1957 | |
| Historic Skagway Hotel Register for Museum. | Chase, Garfield | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 60 | Month: 07 Day: 31 Year: 1966 |
| Goodwin Chase | Chase, Goodwin | Person | Pictorial Sketch of the Puget Sound Area and its B | p. 52 | Year: 1960 |
| Chase retires as Bank President | Chase, Goodwin | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-6 | Month: 07 Day: 15 Year: 1972 |
| Chase unable to stand Tacoma heat. | Chase, Goodwin | Person | Argus (Seattle, Wash.) | Mag., p. 2 | Month: 07 Day: 21 Year: 1972 |
| Tacoma's Goodwin Chase, scourge of the Pentagon. | Chase, Goodwin | Person | Argus (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 3 | Month: 11 Day: 22 Year: 1974 |
| Obituary | Chase, Harold B. | Person | Shelton-Mason County Journal | Month: 07 Day: 31 Year: 1975 | |
| Harold Bostian Chase | Chase, Harold Bostian | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 258-259 | Year: 1921 |
| Chase became part of " ABC's of Walla Walla". | Chase, Henri Martin "Henry" | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 10 Day: 4 Year: 1981 | |
| Twice told in Walla Walla. Inquiry about pioneer Probate Judge received. | Chase, Henri Martin "Henry" | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 11 Day: 19 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary | Chase, Howard W. | Person | Colfax Daily Bulletin | Month: 07 Day: 16 Year: 1979 | |
| Mrs. Ivan Chase. | Chase, Ivan (Mrs.) | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 203 | Year: 1920 |
| Former Mayor Chase dies: Race never an issue with city's popular first black leader. | Chase, James E. | Person | Spokane Chronicle | Month: 05 Day: 19 Year: 1987 | |
| Jim Chase, man who loved being city's mayor, is dead | Chase, James E. | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 05 Day: 20 Year: 1987 | |
| Jim Chase left city with lasting memories. | Chase, James E. | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 05 Day: 20 Year: 1987 | |
| 1,200 mourners say goodbye to Jim Chase: Former Spokame mayor was 'magical,' Vicki McNeill says at funeral services. | Chase, James E. | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 05 Day: 23 Year: 1987 | |
| Former Mayor Jim Chase is dead at the age of 73. | Chase, James E. | Person | North Spokane Tribune | Month: 05 Day: 28 Year: 1987 | |
| Obituary | Chase, James E. | Person | North Spokane Tribune | Month: 05 Day: 28 Year: 1987 | |
| The Pioneer Plaque Roll. | Chase, James H. (Judge) | Person | Cashmere Valley Record | Month: 11 Day: 20 Year: 1958 | |
| James Harvey Chase | Chase, James Harvey | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 26, p. 32-37 | |
| UW medical school's Chase resigns as dean. | Chase, John D. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-4 | Month: 05 Day: 19 Year: 1982 |
| Dr. John D. Chase, 61, appointed new dean of U.W. School of Medicine. | Chase, John D. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-2 | Month: 01 Day: 25 Year: 1982 |