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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 | Anderson, A. Ben | Person | Skagit Argus | Month: 06 Day: 10 Year: 1983 | |
| Anderson, A. E. | Anderson, A. E. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 606 | Year: 1900 |
| Anderson, A. G. (Tony) (Mrs.) | Anderson, A. G. (Tony) (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Record (Ellensburg, Wash.) | p. 5 | Month: 09 Day: 7 Year: 1955 |
| Death of A. H. Anderson. | Anderson, A. H. | Person | Mason County Journal | Month: 04 Day: 24 Year: 1914 | |
| Anderson, A. L. | Anderson, A. L. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | pp. 780-781 | Year: 1893 |
| Anderson, A. M. | Anderson, A. M. | Person | Republican (Seattle, Wash.) | v. II no. 34 p. 15 | Month: 01 Day: 4 Year: 1896 |
| Anderson, A. W. | Anderson, A. W. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 822 | Year: 1893 |
| Queen candidate born in log cabin near Wilbur seventy-five years ago. | Anderson, A. W. (Mrs.) | Person | Wilbur Register | Month: 03 Day: 26 Year: 1964 | |
| Anderson, Ada Augusta Woodruff | Anderson, Ada Augusta Woodruff | Person | Told by the Pioneers | v. 2, pp. 46-54 | |
| Anderson, Ada Woodruff (Mrs.) | Anderson, Ada Woodruff (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 50 | Month: 04 Day: 26 Year: 1956 |
| Anderson, Adolph | Anderson, Adolph | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 38, p. 148 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Adolph | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | p. 2 | Month: 05 Day: 22 Year: 1954 |
| Razing Plans Raise Callers | Anderson, Agnes Healy | Person | Seattle Times | B-3 | Month: 01 Day: 12 Year: 1972 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Aina M. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 02 Day: 19 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Aina M. | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 02 Day: 19 Year: 1974 | |
| Anderson, Albert | Anderson, Albert | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 132-133 | Year: 1921 |
| Albert Anderson Taken by death | Anderson, Albert | Person | Pullman Herald | Month: 01 Day: 7 Year: 1960 | |
| Former resident dies on Monday | Anderson, Albert | Person | Cowlitz County Advocate | Month: 03 Day: 14 Year: 1962 | |
| Anderson, Albert E. | Anderson, Albert E. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 42-43 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Albert Edmund | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 05 Day: 10 Year: 1980 | |
| Anderson, Albert Floyd | Anderson, Albert Floyd | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 42-43 | Year: 1921 |
| 'Temporary' Job Lasts through Entire Career | Anderson, Albert G. | Person | Seattle Times | pg D-6 | Month: 09 Day: 17 Year: 1970 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Albert G. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-2 | Month: 05 Day: 8 Year: 1975 |
| Alki Light Keeper Honored | Anderson, Albert G. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 26 | Month: 10 Day: 8 Year: 1967 |
| Anderson, Albert M. (Maj.) | Anderson, Albert M. (Maj.) | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 471 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Albert Nathaniel | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 24 Year: 1964 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Alex A | Person | Colville Statesman Index | Month: 12 Day: 17 Year: 1936 | |
| Anderson Relatives: They's Need to Hire a Hall for a Party | Anderson, Alexander | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1966 | |
| Anderson, Alexander Canfield (Caulfield) | Anderson, Alexander Canfield (Caulfield) | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 240 | Year: 1980 |
| People in Washington History | Anderson, Alexander Caulfield | Person | Kalama Bulletin | Month: 02 Day: 14 Year: 1963 | |
| Anderson, Alexander J. | Anderson, Alexander J. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p.591-592 | Year: 1893 |
| Owner of mansion made dead languages live | Anderson, Alexander J. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | ||
| Whitman College: The School was too important to let it die. | Anderson, Alexander Jay | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 02 Day: 25 Year: 1990 | |
| Sol Simpson and Mark Reed laid foundation for Simpson empire. | Anderson, Alfred | Person | Argus (Seattle, Wash.) | pp. 1, 6 | Month: 12 Day: 11 Year: 1964 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Alfred | Person | Yakima Morning Herald | Month: 02 Day: 17 Year: 1968 | |
| Port Blakely Family Histories | Anderson, Alfred | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book # 6, p. 39 | Year: 1977 |
| Pioneer is stricken. | Anderson, Alfred K. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 30 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary: Death takes Alma Anderson poet-artist. | Anderson, Alma Florence | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-13 | Month: 02 Day: 23 Year: 1972 |
| Anderson, Alma Trumbo | Anderson, Alma Trumbo | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 112 | Year: 1982 |
| ... tackles salmon problem | Anderson, Alvin | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Mag. P.4 | Month: 07 Day: 23 Year: 1950 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Amanda Nerland (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 50 | Month: 10 Day: 6 Year: 1954 |
| Anderson, Ammie Vendelberg | Anderson, Ammie Vendelberg | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. III, pp. 228-9. | Year: 1917 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Amy M. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 7 | Month: 07 Day: 26 Year: 1965 |
| Mrs. Vincent Anderson | Anderson, Ancil Patten (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p 28 | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1964 |
| Anderson, Andreas | Anderson, Andreas | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 142-143 | Year: 1921 |
| Anderson, Andrew | Anderson, Andrew | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p.497-98 | Year: 1900 |
| Anderson, Andrew | Anderson, Andrew | Person | History of King County | v. IV, pp. 154-158 | Year: 1929 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Andrew | Person | Everett Daily Herald | p.24 | Month: 04 Day: 26 Year: 1955 |
| The Pioneer Dead of 1913 | Anderson, Andrew | Person | Washington Historical Quarterly | v. 5, no. 1, p. 22-31 | Month: 01 Year: 1914 |
| Anderson, Andrew | Anderson, Andrew | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 138-139 | Year: 1921 |