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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle history. | Chilberg, John Edward | Person | Seattle Business Journal (Seattle Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 16 Year: 1981 | |
| Joseph Chilberg | Chilberg, Joseph | Person | Southwestern Washington | p. 86 | |
| Joseph Chilberg | Chilberg, Joseph | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 927 | Year: 1893 |
| Joseph Chilberg | Chilberg, Joseph | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v.23, p. 273 | |
| City Treasurer | Chilberg, Joseph | Person | Daily Olympian | Sec. 2, p. 2 | Month: 04 Day: 20 Year: 1941 |
| Lawrence J. Chilberg | Chilberg, Lawrence J. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 210-211 | Year: 1921 |
| Wash. Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Chilberg, Lina | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Broadwayites to feet Mabel Chilberg. | Chilberg, Mabel | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 10 Day: 24 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Chilberg, Mabel | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-13 | Month: 01 Day: 12 Year: 1973 |
| Nelson Chilberg | Chilberg, Nelson | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. III, p. 395-396 | Year: 1917 |
| Nelson Chilberg | Chilberg, Nelson | Person | History of Seattle | v. II, p. 866-867 | Year: 1916 |
| Living Pioneers of Washington. Mr & Mrs. Nelson Chilbert, Seattle, Wash. | Chilberg, Nelson | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 01 Day: 6 Year: 1916 | |
| Living Pioneers of Washington. Mr & Mrs. Nelson Chilbert, Seattle, Wash. | Chilberg, Nelson (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 01 Day: 6 Year: 1916 | |
| Chilcoat, Joseph T. | Chilcoat, Joseph T. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 04 Day: 12 Year: 1916 | |
| Chilcoat, Joseph T. (Mrs.) | Chilcoat, Joseph T. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 04 Day: 12 Year: 1916 | |
| The folks at Panorama.... | Child, Alice | Person | Daily Olympian | p. C-1 | Month: 04 Day: 26 Year: 1881 |
| Obituary | Child, Alice | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-3 | Month: 01 Day: 12 Year: 1982 |
| Frank Clifton Child | Child, Frank Clifton | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 160-161 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Child, William N. F. | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 02 Day: 1 Year: 1967 | |
| George Ray Childers. | Childers, George Ray | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 80-81 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Childers, Lorenzo Dow "Ranz" | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | p. 8 | Month: 09 Day: 28 Year: 1953 |
| Obituary | Childers, Marie | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 25 Year: 1983 | |
| Paul Childers | Childers, Paul | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 26-27 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Childress, Avron "Shorty" | Person | Chewelah Independent | Month: 10 Day: 19 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Childs, Bessie | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 06 Day: 15 Year: 1978 | |
| Making knives good for lifetime. | Childs, Curt | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2, Totem Tidings | Month: 03 Day: 28 Year: 1978 |
| Edwin B. Childs. | Childs, Edwin B. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 279 | Year: 1904 |
| Edwin R. Childs | Childs, Edwin R. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 410-411 | Year: 1900 |
| The Sage of Parker Heights | Childs, Jesse C. | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | v. 3, p. 38-39 | Year: 1975 |
| Miss Ruth Childs' teaching career spanned 35 years. | Childs, Ruth | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | v. 4, p. 72-73 | Year: 1975 |
| Thomas Bromley Childs | Childs, Thomas Bromley | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v. 1, p. 587-588 | Year: 1903 |
| William H. Childs | Childs, William H. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 403 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary: William E. Chilean, 72. | Chilean, William E. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 6 | Month: 06 Day: 11 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary: Mrs. D. W. Chilson | Chilson, D. W. (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 04 Day: 2 Year: 1911 | |
| Daniel G. Chilson | Chilson, Daniel G. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 612-613 | Year: 1904 |
| Elisha P. Cilson | Chilson, Elisha P. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 624-625 | Year: 1904 |
| Mrs. Edward D. Chilson. | Chilson, Flora E. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 19 | Month: 11 Day: 9 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Chilson, Lester E. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 6 | Month: 05 Day: 28 Year: 1969 |
| Olan Ray Chilson | Chilson, Olan Ray | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 6 | Year: 1952 |
| Wes Chilson, former councilman, succumbs. | Chilson, Wes | Person | Forks Forum | Month: 03 Day: 1 Year: 1989 | |
| Chinatown's practicing herbalist. | Chin, Hen Sen | Person | Seattle Times | Pictoral, p. 2-7 | Month: 09 Day: 8 Year: 1974 |
| Obituary | Chin, On "Slin" | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 07 Day: 17 Year: 1975 | |
| International Examiner Community Voice Awards - Quynh T. Nguyen, Ruth Chin, Frank Fujii. | Chin, Ruth | Person | International Examiner | p. 2+ insert | Month: 06 Day: 19 Year: 1991 |
| Funeral rites planned for Shong Chin, 82. | Chin, Shong | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 42 | Month: 07 Day: 24 Year: 1964 |
| Obituary | Chin, Tang Tun | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 41 | Month: 01 Day: 7 Year: 1966 |
| Chin-On...He brought a bit of Old World China to Yakima. | Chin-On | Person | Yakima Sun | Month: 12 Day: 11 Year: 1975 | |
| Obituary | Chindahl, Leonard | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 12 Day: 18 Year: 1972 | |
| Doctor to leave on his 40-year 'mission' with Great Healer. | Ching, Ernest F. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-1 | Month: 04 Day: 23 Year: 1980 |
| A day in the life of a Supreme Chef. | Ching, Joe | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-1 | Month: 11 Day: 28 Year: 1975 |
| The soaring hobby of Mr. Chinn. | Chinn, Lawrence | Person | Seattle Times | Pacific, p. 14 | Month: 09 Day: 7 Year: 1980 |