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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 | Chase, Kenneth | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 6 Year: 1979 | |
| Obituary | Chase, Laura Preston | Person | Waitsburg Times | Month: 01 Day: 17 Year: 1974 | |
| Mrs. Marie DeShane Chase. | Chase, Marie DeShane | Person | Year: 1967 | ||
| Heritage told 'Water was Life' to pioneer Chase. | Chase, Marvin | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 06 Day: 14 Year: 1970 | |
| Puyallup valley pacemakers. | Chase, Marvin E. | Person | Pierce County Herald | Month: 12 Day: 10 Year: 1975 | |
| The way it was: Father-son pair help valley grow. | Chase, Marvin E. | Person | Pierce County Herald | Month: 01 Day: 15 Year: 1987 | |
| Mary Chase, Port Townsend Pioneer | Chase, Mary | Person | Seattle Daily Times | mag., p. 8 | Month: 09 Day: 26 Year: 1954 |
| Obituary | Chase, Mary | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 10 | Month: 11 Day: 18 Year: 1954 |
| Mrs. Charles Chase | Chase, Mary Ellen | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 11 Day: 30 Year: 1961 | |
| Mary Chase is not 'the usual run of little old ladies'. | Chase, Mary Smith | Person | Chewelah Independent | Month: 09 Day: 1 Year: 1977 | |
| Obituary | Chase, Millie Pearl | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 7 | Month: 06 Day: 14 Year: 1973 |
| Olney James Chase | Chase, Olney James | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 61 | Year: 1920 |
| Their terror will outlive convictions. | Chase, Pat (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-15 | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1979 |
| Daughter of pioneer Bothell doctor recalls his practice. | Chase, Reuben (Dr.) | Person | Bothell Northshore Citizen | Month: 09 Day: 3 Year: 1975 | |
| Northshore past...Bothell's only hospital. | Chase, Reuben (Dr.) | Person | Bothell Northshore Citizen | Month: 09 Day: 17 Year: 1975 | |
| Their terror will outlive convictions. | Chase, Ron | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-15 | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1979 |
| Seeing past the window dressing - Su Chase learned how to make customers look twice. | Chase, Su | Person | Olympian | Profile, p. 4-5 | Month: 06 Day: 26 Year: 1983 |
| The sage of union. | Chase, Waldo | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 03 Day: 14 Year: 1976 | |
| Union woman presents historical documents to Port Orchard. | Chase, Wendall N. | Person | Shelton-Mason County Journal | Month: 08 Day: 23 Year: 1962 | |
| Chase, Willard | Chase, Willard | Person | Ellensburg Daily Record | Special Section, p. 80 | Month: 11 Day: 9 Year: 1989 |
| Obituary | Chase, William A. | Person | Auburn Citizen | Month: 10 Day: 13 Year: 1965 | |
| Obituary | Chase, William A. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 50 | Month: 10 Day: 8 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary | Chase, William Eastman | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | B-4 | Month: 10 Day: 7 Year: 1980 |
| Chastain, Dee H. | Chastain, Dee H. | Person | Bellingham Herald | p. 8 | Month: 11 Day: 16 Year: 1954 |
| Obituary | Chastain, Jessie Dennis (Mrs.) | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 07 Day: 30 Year: 1973 | |
| Rite slated at Winlock. | Chastain, Maggie | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 11 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Chasteen, Edward A. | Person | Lynden Tribune | Month: 09 Day: 17 Year: 1986 | |
| In an economy like this, her job wasn't essential. | Chasteen, Sharney | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-1 | Month: 07 Day: 13 Year: 1982 |
| Chatalas Brothers star in family-style wedding. | Chatalas family | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 11 | Month: 04 Day: 18 Year: 1965 |
| Seattle pair get health posts. | Chatalas, George (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. a-5 | Month: 01 Day: 17 Year: 1978 |
| John Chatfield was arthritis cripple. | Chatfield, John R. | Person | Klickitat Heritage | p. 8 | Month: Day: Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Chatham, Ralph | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 37 | Month: 08 Day: 11 Year: 1959 |
| Obituary | Chatos, Annie F. | Person | Port Townsend Leader | Month: 02 Day: 15 Year: 1973 | |
| Mrs. George Cattam | Chattam, Virgie Ellen (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2 | Month: 03 Day: 24 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary | Chatters, Roy | Person | Pullman Herald | Month: 07 Day: 3 Year: 1975 | |
| Obituary: Tribute to Sara Chatters. | Chatters, Sara Louise | Person | Whitman County Historical Society Newsletter | p. 1 | Month: 02 Year: 1985 |
| Mrs. Sam B. Chatterton | Chatterton, Tessie (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 17 | Month: 12 Day: 28 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Chatwood, Joseph h. | Person | Sunday Olympian | p. 5 | Month: 05 Day: 27 Year: 1962 |
| Chau Dieu's dash for freedom. | Chau, Dieu | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-3 | Month: 07 Day: 19 Year: 1977 |
| Faces in the City: A big man who helps boys. | Chavelle, Cornelius | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-16 | Month: 02 Day: 9 Year: 1972 |
| Edward Hamilton Chavelle | Chavelle, Edward Hamilton | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 252-253 | Year: 1916 |
| Edward Hamilton Chavelle. | Chavelle, Edward Hamilton | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 56 | Year: 1929 |
| Judge's daughter fights off attacker. | Chavelle, Kimberly | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-1 | Month: 10 Day: 1 Year: 1979 |
| Minister finds a calling in Race issues | Chavis, Ben | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-7 | Month: 03 Day: 28 Year: 1987 |
| Chaw's life: a heady experience --- Acrobat's career was launch by war. | Chaw, Heni | Person | Seattle Times | p. F-1 | Month: 08 Day: 30 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Cheadle, Allen | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3, sec. 1. | Month: 01 Day: 15 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary: Arley Cheadle, firm owner. | Cheadle, Arley | Person | Seattle Times | p. 25 | Month: 06 Day: 25 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary: J.K.Cheadle, local attorney. | Cheadle, J. Kennard | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-3 | Month: 12 Day: 30 Year: 1981 |
| Jacob Cheadle, 100, Civil War Veteran, dies in Olympia home. | Cheadle, Jacob | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 03 Day: 30 Year: 1948 | |
| James A Cheadle | Cheadle, James A. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 2 | Year: 1951 |